•Festus-Keyamo Five airports are set for concession, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said. Keyamo spoke when he received the Regional Vice President (Africa and Middle East) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Kamil Awdhi, at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja, reports The Nation. A state...
•Police fire teargas at protesters in Abuja Some protesters against bad governance had a raw deal in the hands of the army, police, other security agents and even political thugs, yesterday, in Rivers, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. As the protesters actualised their vow of going ahead with the October 1 action […]...
The National Association of Government General and Medical Dental Practitioners has raised concern over the current doctor to patient ratio in Kano State, threatening to embark on strike from October 1. The secretary of the association in Kano, Dr. Anas Idris Hassan, made this known while addressing newsmen yesterday. He stated that despite re...
•A collapsed building The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) today confirmed two persons dead and two injured in a two-storey building collapsed at Noman’s Land Fagge Local Government Area of Kano. Dr Nuraddeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Kano, reports NAN.A He s...
•Protesters The trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters will begin in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Borno today, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence, Dasuki Galadanchi, has disclosed. The DIG disclosed this at the just-ended Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), reports Daily Trust. He said those to be charg...
The Kano State Police Command today confirmed that it has recorded a significant breakthrough in its efforts to combat crime in the state. This is in compliance with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police toward ensuring round-the-clock visibility patrols. Following a series of raids on criminal hideouts and black spots in areas of ...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano has set nomination fees for chairmanship aspirants at N500,000 and N150,000 for willing councillors, with expression of interest fees set at N100,000 and N50,000, respectively. The party’s Chairman in Kano State, Hashim Sulaiman Dungurawa, made this known while briefing newsmen today. He expressed ...
•Building collapse Two siblings were killed in a building collapse in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State over the weekend, following torrential rainfall. The incident occurred while the family was asleep, with the heavy downpour causing part of their two-bedroom house to collapse, reports Daily Trust. Three other children from the sa...
•Kano State CP, Salman Dogo Garba There was no single death recorded in Kano State during the #EndBadGovernance protest, according to the police. Commissioner of Police in Kano, Salman-Dogo Garba, said this during a press conference where suspects were paraded today. He said, “Going by the records, so far, we are not aware of any […]...
•Beggars Some street beggars in Kano have appealed to the organisers of the ongoing nationwide protests to sheath their swords in the interest of humanity. Baba Haliru, a 70-year-old beggar from Rigiyar Zaki, told our correspondent that survival has become extremely challenging due to the protests, reports NAN. Haliru explained that many begga...

