September 9, 2026

Kano state

Customs seizes 20 diverted containers worth ₦769.5m as CGC Adeniyi cracks down on economic saboteurs Customs seizes 20 diverted containers worth ₦769.5m as CGC Adeniyi cracks down on economic saboteurs

Customs seizes 20 diverted containers worth ₦769.5m as CGC Adeniyi cracks down on economic saboteurs

By HARUNA AHMED, Kano December 21, 2025
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 20 diverted transit containers with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of ₦769,533,666 across the axis of Kano/Jigawa Area Command, following intelligence-driven enforcement operations aimed at curbing cargo diversion and safeguarding government revenue. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this development...
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NSIB launches probe after private jet crash-lands at Kano airport Passengers escape death as private jet crash-lands at Kano Airport

NSIB launches probe after private jet crash-lands at Kano airport

Tom Chiahemen December 15, 2025
Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced a formal investigation into an aviation incident involving a Hawker 800XP aircraft at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State. The aircraft, bearing nationality and registration marks 5N-ISB and operated by Flybird Aircraft Management Services Limited, was on a non-scheduled domestic...
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NSA presents rescued Kano kidnapped victims to family, vows swift rescue of abducted Niger schoolchildren National Security Adviser NSA Nuhu Ribadu

NSA presents rescued Kano kidnapped victims to family, vows swift rescue of abducted Niger schoolchildren

Tom Chiahemen December 6, 2025
National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on Friday handed over two rescued kidnap victims to their family, announcing that five members of the gang behind their abduction had been arrested. At the brief ceremony in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu...
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Kano 2027: Ex-LG chairmen endorse Sen. Barau as APC’s sole governorship candidate Kano 2027: Ex-LG chairmen endorse Sen. Barau as APC’s sole governorship candidate

Kano 2027: Ex-LG chairmen endorse Sen. Barau as APC’s sole governorship candidate

By CLEMENT OMANIBE, Abuja December 4, 2025
Former local government chairmen in Kano State have adopted the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, as the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 governorship race in the state. The former LG chairmen who served between 2019 and 2022, during the...
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1,187 cadets graduate from the Nigeria Police Academy; commissioned as ASPs 1,187 cadets graduate from the Nigeria Police Academy; commissioned as ASPs

1,187 cadets graduate from the Nigeria Police Academy; commissioned as ASPs

By HARUNA AHMED, Kano November 30, 2025
President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commissioned 1,187 cadets of Regular Course 7 into the Nigeria Police Force as Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs). The colourful Passing Out Parade (POP) held at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, marked the successful completion of...
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Alleged misappropriation: Again Court adjourns Ganduje, 7 others’ trial Former APC Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje

Alleged misappropriation: Again Court adjourns Ganduje, 7 others’ trial

Tom Chiahemen November 26, 2025
High Court in Kano State on Wednesday adjourned the trial of former governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and seven others until Feb.3, 2026 for hearing of all pending motions. NAN reports that the Kano State Government instituted an 11-count charge bordering on bribery, conspiracy, misappropriation, and diversion of public funds...
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Court strikes out ICPC’s N1.02bn allegation against Kano electoral boss over procedural lapses Court gavel

Court strikes out ICPC’s N1.02bn allegation against Kano electoral boss over procedural lapses

Tom Chiahemen November 24, 2025
Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a high-profile corruption case brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against Prof. Sani Malumfashi, chairman of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC). Malumfashi, alongside the commission’s Secretary, Mr. Anas Mustapha, and Deputy Director...
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After clash with Kwankwaso, Rep Jibrin dumps NNPP for APC, backs Tinubu for 2027 After clash with Kwankwaso, Rep Jibrin dumps NNPP for APC, backs Tinubu for 2027

After clash with Kwankwaso, Rep Jibrin dumps NNPP for APC, backs Tinubu for 2027

By HARUNA AHMED, Kano November 10, 2025
Member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has officially dumped the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring his full support for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign. Jibrin, who represents the Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State, announced his decision in...
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Shi’ite protest rocks Kano as IMN members condemn Trump’s threat to attack Nigeria Shi’ite protest rocks Kano as IMN members condemn Trump’s threat to attack Nigeria

Shi’ite protest rocks Kano as IMN members condemn Trump’s threat to attack Nigeria

Tom Chiahemen November 8, 2025
Hundreds of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shi’ite poured into the streets of Kano on Saturday, voicing outrage over a viral statement attributed to U.S. President Donald Trump, in which he allegedly hinted at a possible military strike on Nigeria. According to a...
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Wave of defections hits NNPP as over 1,000 Kwankwasiyya loyalists dump party for APC in Kano APC

Wave of defections hits NNPP as over 1,000 Kwankwasiyya loyalists dump party for APC in Kano

Tom Chiahemen November 3, 2025
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Wave of defections sweeping across Nigeria’s political landscape ahead of the 2027 general elections has reached Kano, as more than 1,000 members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and the Kwankwasiyya Movement have crossed over to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The mass...
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Alleged misappropriation : Court adjourns adjourns Ganduje, others’ trial Former APC Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje

Alleged misappropriation : Court adjourns adjourns Ganduje, others’ trial

Tom Chiahemen October 27, 2025
High Court in Kano State on Monday adjourned the trial of former Kano State governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and seven others until Nov. 26. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Kano State Government instituted an 11-count charge bordering on bribery, conspiracy, misappropriation, and diversion of public...
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Court sentences 2 to death by hanging for murder of Kano university lecturer Court gavel

Court sentences 2 to death by hanging for murder of Kano university lecturer

Tom Chiahemen October 20, 2025
High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced two men, Aliyu Hussaini and Amir Zakariyya, to death by hanging for the murder of Buhari Imam, a lecturer at Northwest University, Kano. The convicts, Hussaini of Sheka Sabuwar Abuja Quarters and Zakariyya of Unguwar Malam in Kumbotso Local Government Area, were...
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Businessman excretes 127 cocaine wraps at Kano Airport as NDLEA uncovers meth in ceramics Businessman excretes 127 cocaine wraps at Kano Airport as NDLEA uncovers meth in ceramics

Businessman excretes 127 cocaine wraps at Kano Airport as NDLEA uncovers meth in ceramics

Tom Chiahemen October 12, 2025
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- A 52-year-old businessman Ejiofor Godwin Emeka has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Kano following which a total of 127 wraps of cocaine concealed in his private part and stomach have...
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X-raying the Kano State project inspection by the NIPR Governing Council NIPR

X-raying the Kano State project inspection by the NIPR Governing Council

Tom Chiahemen October 4, 2025
On the 23rd of September, 2025, members of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) led by the President, Chairman of Council, Dr. Ike Neliaku, fnipr, converged from across the country to have a first-hand assessment of what the Kano State Government under the leadership...
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‘NNPP can’t take you far’ — APC urges Kwankwaso to return home Rabiu Kwankwaso

‘NNPP can’t take you far’ — APC urges Kwankwaso to return home

By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- September 26, 2025
Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and his New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) would be better served aligning with the ruling party, describing the APC as the only viable national platform for a politician of his caliber. In a statement...
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