Alhaji Garba Buba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman of Rantan Ward in Kano State’s Bebeji Local Government Area, was shot dead by suspected bandits, along with one other person. According to neighbours, the gunmen attacked the Rantan community on Sunday nite and started fire, killing Buba and Sulaiman Zunduma. Locals, who did not want … Read more
Yusuf Usman, 45, died after becoming caught within a well in Kwa Town, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, Kano State, while attempting to retrieve his mobile phone. The incident was contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusif Abdullahi. The event happened on Wednesday about … Read more
The Kano State government has constituted an 11-member special taskforce team to tackle the increasing menace of illegal buildings and building infractions in the state. The committee was set up to identify, review and take action against structures built without approval or which are in violation of existing planning standards, especially in Kano metropolitan. Speaking … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has initiated an investigation into two suspects who were detained for allegedly failing to declare a total of $461,600 at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Area Command, apprehended the perpetrators, Jamilu Shuaibu Waya and Usman Namadi, upon their arrival from … Read more
Faizu Alfindiki, a former chairman of Kano Municipal Council, has stated that former Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso lacks the political clout to influence presidential election outcomes in Kano State. Alfindiki spoke on Tuesday in Kano to APC social media influencers, dismissing suggestions that Kwankwaso may win a big number of votes in the … Read more
POLThe Kano State Police Command has initiated an inquiry into the death of a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) soldier who was attacked by hoodlums during an empowerment session in Tudun Wada Local Government Area of the state. CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this in a statement released … Read more
Honourable Alhassan Ado Doguwa, a Kano state lawmaker and long-time APC party chieftain, has spoken out about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s order to halt the APC’s online registration drive until Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf formally becomes a party member. Claiming that the president has already welcomed Governor Yusuf into the APC, the legislator made the … Read more
Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, former Governor of Kano State, has stated that he will remain in politics for the rest of his life because politics and religion are inextricably linked in his opinion. Shekarau made the statement during a news conference at his Mundubawa home in Kano on Wednesday to commemorate his 70th birthday. “Politics is … Read more
According to Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governor of Kano State, his administration will not stand for the continued presence of criminal activities like thuggery and phone snatching and will take swift and severe action against those responsible. After returning from a holy pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the governor made this statement on Wednesday evening while … Read more