Two people, a leader of a Shi’ite sect and unidentified woman, have been reportedly killed during a clash with the police in Kano State. It was gathered that trouble started after the police intercepted the annual Arbaeen annual trek of the group in the town. An eye witness told newsmen that the movement of the […]
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The Kiru Local Government Council of Kano State says about 11 children have died of whooping cough at Kankwana village. This is contained in a statement issued by the Information Officer of the local government council, Malam Rabiu Khalil. Mr. Khalil said about 40 other children affected by the same disease were receiving medical attention. […]
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Men of the Nigerian Police Force and suspected members of the Boko Haram sect engaged in fierce gun battle in Kano on Sunday morning. Premium Times reported that the police officers were members of a special task force set up by the inspector general of police. Five suspects, including two women suspected to be wives […]
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A Dutse Magistrates’ Court has granted bail to former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State. Lamido was standing trial on a four-count charge of inciting public disturbance, defamation of character, criminal intimidation and disturbance of public peace. The magistrate granted the two-term governor bail on self-recognizance and adjourned the case until July 5. The Court […]
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One person lost his life while several houses were destroyed following a heavy down pour in Kura local government area of Kano state. One of the victims, Malam Lawan Salisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday that the incident happened on Wednesday night. According to him, the rainfall which was […]
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The Kano State Director of the Department of State Service (DSS), Abdullahi Charanci, has died. Rabiu Yusuf, commissioner of police in the state, disclosed this on Saturday. “It is confirmed that the state DSS Director is dead. We are now on our way to his home town, Charanci, Katsina state,” he said. A source, who […]
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The Kano State Government has allocated over N200 million in the recently approved 2017 budget to boost rice farming in the state. Mohammed Garba, the Commissioner of Information, disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday in Kano. He said this was part of the state government’s efforts to boost the agricultural sector in the state to […]
Continue ReadingAvian influenza, popularly known as Bird flu has resurfaced in Kano state, the state government announced on Wednesday. Dr Shehu Bawa, the Director Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, disclosed this to our correspondent in Kano. Bawa said the outbreak was recorded in one of the poultry farms in the state. He said […]
Continue ReadingSome twenty-one persons have died, with 5,300 rendered homeless in 8 local government areas of Kano State from flood, which has also destroyed about 2,017 houses. The Kano State Emergency and Rehabilitation Agency (SERA) said only eight councils were on its list. SERA’s Executive Secretary Aliyu Bashir Nukkel, who spoke in his office yesterday, said: […]
Continue ReadingThe Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday ordered the immediate removal of all Kwankwasiyya inscriptions from public buildings in Kano metropolis and other local government areas of the state. The directive followed a motion by Alhaji Baffa Babba-Dan-Agundi, member representing Kano Municipal Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Education. The motion was unanimously adopted by […]
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