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  • Nigerian Lady, Khadijat Kabir Ali Mai Katifa Dies Five Days After Her Wedding In Kano (Photos)

    .. Nigerian Lady, Khadijat Kabir Ali Mai Katifa Dies Five Days After Her Wedding In Kano (Photos)

     A Nigerian woman identified as Khadijat Kabir Ali Mai Katifa has died five days after her wedding. The woman got married to her fiancé Ibrahim Muhammad Dan Azumi, on Sunday, January 24, 2021, in Dutse area of Kano state.According to her family, she died on Friday morning, January 29 but the cause of her death was not revealed.Her cousin and famil
  • 30Yrs Old Woman, Hauwa Auwal Arrested For Pouring Hot Water On 2nd Wife & Child In Kano

    . 30Yrs Old Woman, Hauwa Auwal Arrested For Pouring Hot Water On 2nd Wife & Child In Kano

     The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old woman, Hauwa Auwal, who allegedly poured hot water on her husband’s second wife, Sha’awanatu Muhmmad and her four-year-old daughter, Halima Khalid. The incident happened in Shekara Sabuwar Abuja in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state.Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Har
  • Photos: 1000 Clerics Convene To Pray For Buhari, Nigeria In Kano

    . Photos: 1000 Clerics Convene To Pray For Buhari, Nigeria In Kano

     Apparently unhappy about the high level of kidnapping, robbery and other ethnic violence in Nigeria, no fewer than 1000 Islamic clerics have gathered in Kano to pray to God for the protection of the country against killings of more innocent souls.It was reported that the clerics, who observed prayer for the country, also prayed to God to guide Pre
  • Kano Gov. Ganduje Orders School Principals To Relocate To Boarding Premises Or Lose Job

    . Kano Gov. Ganduje Orders School Principals To Relocate To Boarding Premises Or Lose Job

     The Kano State Government has ordered all Principals of boarding schools in the state to relocate to their school premises or lose their jobs.Mr Muhammad Sanusi-Kiru, the state Commissioner of Education, gave the directive in Kano while presenting the Common Entrance Examination forms to zonal educational inspectors.He insisted that all Principals
  • Court Overturns Death Sentence Imposed on Kano Singer Over Blasphemy

    . Court Overturns Death Sentence Imposed on Kano Singer Over Blasphemy

     The death sentence imposed on Yahya Sharif Aminu, a Kano-based singer who was convicted for blasphemy has been overturned by a court. In a judgement delivered on Thursday January 21 by the state's chief judge Nuraddeen Sagir, it was stated that the trial was full of irregularities as the appellant was not given legal representation. Sagir al
  • COVID 19: Kano Gov. Abdullahi Ganjude Warns Residents As 19 Members Of One Family Test Positive

    . COVID 19: Kano Gov. Abdullahi Ganjude Warns Residents As 19 Members Of One Family Test Positive

     Governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, has warned residents of the state, especially the market community to strictly obey the COVID 19 protocols.The Governor said this on Thursday at a COVID 19 stakeholders’ meeting with market community leaders in the state at the Government House.The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Nasiru Gawuna, s
  • 'Stay-at-home' Order comes into Force In Kano State, Civil Servants Ordered To Remain At Home

    . 'Stay-at-home' Order comes into Force In Kano State, Civil Servants Ordered To Remain At Home

     Kano state government has directed all civil servants to stay at home till further notice as confirmed cases of COVID-19 rise in the state.The government also imposed a fresh ban on viewing centres and ordered immediate shut down of all event centres across the state.Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, made this known in a statement.He s
  • 18-Year-Old Boy Nabbed For Rap!ng 5-Year-Old Girl In Kano

    . 18-Year-Old Boy Nabbed For Rap!ng 5-Year-Old Girl In Kano

     A boy, 18, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kano command, for raping a girl, 5, in Kano.Isma’eel Abubakar, of Kofar ruwa quarters in Dala local govt, is accused of defiling Ilham Aminu of the same address.This was contained in a media statement signed by the public Relations of the command i
  • Three Persons Found Trapped & Burnt To Death Inside A Building In Kano State

    . Three Persons Found Trapped & Burnt To Death Inside A Building In Kano State

     Three persons have been roasted in a fire incident that razed a ground floor building in Kano State.A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Saidu Muhammad Ibrahim said the service received a distress call from one Salisu Muhammad of Rumfar Shehu, Rijiyar Zaki, Ungoggo Local Government area, at about 3:18 am.The
  • 22 Years Old Man Arrested For Stabbing Young Man With Animal Horn Over N200 In Kano

    . 22 Years Old Man Arrested For Stabbing Young Man With Animal Horn Over N200 In Kano

     Dini Abdullahi, a robbery suspect, a criminal suspect has been confession. Abdullahi who was arrested in Kano for attempted culpable homicide has claimed that he is addicted to intoxicating drugs.Spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Abdulahi Haruna, in a statement on Tuesday, January 12, said the suspect stabbed a 22-year-old man with a shar
  • How Kano State Hisbah Board Arrest 53 Teenagers Over Alleged Immoral Act In The State

