The Nigerian Council of Food Science and Technology (NICFST) has started the process of informing stakeholders in Kano State about the need to process and package agricultural products to according…
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“The incoming Kano State government will be committed to a greater future,” Abba urges Kano locals
Winner of the Kano Governor polls and Kano State Governor-Elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, has told those trekking from other parts of the country to the state over his victory…
Two suspects arrested, plan to incite violence in Kano
The Department of State Services (DSS) has nabbed two men suspected for allegedly inciting violence in certain areas in Kano State. Peter Afunanya, public Relations Officer of DSS announced their…
Falana drags FG, Kano Govt to African Commission over Singer’s death sentence
Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has dragged the Kano state government and the federal government of Nigeria to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia,…
Police rescue 55-yr-old man chained for 30 years by his father in Kano (video)
The police in Kano and a human rights organizations on Thursday, August 20 rescued a 55-year-old man who had been chained by his father for 30 years at Rogo Local…
We don’t have objection to Kano blasphemy death sentence – CAN says
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has reacted to the death sentence passed on a Kano singer, Yahaya Aminu Sharif who was convicted of blasphemy by an Upper Shari’a Court.…
Grassroot development group speaks on allegations against Governor Ganduje
PRESS RELEASE ADDRESSED BY GRASSROOT DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE INITIATIVE ON THE MATTERS OF CORRUPTION ALLEGATION AGAINST HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR ABDULLAHI U. GANDUJE OF KANO STATE. Preamble Recently, the Nigeria public…
Kano Assembly unanimously adopt castration as punishment for rape
Members of Kano State Assembly on Wednesday July 15, adopted castration as punishment for rape in the state. The adoption initiated a process to further amend the State’s Penal Code amendment (No.12),…
Man who has raped over 40 women in Kano finally nabbed while attempting to rape again
A 32-year-old named Muhammad Alfa has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command after her allegedly raped over 40 people in one town over the period of one year. A…
Court gives approval for Sanusi’s probe over alleged N2.2bn land scam
A Federal High Court has okayed the investigation of deposed Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II over an alleged N2.2 billion land scam. Justice Lewis Allagoa on Tuesday dismissed the fundamental human…
Kano insists Eid prayers will hold in mosques despite spike in Covid-19 cases
Kano Government has insisted Eid-el-Fitr prayers will hold in mosques across the state on Sallah Day but with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje approved open prayers to…
Kano discharges 40 health workers who have recovered after testing positive for Covid-19
The Kano state government says it has discharged 40 health workers infected with COVID-19 at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. Hauwa Mohammed, assistant director, information and public affairs of the…
Kano set to deport another batch of 2,000 Almajirai to other states
Kano State Government is about to commence the deportation of a least 2,000 Almajirai boys who underwent isolation in three quarantine centres in the state. This was disclosed on Sunday…
Just in: Another Kano monarch, Alhaji Yusuf Bayero is dead
Another monarch, Dan’iya of Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Bayero, is dead. He died last night at the age of 87 and will be laid to rest this morning. Bayero was the…
25 passengers on flight from Kano to Beirut test positive for Coronavirus
Lebanese Ministry of Health has disclosed that 25 persons on board a flight that arrived in the country’s capital, Beirut from Kano on Wednesday May 6, have tested positive for Coronavirus. …
Just in: 16 Almajiris sent to Jigawa from Kano test positive for Coronavirus
Sixteen almajiris repatriated from Kano state to Jigawa have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Jigawa State government has announced. The state commissioner of health, Abba Zakari, said on Thursday…
Karma? Kano Commissioner sacked for ‘celebrating’ Abba Kyari’s death tests positive for Coronavirus
Remember Mu’az Magaji, the Kano State Commissioner for works who was sacked for ‘celebrating’ the death of late Abba Kyari? Well, he has tested positive to Coronavirus. Whether this is…
14 More Health workers test positive for Coronavirus in Kano
More health workers have tested positive for coronavirus in Kano State. According to the chairman of the state chapter of the Joint Health Workers Union, Murtala Isa, a total of…
Breaking: Governor Ganduje appoints New Emir of Rano
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved the appointment of a new Emir for the Rano Emirate Council. The state government disclosed on Tuesday evening that Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa…
I didn’t say COVID-19 was cause of mysterious deaths in Kano – Dr Gwarzo counters earlier report
Dr. Nasiru Sani Gwarzo, the leader of the Presidential Task Force Committee on COVID-19 in Kano countered earlier statements made that coronavirus infections are responsible for most of mysterious deaths…
