Tag: Kano
Boko Haram: Nigerian-Lebanese deny fleeing Kano
Mr Tahir Faddalah, the Chairman, Lebanese Community in Kano, has denied media reports that members of the community were fleeing Kano State…
Oba Akiolu urges job creation for Nigerian youths
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Saturday in Kano called on governments at all levels to focus on youth…
Nigeria’s insecurity will soon be over, says Police IG
Nigeria’s head of police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, said in Kano on Tuesday that the security challenges in some parts of…
Boko Haram burns telecom firms masts
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Unidentified men suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect on Wednesday attacked masts belonging…
Eid-el-Fitri: Jos, Kano spared by terrorists
Jos, the Plateau state capital, was calm and peaceful today as Muslims celebrated the Eid-el-Fitr festival to mark the end…
1000 bombs recovered by Nigerian police in Kano
The Anti-Bomb disposal unit of the Kano State Police Command recovered and defused 996 different calibre of Improvised Explosive Devices…
Be warned…flooding predicted in 14 Nigerian states
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment has predicted downpour between now and August 19, which might cause flooding in 14 states.…
Soldiers seize Boko Haram weapons after raid
Nigerian troops recovered weapons in raids on suspected Boko Haram bases in two northern cities, officials said Saturday. A raid…
Heavy rains, flood forecast for August-October
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) on Friday said there was a high prospect of intense rains between August and October…
3,000 Teachers Benefit From Learn African Project
Foremost learning resource company has trained over 30,000 teachers in over 100 workshops held in different states of the country…
4 die in gun battle near Nigerian mosque
A gun battle near a mosque in the Nigerian city of Kano and two other shootings left at least eight…
Nigeria’s air force officer, driver killed
Updated Gun men believed to be members of the Boko Haram sect have shot dead an orderly to a Nigerian…
Woman arrested for stabbing son
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano An 11 year old Nigerian boy is battling to live at a Kano hospital after being stabbed by…
Gunmen kill 5 persons in Kano, Maiduguri
Gunmen on Thursday shot dead at least five people, including a policeman, in two separate attacks in northern Nigeria, the…
2 Chinese nationals murdered in Nigeria by Chinese
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Police authorities in Kano, northwest Nigeria on Monday said they are still investigating the remote and immediate causes…
Emir Bayero’s arrival ends death rumours
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, returned to Kano last night after undergoing a medical check up at a…
Boko Haram: Army chief warns combat troops
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Soldiers deployed as members of the Joint Security Task Force, JTF, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, have been urged…
Gunmen, Bombers attack Nigeria’s Kano city
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The city of Kano, northwest Nigeria went on fire Tuesday evening as terrorists suspected to be members of…
How Police ex-DIG, 44 others were killed
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Since March this year, 45 persons have been serially killed by assassins using motor bikes in Kano, northwest…
Nigerian cop killed in Boko Haram attack
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/KANO A top source from the Joint Security Task Force, JTF, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Thursday confirmed the killing…
Gunmen kill 2 cops, customs officer
Gunmen in Nigeria’s Kano city have killed two policemen and a customs officer, while two civilians wounded in the separate…
Sanusi Lamido honoured in Kano
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was today turbaned the Dan Majen Kano…
Boko Haram admits killing ex-police chief
Nigeria’s militant group, Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the killing of a former deputy police chief in the northern…
Boko Haram militant arrested
Nigerian troops have arrested a “high-profile” member of the Islamist group Boko Haram during a raid in the northern city…
100 Divorcees, Widows Tie The Knot
Kano State government, north central Nigeria, on Tuesday through the state Hisbah Board and the Emirate Council sponsored the marriage…
Kano: gunmen on motor bikes kill at least 5
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Five persons were feared dead in Kano, northwest Nigeria when unknown gun men invaded Tukuntawa Quarters along Zoo…
Oyo state-born Boko Haram commander arrested
Nigerian troops in Kano arrested a suspected leading Boko Haram militant in a raid Friday, a day after the restive…
Nigeria: 4 Boko Haram members killed in shootout
Soldiers in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killed four suspected members of Boko Haram Islamist sect in a raid…
Bombs: Nigerian fans couldn’t watch Chelsea
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/kano Bomb threats have continued to disrupt social activities in Kano, northwest Nigeria as police in the state Saturday…
Governor pledges aid to Nigeria’s bomb victims
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Nigeria’s Kano State has promised to foot the medical bill of the victims of Sunday bomb blast…