Authorities in Kano State, northern Nigeria, have opened a full-scale investigation following the deaths of two boarding school students allegedly beaten to death by older classmates. The students, named as Hamza Idris-Tofawa and Umar Yusuf-Dungurawa, attended the Government Boarding Secondary School in Bichi. According to reports, they were attacked with crude metal tools known locally…
The Kano State Police Command has launched an investigation into Sunday’s violent altercation between followers of two rival traditional leaders: the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, and the 16th Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The incident, which took place at Emir Sanusi’s palace in Kofar Kudu, led to multiple injuries and the destruction of…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Command has seized an undeclared sum of N653.9 million in foreign currencies concealed in a luggage at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The Area Controller of the Command, Mr Dalhatu Abubakar, disclosed this while officially handing over the seized currencies and three suspects to the Economic and…
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday paid a condolence visi to family of the late elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dant who died on June 29 in at 94 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Abubakar, accompanied by members of his entourage, visited the Dantata residence in Kano, where he was received by family…
No fewer than 21 persons lost their lives while three others sustained various degrees of injury in an auto crash at Kasuwar Dogo in Dakatsalle, along the Zaria-Kano Highway. The Kano State FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Muhammed Bature, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Labaran on Sunday in Kano. Bature said…
The firth inbound flight of 548 pilgrims from Kano State who performed the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage has departed King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, en route Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flight carried pilgrims from eight local government areas. The Director General of the Kano State Pilgrims…
Gov Abba Yusuf of Kano State has renamed two key institutions in the state in honour of its 22 athletes who died in a motor accident while returning from the National Sports Festival in May. Yusuf made the announcement on Sunday in Kano, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mustapha Muhammed. It…
Kano State has officially designated Thursday, 26 June 2025, as a public holiday to commemorate the beginning of the Islamic calendar year 1447 AH. The declaration was contained in a statement issued by Comrade Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya, Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf extended his warm greetings to Muslims throughout the…
A second batch of 550 Hajj pilgrims from Nigeria’s Kano State has departed Saudi Arabia, marking a continued phase of return journeys following the conclusion of the 2025 Hajj. The flight, which left King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, is headed to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. It included pilgrims from six local government areas…
The Kano State Fire Service said it saved five persons and properties worth N446 million from 55 incidents recorded in the month of May. It also said that five persons lost their lives while properties worth 273 million were destroyed by fire during the period. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi…
