Tag: Kano state
Police Foil Fresh Bombing In Kano
Nigeria police said on Monday that they thwarted a fresh attempt to detonate a car bomb in Kano, a day…
Bomb blast hits Sabon Gari in Kano state
A suspected car bomb ripped through a crowded entertainment spot in the north Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday, witnesses…
Ballot snatching, violence mar Kano council poll
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Local Government election in Kano, northwest Nigeria, held on Saturday was characterized by violence and electoral malpractices,…
Kano LG Polls: Fake ballot papers in circulation
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano With less than 24 hours to Saturday 17 May local government election in Kano, northwest Nigeria, the electoral…
Now is the time to rescue our daughters – Kwankwaso
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, northwest Nigeria has called on politicians and opinion leaders to come together…
APC in Kano State shifts congress to 28 April
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has shifted its state congress in Kano State to Monday, 28 April. Dr Mustapha Inuwa,…
‘Why I Killed My Husband, 3 Others With Rat Poison’
A child bride in Kano State, northwest Nigeria, has told the police why she killed her husband and three of…
Rape Is Major Crime In Kano
Alhaji Adenrele Tasheed Shinaba, Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, has had varied experience as Commissioner of Police in charge…
Bomb scare shuts Kano state secretariat
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Security has been beefed up at Audu Bako secretariat in Kano, northwest Nigeria following bomb-scare that made civil…
Kwankwaso: Sanusi’s removal designed to hit Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Governor Rabi’u Muhammad Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, Northwest Nigeria on Thursday faulted the suspension of the Governor…
Drug abuse declining in Kano, says Kwankwaso
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, northwest Nigeria has said that his administration is winning the war…
Kano boosts salary of health workers
The Kano State Government has approved seven per cent increase in the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) of health workers…
Kano APC gets caretaker committee
Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC), Kano chapter, on Saturday appointed a caretaker committee to oversee its affairs. The committee was…
Kwankwaso Declares President Jonathan Incompetent
Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano, northwest Nigeria has declared President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as incompetent and incapable to fix…
Kwankwaso’s dad survives gun attack in mosque, 3 die
Musa Saleh Kwankwaso, the father of Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, escaped unhurt after gunmen attacked a mosque in his…
APC Politics: Shekarau’s supporters pledge loyalty to Kwankwaso
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The absence of immediate past governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau in Kano Government House on Friday…
Kano to establish 44 e-learning centres
The Kano State Government in northwest Nigeria says it will establish an e-learning centre in each of the 44 local…
PDP tempts APC’s Shekarau
A chieftain of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Thursday assured PDP elders in Kano state of his…
Kwankwaso teaches Okonjo-Iweala how to balance budget
Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala said Nigeria will be spending 78 per cent of its income on recurrent…
Political drama in Kano House as Kwankwaso presents budget
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Kano State House of Assembly has received the 2014 budget from Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. The ceremony was…
Nigerian state outlaws begging
Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso of the northern Nigerian state of Kano on Thursday signed the Street Begging Prohibition Bill 2013 into…
Mass wedding of 1100 couples in Kano
More than 1,000 Muslim couples tied the knot at a mass wedding Thursday in Nigeria’s second city of Kano, part…
Cholera kills 5 in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Kano state government, northwest Nigeria, has spent N20 million to control the outbreak of cholera which affected 336…
Pfizer Fulfils A Promise
An ultra-modern diagnostic and disease control centre, a fruit of the out-of-court settlement of the dispute between Pfizer and Kano…
Attempt to set ablaze PDP secretariat foiled in Kano
Unidentified persons on Saturday attempted to set ablaze the Kano State Secretariat of the Caretaker Committee of the People’s Democratic…
Kano declares Monday public holiday
Nigeria’s Kano State Government on Saturday declared Monday as a public holiday to commemorate new Islamic year, 1435 A.H.(Muharram). This…
APC invites Kwankwaso to join national movement
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Indications emerged in Kano, northwest Nigeria on Thursday that the state governor, Engr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso may soon…
Kano sets date for council polls
The Independent Electoral Commission in the northwestern state of Kano says the local government elections will hold on 17 May…
Kwankwaso cries out against Tukur- PDP persecution
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Dr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the Governor of Kano state, northwest Nigeria has cried out over what he described…
Kwankwaso: National conference will divide Nigerians
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state, northwest Nigeria, has condemned the call for a national conference, saying…