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…
The Police Command in Kano has reiterated its ban on all forms of Durbar activities across the state during the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The command in a statement jointly signed by sister security agencies on Tuesday, said the ban, earlier announced during the 2025 Eid-el-Fitr festivities, remains in force and will be strictly enforced. It…
The APC National Youth Leader, Dr Dayo Israel, has described the death of Kano State athletes and officials while returning to Kano from Abeokuta after the recent National Sports Festival (NSF) as “heavy and disturbing.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the bus of the Kano State contingents was involved in a road…
Former President, Muhammadu Buhari has sent messages of condolence following the death of more than one hundred persons in floods that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of residents earlier last week in Niger state, and that of Kano 22 young athletes, coaches, and officials, who died in a ghastly auto crash. In his messages to…
The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Media Network has been inaugurated in Kano State during a three-day capacity-building workshop. The inauguration held on Saturday in Kano City saw the emergence of new executive members of the network. Abdullahi Jalaludeen of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) was elected chairman, while Farida Umar of ARTV…
Tension has engulfed the Rano Local Government Area of Kano State following a violent mob attack on the Rano Police Division, which resulted in the death of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and widespread destruction of property. According to a press statement issued by the Kano State Police Command and signed by the Police Public…
The death has occurred of Omar Farouk, the son of the traditional ruler of Dambatta of Kano State, Dr Mansur Mukhtar. Mukhtar, the deceased father, is a former Minister of Finance, This was announced by the family of the deceased in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Farouk died on Saturday in Abuja and was…
The Kano State Fire Service says it rescued 30 persons and saved property worth N566 million from 176 incidents recorded between March and April. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Kano, by Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the service. Abdullahi said that 20 persons lost their lives, while properties…
A total of 92 visually impaired candidates sat for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Kano. Prof. Muhammad Yahuza-Bello, the JAMB Coordinator for Kano centre, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen shortly after monitoring the exercise on Monday. NAN reports that the examination was…
The Kano State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has taken disciplinary action against two court registrars and two Upper Shari’a Court judges over misconduct. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Baba Jibo-Ibrahim, the spokesperson of the Kano State Judiciary, on Monday in Kano. He said that the decision was part of the resolutions…