    . How Kano State Hisbah Board Arrest 53 Teenagers Over Alleged Immoral Act In The State

     The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 53 teenagers over alleged involvement in immoral acts in Kano City.Malam Lawal Ibrahim, the board’s Public Relations Officer, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Kano, said they were arrested on a tip-off.According to him, the suspects were apprehended on Tuesday night at Lamido Crescent in
  • Kano Stops Payment Of N30k Minimum Wage, Reverts To Former N18k Minimum Wage

    . Kano Stops Payment Of N30k Minimum Wage, Reverts To Former N18k Minimum Wage

     The Kano government has stopped payment of N30,000 minimum wage to civil servants in the state and have now reverted to the former N18,000 minimum wage. Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, spokesperson to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said they reverted to the former minimum wage due to 'COVID-19-induced recession’.  He added that the state government
  • Bayero University Kano Cancels 2019-2020 Academic Session

    . Bayero University Kano Cancels 2019-2020 Academic Session

     The Senate of Bayero University Kano (BUK) on Monday January 4, approved the cancelation of 2019-2020 sessions for all Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs in the institution. For the Postgraduates, the senate slated January 18 as first semester, while the second semester will begin on June 1.This was made known in a memo signed by the universi
  • Men & Women Are Banned From Entering Same Keke In Kano But Not Same Flight - Humanitarian Worker, Ella

    . Men & Women Are Banned From Entering Same Keke In Kano But Not Same Flight - Humanitarian Worker, Ella

     Humanitarian worker, Ella, says the Sharia laws are targeted at the poor and not the affluent.She posted this photo of male and female passengers on the same flight. According to her, the Sharia laws in Kano frown at men and women entering the same tricycle popularly known as Keke but the law doesn't frown at male and female boarding the same
  • PHOTOS: Massive Crowd At The Ex Kano Gov. Rabiu Musa-Kwankwaso Father's Burial

    . PHOTOS: Massive Crowd At The Ex Kano Gov. Rabiu Musa-Kwankwaso Father's Burial

    The remains of Alhaji Musa Saleh-Kwankwaso, the father of former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa-Kwankwaso have been buried in Kano.Sale-Kwankwaso, who until his death was the Makaman Karaye, died in the early hours of Friday, in Kano. He was 93.The funeral prayer was led by a renowned Kano-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Aminu Daurawa, who prayed f
  • Woman Who Hacked Her Two Kids to Death in Kano Reveals Why She Did as She Pleads Not Guilty

    . Woman Who Hacked Her Two Kids to Death in Kano Reveals Why She Did as She Pleads Not Guilty

     26-year-old Hauwa Habibu, who hacked her two children to death in Kano has pleaded not guilty before a magistrate court. Hauwa, who is a health worker, killed her two children, Irfan Ibrahim, 6 and Zuhura Ibrahim, 3, and injured a niece, Aisha Sadiq, 10, at Diso Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano state on October 4, because her husban
  • Kano Singer, Dauda Kahutu To Face Sharia Court For Featuring a Married Woman In His Music Video

    . Kano Singer, Dauda Kahutu To Face Sharia Court For Featuring a Married Woman In His Music Video

     An Upper Sharia Court in Kano on Tuesday ordered the police to investigate a popular Kano-based Hausa artiste, Dauda Kahutu, aka Rarara, for allegedly featuring a married woman, Maryam Muhammad, in his music video without the consent of her husband.It was gathered that the woman’s husband, Abdulkadir Inuwa, 36, had filed a suit before the court
  • Father, Son, Grandson Arrested For Allegedly Killing Suspected Kidnapper In Kano

    . Father, Son, Grandson Arrested For Allegedly Killing Suspected Kidnapper In Kano

     The police in Kano said they have arrested 50-year-old Adamu Musa, his son, Sule Mallam and grandson, Isyaku Sule, for killing a suspected kidnapper and his five-year-old daughter at Gomo Village, Sumaila Local Government Area. The police spokesperson in Kano, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said in a statement issued on Tuesday night that Mr Musa has confessed
  • Real Reason Sanusi Lamido Was Removed As Emir of Kano - Ex Governor, Kwankwanso

    . Real Reason Sanusi Lamido Was Removed As Emir of Kano - Ex Governor, Kwankwanso

     Former Kano Governor, Engr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has explained why Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje dethroned Muhammad Sanusi II as Emir of Kano.He told Ganduje, “you dethroned him for your inferiority complex against him, nothing more.” Senator Kwankwaso noted in a press statement signed by his Principal Private Secretary, Muhammad Inuwa Ali
  • Court Orders Release Of Atheist, Mubarak Bala Who Was Imprisoned For Blasphemy In Kano

    . Court Orders Release Of Atheist, Mubarak Bala Who Was Imprisoned For Blasphemy In Kano

