Former Kano Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Wednesday urged Nigerians, especially the youths, to join the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to restore Nigeria and provide the fresh air desired by citizens. Kwankwaso made the call at the National Convention of the party in Abuja, saying NNPP is well placed...
Kano state
Kano State Government, on Monday, revoked the certificates of operation of all private schools in the state for revalidation. Commissioner for Education, Mr Muhammad Sanusi-Kiru, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Kano. Sanusi-Kiru hinged the decision by the state government, on the murder of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old...
Tragedy struck in Kano metropolis when a train crushed a truck and a commercial tricycle in the north-western state. The accident, which occurred on Sunday afternoon, left an unspecified number of passengers are feared dead. Channels Television gathered that the accident the truck was loaded with about 300 bags...
The Kano State Government has ordered the immediate closure of a private school, Noble Kids Academy, in Nassarawa Local Government Area of the state, where abductors of a pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, were said to have killed and buried her remains. Five-year-old Hanifa was abducted late last year and one...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his sadness over the death of 19 passengers who met their tragic fate on Thursday in a road accident that occurred on the Kano/Zaria Road. The president expressed his grief in a statement issued on Friday by his spokesman,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has commiserated with Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria over the death of elder-statesman and president of the council, Dr. Datti Ahmed. He said throughout his life, Dr....
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) on Saturday in Abuja described Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State as the shining light that represents Nigeria’s politics as he celebrates his 72nd birthday. Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State and Chairman of the forum said this in a statement while felicitating with...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The World Bank has lauded the successes recorded in its Agro-processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project in Kano State. The World Bank Task Team Leader, Dr Adetunji Oredipe, gave the commendation on Saturday while fielding questions at the 7th implementation support mission...
Alhaji Mukhtar Adnan, the District Head of Dambatta in Kano State, died on Friday at the age of 95, one of his sons, Alhaji Ado Mukhtar has said. Ado said that Mukhtar, also Sarkin Ban Kano, died at a hospital in Kano where he was receiving treatment for an...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command on Thursday said it had arrested 13 suspected thugs for allegedly vandalising office of Sen. Barau Jibrin, representing Kano North. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made the announcement in a statement in Kano. “A report was...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has expressed shock over the Tuesday evening Bagwai boat mishap that led to the death of 20 persons. Ganduje spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Abba Anwar, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kano. “Bagwai boat mishap, which so far caused the...
Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II (file photo) Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday declared as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional, the banishment of the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to Awe, a remote community in Nasarawa State. The court held...
Aishatu Musa Dalil, 18, emerged the overall winner of the BBC Hausa Short Story Writing Competition tagged: “Hikayata”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dalil won the context with the story ” Hakkina” (My Right) and was announced the overall winner on Friday night in Abuja. She...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has debunked the reports making the round on social media that bandits from Zamfara and Katsina States were relocating to Kano state. The alleged report indicated that the bandits, escaping from...