Tag: Kano
Labourer remanded for allegedly raping 13-year-old girl
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano, on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 25-year-old labourer, Jibril Salisu, in prison for…
31 killed, 10,000 houses destroyed as flood ravages Kano
The Kano State Government has confirmed the death of 31 people and destruction of more than 10,000 houses during the…
Flood destroys 5,000 hectares of rice farms in Kano
The Rice Famers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Kano state says the recent flood has destroyed over 5,000 hectares of…
Man remanded for allegedly defiling 10-year-old boy
A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 45-year-old man, Yusuf Usman, for alleged defilement of a…
Flood ravages 400 houses in Kano
Flood ravaged no fewer than 400 houses in Bar’kwari community in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano State on…
Flood kills 9, injures 5 in Kano
The Kano State Government has confirmed the death of nine people and injury of five others from a recent flood…
Tailor remanded for allegedly defiling 11-year-old girl
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 52-year-old tailor, Abbas Saminu, in prison custody over alleged defilement of…
Firemen rescue man, 52, from collapsed duplex in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service on Thursday morning rescued 52-year-old man, Malam Mohammed Zakiru, from a collapsed duplex at Kofar…
52-year-old man rescued from collapsed duplex in Kano
The Kano State Fire Service on Thursday morning rescued 52-year-old man, Malam Mohammed Zakiru, from a collapsed duplex at Kofar…
Ganduje signs Executive Order of Open Government Partnership
The Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has signed an Executive Order of Open Government Partnership (OGP) as part of…
Cholera kills 28 in Kano in seven months
The Kano State Government says it has recorded 400 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhea with 50 confirmed cases of…
N-Power: 12,000 youths successful in Kano state
No fewer than 12, 000 unemployed youths have been selected in the second phase of the Federal Government’s N-power programme…
Ganduje describes NYSC as instrument of national unity
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has described the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme as an important instrument of…
Businessman remanded for allegedly defiling 9-year-old boy
A Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Wednesday ordered the remand of a businessman, Balarabe Habibu, in prison over alleged defilement…
508 beggars arrested in Kano
No fewer than 508 beggars were arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board between January and June for allegedly violating…
Nigerian Govt donates feed to 100 livestock farmers
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday donated animal feed concentrate and mineral salt to 100 livestock…
Customs confiscates 11 vehicles loaded with smuggled rice
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘B’ said it has confiscated 11 vehicles carrying bags of foreign rice along Kaduna,…
Police deny shooting 4 persons
The Kano Police Command has denied a media report alleging that its officers shot four persons at Shoporite located in…
Man remanded for allegedly defiling 10-year-old girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Thursday ordered the remand of one Adamu Usman in prison custody over his…
18-year-old drowns in a pond in Kano
Auwalu Ibrahim, 18, was reportedly drowned while taking his bath in a pond at Kwanar Ungogo in Kano metropolis, according…
8-year-old boy drowns in well in Kano
An eight year-old boy in Tamburawa Gabas town of Kano State, Sadi Yusuf, on Tuesday, lost his life after falling…
Fire destroys 12 rooms, 1 shop in Kano
No fewer than 12 rooms and one shop were razed in a fire that occurred at Tudun Murtala Layin Maiunguwa…
Kano-based businessman, Sheik Isiyaku Rabi’u dies at 90
The death has occurred of a renowned Kano-based businessman and Islamic Scholar, Sheik Isiyaku Rabi’u.
Teacher charged for allegedly defiling 3-year-old girl
A 26-year-old teacher, Muhammad Suleiman, who allegedly defiled a three-year-old girl, on Thursday appeared before a Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court.
Multiple auto crash claims 4 lives in Kano State
Four people have been confirmed dead and 19 others sustained various degrees of injury in a multiple accident on Bauchi…
Anchor Borrower programme: 14,000 sorghum farmers register in Kano
All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Kano State has so far registered 14,000 sorghum farmers for agric loan under…
3 men remanded over alleged rape of 30-year-old woman
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of three men – Marcus Sani, Iliya Garba and Halilu…
Man sentenced to 23 months in prison for reckless driving, manslaughter
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old man, Isma’il Umar, to 23 months imprisonment for reckless…
NDLEA intercepts 5.9 tons of illicit drugs in Kano
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State says it has intercepted over 5.9 tons of illicit drugs…
57-year-old man sentenced to 10 years in prison for rape
Justice Jude Dagat of Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday sentenced Yusuf Umar, 57, to 10 years in…