     A federal high court sitting in Abuja has reportedly ordered the release of atheist Mubarak Bala, who was imprisoned for blasphemy in Kano.Mubarak Bala, president of the Humanist Affiliation of Nigeria, was arrested on the 28th of April after he made a post on Facebook, calling the Prophet Muhammad a terrorist.He was arrested in Kano by the state
  • Drama As Kano Factional PDP Expels Former Gov. Kwankwaso Over Anti-Party Activities

    . Drama As Kano Factional PDP Expels Former Gov. Kwankwaso Over Anti-Party Activities

     A mild drama played out on Thursday as a faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano state, led by former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, expelled former Kano Governor, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, from the party for alleged “anti-party activities.”The group also accused the former Defence Minister and 2019 PDP presidential
  • Kano State Government Orders Immediate Closure of All Schools

    . Kano State Government Orders Immediate Closure of All Schools

     Kano State Government on Tuesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state with immediate effect, Mr Sanusi Kiru, Commissioner for Education announced.Kiru, who gave the directive in a statement issued in Kano, urged parents to take their children from their various schools. “Parents whose children are in boarding schoo
  • SAD! Eleven Young Aspiring Youths Die In Road Accident On Their Way To Write Navy Exam In Kano

    .. SAD! Eleven Young Aspiring Youths Die In Road Accident On Their Way To Write Navy Exam In Kano

     At least 11 youth aspiring to be soldiers, on Saturday, lost their lives in a road accident while travelling to write an examination for the Nigerian Navy in Kano.The police said the victims, from Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa, met their death as their vehicle rammed into a trailer, which was parked wrongly by the road.Residents also sa
  • How American University Denies Appointing Kano Gov. Ganduje As A Visiting Professor

    . How American University Denies Appointing Kano Gov. Ganduje As A Visiting Professor

     An American university has denied appointing the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as a visiting professor.The East Carolina University (ECU) said the letter Mr Ganduje got from a member of its faculty was unauthorised by the appropriate officials.The university stated its official stance in a letter sent to the Kano governor which the unive
  • Stop Calling Friday Black - Kano Hisbah Board Write Cool FM On Black Friday Sales

    . Stop Calling Friday Black - Kano Hisbah Board Write Cool FM On Black Friday Sales

     Kano State Hisbah Board wrote a letter to Cool FM, Kano on their Black Friday Sales, and requested that they stop calling Friday "Black Friday" with immediate effect because it's "Holy Day" for the Muslims.The Kano State Hisbah Corps is a religious police force in Nigeria's Kano state responsible for the enforcement o
  • Check out Throwback Photo Of Governor Ganduje Of Kano And His Wife Hafsat Umar Ganduje

    . Check out Throwback Photo Of Governor Ganduje Of Kano And His Wife Hafsat Umar Ganduje

     Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his wife Hafsat Umar Ganduje have been married for decades and have grown children and grandchildren between them.A throwback photo of the couple shows them at the early stages of their marriage. The couple is seen posing at an event in Nigeria.
  • Hisbah Arrest Police Constable, Basiru in Kano For Sexually Exploiting Underage Girls

    . Hisbah Arrest Police Constable, Basiru in Kano For Sexually Exploiting Underage Girls

     A police constable identified as Basiru has been arrested by Sharia Police (Hisbah) in Rumawa, Ungogo Local Government Area of the state over alleged sexual exploitation of underage girls and women.It was gathered that Basiru and his accomplice, one Jamilu, now at large, used a house in Rumawa area where they allegedly lured girls and women for th
  • JUST IN: Gunmen Invade Agric Minister, Sabo Nanono's Family House In Kano, Kidnapped Brother

    . JUST IN: Gunmen Invade Agric Minister, Sabo Nanono's Family House In Kano, Kidnapped Brother

    Gunmen have kidnapped Babawuro Tofai, the brother of the Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, after invading their family house in Tofai village, Gabasawa Local government area of Kano State.Agric Minister’s Brother Kidnapped By Gunmen From Their Family Home In Kano State 1It was gathered that the gunmen numbering about ten of them stormed the
  • LOVELY: Viral Photos Of Identical Twin Brothers Set To Wed Identical Twin Sisters In Kano

    .. LOVELY: Viral Photos Of Identical Twin Brothers Set To Wed Identical Twin Sisters In Kano

     Identical twin brothers are set to wed identical twin sisters in Kano.Their pre-wedding photos and video which has been going viral, was shared by their official photographer, Bilal Adams, of Villa Studio.It shows the couples rocking matching outfits and posting together.The twins are so identical, it’s hard to tell each one apart and Instagram
  • BREAKING: 2 NYSC Members In Kano Test Positive For Covid 19, Coordinator, Aisha Tata Reveals

    . BREAKING: 2 NYSC Members In Kano Test Positive For Covid 19, Coordinator, Aisha Tata Reveals

     The NYSC Coordinator in Kano State, Aisha Tata, says two new corps individuals presented on the state have tested positive for COVID-19.Tata unveiled this while preparation newsmen after the swearing-in of the 2020 Batch 'B' Stream A corps individuals today Monday, November 16. As per her, 826 corps individuals who were presented on the

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