Tag: Kano State

Kano: NECO withholds results of over 70,000 candidates

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 70,000 candidates who sat for the October/November 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Kano State, are yet to get access to their results due to the alleged failure of the state government to pay their registration fees. Recall that the Kano state government had in August 2020 announced that it has approved the release of N489.25 million to sponsor candidates for the registration of NECO, NBAIS examinations, and in December 2020 it approved N32m for registration of disabled indigent candidates.  The National Examinations Council (NECO),…

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Passengers stranded as tri-cycle operators commence strike in Kano

Aminu Imam

…’No going back on N100 daily levy – KAROTA tells operators School children and many passengers were stranded in Kano yesterday, as tricycle operators embarked on an indefinite strike throughout the State to protest the State government’s refusal to suspend the collection of a N100 daily levy. One of the busiest places in Kano, the popular Bata area, where a number of businesses are conducted and also connected many parts of the daily activities of Kano metropolis, were seen almost empty due to the strike by the tricycle operators. Hundreds of…

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FG signs 25MW IPP deal for Kano Free Trade Zone

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government, on Friday, said it had signed a 25 megawatt Independent Power Project (IPP) agreement, to enhance electricity supply to industries in the Kano Free Trade Zone (KFTZ). The Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Richard Adeniyi-Adebayo,who stated this during a facility tour of the KFTZ in Kano, explained that the agreement was signed with a reputable firm and that the project was expected to be completed within 11 months. He said the government also initiated viable programmes to fast track infrastructure development and provision of other facilities…

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PDP wants Kano APC chairman prosecuted over ‘hate speech’

Aminu Imam

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, should arrest and prosecute the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Abdullahi Abbas, for alleged hate speech. A viral video revealed Abbas as  saying: “Attack and punish anybody you see trying to steal votes during the election in 2023; take stiffer action into your hands and nothing will be done. I have ordered you to punish anybody seen before ballots boxes trying to rig the election, this is my punishment, and nothing will…

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Kano: Police bust notorious criminal syndicate led by female ex-convict

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Police Command said it has smashed a notorious criminal syndicate led by a 47-year-old old woman, Hauwa Mustapha, an ex-convict. The Spokesperson of the Command,  DSP Abdullahi Haruna, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, said, “On the 19/01/2021 at about 0330hrs, team of ‘Operation Puff Adder’ led CSP Alabi Lateef while on intelligence-led patrol along Zaria Road, Kano, arrested one Hauwa Mustapha, (f), 47 yrs-old, of Naibawa Quarters, Kano and one Auwalu Ibrahim, (m), 28 yrs, of Brigade Quarters, in Kano, while driving a Honda Accord…

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‘Why Ganduje barred me from preaching’, Kano cleric speaks up

Aminu Imam

The Kano-based Islamic cleric barred from preaching, Sheikh AbdulJabbar Nasiru Kabara, has accused the State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, of issuing the banning order because he worked against him during the 2019 general election. The election, which was keenly contested, led to a run-off before Ganduje, who ran under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), defeated Abba Kabir Yusuf, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival. Speaking with newsmen hours after the government clamped down on him, the cleric said the action is more political than religious. “This decision…

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Here’s the ‘haram’ hairstyle that led to the arrest of a barber in Kano

Aminu Imam

See the photo of the hairstyle that led to a barber in Kano being arrested and accused of giving “haircuts that insult Islam” . Recall that a young barber from Benue State identified as Elijah Ode was reportedly arrested on Wednesday, Jan 27, in Kano for blasphemy Elijah, a student, was picked up after two of his customers were seen with hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion. He was arraigned in court on Tuesday, February 2, and later remanded. According to the teachings of Islam, any hairstyle that entails…

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Kano: Wife kills 17 yr-old girl for accepting husband’s proposal

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The Police Command in Kano has confirmed the arrest of a 20-year-old housewife, Suwaiba Shu’aibu, for allegedly stabbing one A’isha Kabir to death a few days to her wedding. A’isha was said to have accepted a proposal for marriage to one Malam Shahrehu Alhaji Ali, the husband of the suspect, before her gruesome murder by her to-be co-wife on January 1, at Gimawa village, Doguwa local government area of Kano State. The spokesman, Kano Police Command, DSP Abdullahion Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued yesterday, said…

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CBN disburses N10bn intervention funds to Kano industries affected by pandemic

Aminu Imam

The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), has disbursed the sum of N10billion to Kano companies affected by the pandemic, through a consortium of Kano Investment and Diaspora, in partnership with the Foreign Commonwealth Development and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN). This was disclosed on Monday in Kano by the DG of KanInvest & Diaspora, Hajiya Hama Ali, in a meeting on the Kano Turnaround Project. She said the target of the funds would be 50 companies and that the Kano agency would work with the affected companies to determine…

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Kano has over 7m poor people, says Nigerian Researcher

Aminu Imam

A Nigerian-based Researcher, Ibrahim Ado Kurawa, has said Kano State has 7.22 million poor people together with Jigawa State. According to Kurawa, who made the statement in his verified Facebook page, stated that Kano State, which is the home of the Late Malam Aminu Kano’s NEPU, the base that provided the NPC with resources to form national government in the First Republic has lost its eminent status in a matter of a few decades. He said, “Kano is the home of the first textile industry in Nigeria; but now, Kano…

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