Tag: Kano
Abducted Chibok Girls: Christian Women Protest In Kano
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Emotions were high at Sarki Yarki secretariat of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Sabon Gari, Kano, Northwest…
6 friends of groom die from drug overdose at wedding
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Tijani Usman (26) may have been regretting while he decided to get married as his wedding ceremony at…
Shoprite opens shop in Kano
South African retailer Shoprite on Thursday opened its first outlet in northern Nigeria, as part of an aggressive expansion drive,…
Northern Nigeria accuses Jonathan of neglect
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Leaders and elders of northern Nigeria raged on Monday in Kano northwest Nigeria with a total resolve that…
Emirates sets August date for daily flights from Kano, Abuja
Leading international carrier, Emirates Airline has said it is set to enhance its operations in Nigeria by launching scheduled daily…
Anti-gay law welcome by Sharia enforcers
Islamic law enforcers in Kano, northern Nigeria’s biggest city have vowed a crackdown on homosexual activity, in the wake of…
Kidnapped Lebanese national dumped on the outskirts of Kano
A Lebanese national, Mr Hassan Zaid(initially spelled as Zein) who was kidnapped on Monday by unknown persons, has been released…
900 Ex-Nigeria Airways staff die of frustration, the living protest
No fewer than 900 former staff of the defunct Nigeria Airways have died after they waited fruitlessly for the payment…
Nigeria’s Sharia police destroys 240k bottles of beer
The local police enforcing Islamic law in Nigeria’s city of Kano publicly destroyed some 240,000 bottles of beer, equivalent of…
Samuel wins Dala Hard Court women’s singles
Damilare Okunola Abuja-based tennis player, Blessing Samuel has won the women’s singles of this year’s Dala Hard Court Tennis Championship…
Tennis: Babalola, Lawal To Clash In Semi Final
Damilare Okunola Either of Nigeria’s top two tennis players, Shehu Lawal and Abdulmumuni Babalola will not play in the final…
Counter terrorism: Nigerian forces abort plot, kill 2 suspects
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigerian forces in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Tuesday evening confirmed the death of two terrorists and the arrest of…
Tennis: First Major Upset Recorded In Kano
Damilare Okunola/ Kano P.M. NEWS Sports can report that the ongoing Dala Hard Court Championship in Kano recorded its first…
Nigeria consoles families of slain polio vaccinators with cash gifts
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s government has donated N3 million each to family members of the 10 health workers that were assassinated…
Nigerian forces avert suicide attacks, in raids of Boko Haram hideouts
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano A dawn raid on members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect in Kano, northwest Nigeria on Saturday claimed…
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…
4 injured as thugs disrupt Kano PDP meeting
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The silent war between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the New PDP in Kano, Northwest Nigeria took…
Nigerian troops avert plot to bomb Kano, raid Boko Haramcamps
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Security forces in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Wednesday uncovered plots by terrorists to carry out…
Dangote to build diagnostic centre, hospital in Kano
Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said on Tuesday that he would construct a 1,000-bed…
Nous parlons francais…Nigerians learn French in Niamey
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The governor of Kano state, northwest Nigeria, Engr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso on Monday handed over admission letters to…
Thousands rally for Egypt’s Morsi in Northern Nigeria
Thousands of Muslims rallied peacefully in northern Nigeria on Saturday to demand the return of Egypt’s Islamist former president Mohamed…
Horror: Flood unearths corpses in Kano cemetery
No fewer than 20 corpses were unearthed at the Yan Kaba Cemetery in Kano metropolis, northern Nigeria following floods which…
Multiple blasts targeting revelers kill over 30 people
No fewer than 30 people have died in the twin bomb explosions that rocked the Northern Nigerian city of Kano…
Breaking news: Twin bomb blasts in Kano
Maduabuchi Nmeribe/Kano Two bomb explosions have occurred in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, despite talks that the Boko Haram…
Kano lawyer docked for theft of N4.8m
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned a legal practitioner, Hassan Tanko Kyaure before a…
Heroic welcome for Al-Mustapha in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late Nigerian tyrant, General Sani Abacha wept in…
Hezbollah-linked Lebanese suspects denied bail
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Three Lebanese arrested in connection with the discovery of a cache of arms and ammunition in…
Bank Staff Arrested For Robbery
Robert Olusegun, a staff of a new generation bank who allegedly waylaid a customer and robbed him of N4.7 million…
CBN extends cashless policy to Abuja, 5 more states
The cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, which has been in force in Lagos since last year, has…
Kano to clear urchins, beggars from streets
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Government of Kano state, northwest Nigeria has concluded plans to evacuate urchins, popularly known as Almajiris from…