Tag: Kano
Arms found in warehouse, 4 foreigners arrested
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Joint Task Force in Kano, northwest Nigeria has arrested four foreigners from the Middle-East over arms warehouse…
Kwankwaso blames all for Boko Haram emergence
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Kano state Governor, Engr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso on Tuesday blamed governments at all levels, politicians, traditional rulers and…
Policeman shoots tanker driver over ‘too little bribe’
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/ Kano Two policemen may be dismissed from the Force for allegedly shooting a tanker driver for refusing to…
Bomber lynched after mosque blast, another arrested
Muslim worshippers in northern Nigeria’s Kano city on Wednesday night lynched a suspected bomber after an explosive detonated outside the…
14 terror suspects killed in Easter day raid
Nigerian Soldiers raided a suspected hideout for Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria’s largest city of Kano on…
Tanker explosion kills 2 in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Two persons were confirmed dead in a tanker explosion on Gwarzo Road, Kano, northwest Nigeria on Monday. A…
Bad day for Kano terrorists as 2 self-destruct
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Two terrorists died Saturday morning as they attempted to bomb a checkpoint manned by soldiers of the Joint…
Kano Massacre: The Height Of Provocation
By Joy Igbokwe “I have lost my nose. There is a deep gorge in my stomach, I am placed on…
Kano bombing: Police under-report casualties
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano As the Nigerian authorities evaluate Tuesday’s bombing of the luxury bus terminal in Kano, in terms of the…
Court registrar killed in Kano
A high court registrar in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city, has been shot dead by gunmen. Usamatu Badawi, the high…
Four school teachers injured by gunmen
Gunmen opened fire at Dan Maliki Primary School in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Tuesday, injuring four teachers…
Nigeria: 13 Christians killed in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has urged the authorities to probe the gruesome killing of 13 factory…
Emir of Kano returns from UK
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Emir Ado Bayero, the traditional ruler of Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city has returned home, after spending 38…
Kano buries cop killed by gunmen
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The remains of the late Superintendent of Police, Dahiru Ibrahim Majia who was killed by gunmen Monday night…
Wazobia Radio loses licence
The regulatory authority of Nigeria’s broadcasting stations has suspended the broadcasting license of a radio station that repeated conspiracy theories…
No bail yet for detained radio journalists
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano A Nigerian Magistrate Court in the northern city of Kano on Tuesday refused bail for two of the…
3 journalists arrested over killing of polio vaccinators
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Three staff of the Kano station of Wazobia FM have been arrested by the Nigerian police over what…
Nigeria police blames Boko Haram for attack on Kano Emir
Police in Nigeria’s Kano state said Monday that militants from Boko Haram were behind last month’s attack on the Emir…
Nigeria: 9 polio vaccinators killed by gunmen
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano with agency report Gunmen attacked two clinics where polio vaccinators had gathered in Kano city, northwest Nigeria, on…
Kano state bans commercial motor-cyclists
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano By Thursday 24 January commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Achaba in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano, and Okada…
Bomb found, pretenders to Kano throne quizzed
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Several traditional chiefs who are believed to be interested in the throne of the Emir of Nigerian northern…
Revered Nigerian Emir survives gun attack
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Emir of Nigeria’s northern city of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero narrowly escaped death on Saturday in the…
Woman arrested with 757kg of cannabis
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Operatives of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Kano, have smashed a major dealer in Cannabis,…
Bombs: Nigeria police offers safety tips
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Kano state police Command Monday evening gave security tips to Kano residents ahead of Tuesday’s Christmas celebration and…
Bomb explodes near drinking parlour
A bomb exploded near a drinking parlour in Badawa Quarters in the Nigerian city of Kano Sunday, the same city…
Nigerian Suicide bomber hits Airtel Kano office
A Nigerian suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday when he rammed his car into the office gate of Airtel, one…
EFCC Nabs Courier With $130,000
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, arrested one Bash Abdu at the…
Nigeria nabs 28 terror suspects
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Security forces in Kano, northwest Nigeria have renewed raid on hideouts of terrorists recording 28 arrests within the…
Multiple attacks on Nigerian City by Boko Haram
Two policemen were shot dead at a roundabout in the Nigerian City of Kano today. About the same time, a…
Nigerian sports festival: Day 7 Round up
Delta, Kano fined N50, 000 each for using ineligible weightlifters The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) on Tuesday fined Delta and…