The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, for making “unguided” comments capable of provoking misunderstandings and disunity within the party. In a query letter signed by the Kano State APC Chairman, Prince Abdullahi Abbas, the party threatened ...
Residents of Tudun Yola in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State were thrown into panic after two women were killed and their house set ablaze by unknown assailants. The victims, identified as Hauwa’u Yakubu and Zahra’u Aliyu, were both wives of Alhaji Ashiru Shu’aibu Usaini, reports Weekend Trust. According to local authorities and family...
The Kano State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Alhaji Adamu Kibiya, has welcomed over 50 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kibiya ward in Kibiya Local Government Area to the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the area. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Public Enlighten...
•Abdulmumin Jibrin A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has accepted his expulsion from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) but accused the party of a lack of fair hearing. The member representing Kiru/Bebeji was expelled from the opposition over alleged anti-party activities and non-payment of dues, reports Channels T...
•Hisbah police destroying beers The Kano State Hisbah Board has confiscated no fewer than 1,600 bottles of assorted beer in the Panshekara area of Kano metropolis. The Deputy Commander General of the board, Dr. Mujahid Aminudeen, confirmed this via a telephone interview with our correspondent today, reports The PUNCH. Aminudeen, who declined t...
•The rescued victims The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Kano Zonal Command, has taken custody of 12 rescued victims of human trafficking, all of whom are female and aged between 15 and 50. The Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mr Abdullahi Babale, confirmed the development today in Kano while receiving the victims [&he...
•Policeman The Kano State Police Command has arraigned 333 suspected thugs arrested during the just-concluded re-run election for Ghari/Tsanyawa State Constituency and the by-election for Bagwai/Shanono State Constituency, held on Saturday. The state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Bakor,i made the disclosure while giving an update on the afte...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has condemned calls for cancellation of the by-elections in Shanono/Bagwai and re-run in Ghari constituencies in Kano State. The party has also applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) security agencies and voters for a credible bye election and the re-run, reports Sunday Independent...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately cancel the by-election for Shanono/Bagwai constituency and the Ghari constituency re-run election in Kano State. The party said the exercise was marred by widespread “extreme” violence and election disruption by armed thugs acr...
•Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State The Kano State Government has announced plans to convert the 115-year-old Kurmawa Central Prison into a historical museum. The government said all inmates would be relocated to a newly constructed custodial facility in Janguza, a few kilometres outside the city along the Kano-Gwarzo road, reports Daily Trust....

