Tag: Kano

2023: “I’m done with Kwankwaso, NNPP” – Shekarau

Aminu Imam

Former Kano State governor, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau yesterday declared an end to his political romance with his predecessor in office, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and his New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP). The 3-months-old political marriage between two Kano political forces crashed for what Shekarau described as an alleged “betrayal of trust” by Kwankwaso. Shekarau, who addressed members of his Shura Advisory Council drawn from 44 local government areas of Kano, catalogued his bitter experience with his former political soul mate but failed to announce his next move. According to the…

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Kano: Teenager climbs flyover bridge, vows to remain there if President Buhari does not resign

Aminu Imam

A teenager, Hamza Yahaya, has threatened to jump from the popular Kofar Nasarawa flyover bridge in Kano’s ancient city if President Muhammadu Buhari did not resign. As passers-by stopped to take a glimpse of the scenario on Friday, Hamza’s actions created a scene beneath the bridge connecting the Emir of Kano’s palace and State road. It was gathered that the one-man protest could not be unrelated to the country’s economic situation or hardship. It took the intervention of the Kano State Fire Service officials to rescue Hamza from the bridge’s…

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Kano: Death toll from gas explosion rises to nine

Aminu Imam

The death toll from a gas explosion that occurred in the Sabon-Gari area of Kano metropolis yesterday has risen to nine, according to emergency officials. The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs made this known while announcing the arrival of the Director-General of the National Emergency Agency, (NEMA), Mustapha Habib Ahmed, at the scene of the incident. Earlier in the day, the State’s Police Command confirmed the death of four persons, claiming that gas, not a bomb, exploded on Aba Road in the Sabon Gari district yesterday morning. According to NEMA,…

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Bandits kill seven people, abduct traditional ruler in Kano

Aminu Imam

No fewer than seven persons were killed by suspected bandits at Karfi community, in Takai local government area of Kano State. Residents said the gunmen also abducted the head of the community and injured three others. The State’s Police Command spokesperson, Abdullahi Kiyawa, told newsmen that security operatives were dispatched to the area and are trailing the criminals. A journalist, Sale Hussaini, told reporters yesterday that the gun-wielding persons launched the attack on Saturday around 11 p.m. and went straight to the residence of the traditional ruler, identified as Abdul-Hayatu…

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Kano atheist, Mubarak Bala, sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for blasphemy

Aminu Imam

Kano-born atheist, Mubarak Bala, has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to all the 18-count charges leveled against him. Bala, who is the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, was arrested at his home in Kaduna on April 28, 2020, and taken to Kano, where complaints of blasphemy and incitement were lodged against him. He had earlier posted comments critical of Islam, Allah and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) on Facebook, causing outrage among the Muslim faithful. One of his posts reads: “Religion is not a person, long-dead…

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Osinbajo to grace 8th Ahmadu Bello Lecture in Kano

Aminu Imam

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to attend the 8th Sir Ahmadu Bello Lecture in Kano, on January 28, as a Special Guest of Honour, an official has said. The Managing Director of the Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Abubakar Gambo, disclosed this in an issued statement, yesterday. Gambo said that the lecture, tagged: “Reviving the Northern Traditional Institutions: Imperative for Peace and Security in Northern Nigeria”, would hold under the chairmanship of Governor Simon Lalong, of Plateau State. “The annual lecture usually serves as a forum where experts, analysts, policymakers and…

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‘Why there’s no ethnic or religious crisis in Kano’ – Ganduje

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said there is no ethnic or religious problem in the State because of prayers and the synergy among security operatives. Ganduje stated this at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, where the ‘National Prayer for Peace and Security’ was held, yesterday. The governor also requested the leader of the Tijjaniyya sect in Nigeria, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, who was among the clerics in attendance, to bring the next Maulid of Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass to Kano. Speaking at the event, President Muhammadu Buhari said the fight…

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Breaking… EFCC arrests Governor Ganduje’s wife

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has arrested Hafsat Ganduje, wife of Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje over alleged land fraud. Hafsat was said to have been arrested in Abuja after her failure to respect the invitation of the EFCC on September 13, 2021 following a petition by her son Abdull-Azeez Ganduje who alleged his mother was involved in land fraud running into millions of naira. The Kano First Lady was said not to have honoured the anti graft agency’s invitation due to her trip to United Kingdom…

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UNICEF calls for collective effort to promote exclusive breastfeeding

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has called on stakeholders to collaborate and promote exclusive breastfeeding to save lives of children. The Officer in charge of Kano Field Office of the organisation, Mr Micheal Banda, made the call on Wednesday at a one day media dialogue to celebrate ‘The World Breastfeeding Week’. Banda explained that governments, donors, civil society and the private sector, owed it a duty to step up and make smart investments and commitments towards tackling the global malnutrition crisis. “They must also demonstrate action, by making tangible…

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Exclusive breastfeeding also protects mothers — UNICEF

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has said that exclusive breastfeeding does not only protect the child, but also the mother at birth. Dr Oluniyi Oyedekun, a Nutrition Specialist with UNICEF made this known on Wednesday, at a one-day media sensitisation organised by the UNICEF Kano Feld Office. In the team presentation to celebrate the World Breastfeeding Week made by Dr Oyedekun, he revealed that exclusive breastfeeding helps reduce the risk of uterine bleeding in women. He revealed that breastfeeding could also help the uterus return to its normal size…

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