Tag: Kano State

2023: Kano First Lady plans to contest for Senate in Jigawa

Aminu Imam

The wife of Kano State governor, Dr. Hafsat Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, popularly known as Goggo, is planning to contest for Senate in Jigawa North-East senatorial district. A source close to the First Lady confirmed this to newsmen that the University lecturer, who hails from Malam-Madori, in Jigawa State, is planning for the contest. According to a source, who preferred anonymity, “Goggo is indeed aspiring for the senate position, only that she didn’t reveal it to the public; but she will do so in the soonest”.  The source further said that…

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Insecurity: Ganduje demands military intervention as bandits convert Kano forests to hideouts

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said yesterday that bandits have taken over the Falgore Forest and others in the State and converted them to hideouts. The governor, who stated this at a meeting with the Service Chiefs at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, urged the military to intervene and save Kano from bandits plotting to wreak havoc in the State. He also condoled with the Nigerian Army over the death of the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other officers in last month’s plane crash in…

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2023: Buhari’s top ally floats factional APC in Kano

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari’s top ally and a former National Chairman, The Buhari Organisation, (TBO), Abdulmajid Danbilki Kwamanda, has created a new APC Akida in Kano, following irreconcilable differences with the leadership of the ruling party in the State. Briefing newsmen on the emerging development yesterday in Kano, Danbilki Kwamanda accused Governor Ganduje and the APC State caretaker Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, of strangulating the party with unpopular and undemocratic terms. The APC stalwart, known to have championed President Buhari’s ideologies since 2003 when the President first contested under the former All…

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Kano: Turkey-bound Nigerian arrested with 54 ATM cards

Aminu Imam

A money-laundering suspect has been arrested at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA), with 54 Automated Teller Machines, (ATM) cards while attempting to board a flight. The suspect, Abubakar Sale, was handed over yesterday to the Head of the Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC), by the Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service in Kano, S.P Umar, who told the EFCC Head, Mualledi Farouq Dogondaji, to conduct further investigation. Picture caption: The-ATM-cards-found-on-Abubakar-Sale-being-handed-over-to-EFCCs-Dogondaji Speaking at the ceremony at the Customs Area Command in Kano, Umar…

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Kano: Emir, many passengers escape death in Abuja-bound Max Air

Aminu Imam

Many air passengers, including the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, escaped death by whiskers as Kano-Abuja Max Air aircraft developed engine failure, 10 minutes after take-off from the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA). According to reports, the Max Air plane with the number VM1645 which was slated for take-off at 1.30 pm had about a 30minutes delay.The aircraft later took off around 2:00 pm with passengers filled to the brim. It was gathered that 10 minutes after the take-off, the aircraft began to swerve around the air until it…

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Digital Switch Over: NBC to switch on Kano with 30 free TV stations by June, Says D-G

Aminu Imam

The National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC), says the Kano digital switchover will commence in June, with 30 television stations in the State. The Acting Director-General of the NBC, Armstrong Idachaba, stated this while briefing newsmen on the sideline of a one-day Digital Switchover, DSO, sensitisation, yesterday in Kano. Idachaba said the DSO billed to commence on June 10, comprised local, regional and international broadcasters, noting that six of the transmission stations were based in Kano. He listed the local stations to include, the Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA), Abubakar Rimi Television, (ARTV),…

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Suspected Boko Haram terrorists arrested in Kano – Army

Aminu Imam

Troops of the Nigerian Army on Saturday evening stormed a mosque suspected to be aBoko Haram terrorists enclave and arrested no fewer than 10 suspects. The army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said troops of 3 Brigade, Kano arrested 13 suspected terrorists located at Filin Lazio, Hotoro, in Kano metropolis following a successful operation. According to him, the mosque was said to belong to some men from Borno State who had fled the troubled North-East due to the Boko Haram insurgency. It was learnt that the troops took away some unidentified items from…

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Kano: Ganduje extends teachers, lecturers retirement age to 65

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has extended the retirement age for teachers and lecturers working with the state-owned institutions of learning to 65 years. Ganduje announced this at the award night marking the 2021 May Day celebration, organised by the Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, (NLC), in Kano. According to the governor, “The Federal Government has since approved this for teachers and lecturers working in its institutions, hence, teachers in Kano State are also not left behind. Therefore, our teachers and lecturers from now on will…

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Kidnappers kill 6-yr-old after N5m ransom

Aminu Imam

…Dump body inside drainage Kidnappers have killed and dumped the body of a 6-year-old boy inside a drainage in Kano State, after collecting N5 million ransom from his parents. It was gathered that the victim, Mohammed Kabir, was abducted in Barnawa in Kaduna, where his parents are based. It was also gathered that the boy’s father is a businessman in the community. A resident of the area who pleaded anonymity said the kidnappers initially demanded N50 million ransom, but later settled for a million naira. “We heard the parents took…

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Security operatives foil jailbreak in Kano

Aminu Imam

An attempted jailbreak by inmates of Kurmawa prison, located around the Emir’s palace in Kano state was on Thursday evening stopped by security operatives. Eyewitnesses disclosed that sporadic gunshots were heard within the area as residents prepared to break their Ramadan fast. Spokesman of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kano, one Musbahu Nasarawa, who confirmed the incident, said the rebellion was quelled through the concerted efforts of the prison officials. Nasarawa, who denied claims that the crisis was the result of lack of food items or poor quality of food…

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