Tag Archives: Kano

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Thursday, has pleaded with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to suspend its strike action for the sake of the lives of their patients.  The NMA had issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the state government to dismiss the state’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs at Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital for allegedly assaulting a female doctor. They …

A Kano State High Court has issued an interim order restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), and the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) from withholding or delaying monthly funds allocated to Kano’s 44 local government areas (LGAs).   Ibrahim Musa-Muhammad, the presiding judge, issued the ruling on Wednesday in response to …

Abba Yusuf, the governor of Kano State, has promised to take all necessary steps to bring back minors believed to be from Kano who were recently arrested and arraigned in connection with the #EndBadGovernance protests.   The protests, which saw participation from various regions, led to the arrest of 72 individuals from Abuja, Kaduna, Gombe, Jos, Katsina, and Kano, including …

A Kano Shariah Court sitting at Kofar Kudu has ordered the remand of one Nasiru Mukhtar for allegedly entering a mosque at Tudunwada area and slapping an imam, who was leading prayers.   Police said the offences contradict Sections 165 and 166 of the State Penal Code.   The accused pleaded not guilty to the offence when the prosecuting counsel, …

The police in Kano State have arraigned a man for allegedly beating his wife and inflicting serious injuries on her chest over a minor disagreement.   The suspect, Umar Inusa, had reportedly asked his daughters to go to the house of his other wife to have their lunch, but their mother’s objection to the decision angered him and allegedly pounced …

[Nigeria news] A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has sentenced a 67-year-old Lebanese national, Zuhier R Akar, to 14 years imprisonment for s@xually exploiting two teenage girls. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Kano Command, arraigned Akar of Gidan Wanka, Unity Road, Fagge Local Government Area, Kano with a two-count charge on trafficking …

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man, Aliyu Adamu, for the gruesome m8rder of his close associate and childhood friend, Dahiru Musa.     Dahiru, fondly known as Alhaji Senior or Baba Alhaji, was into Estate management.      Aliyu confessed that he committed the dastardly crime with the intention to convert the deceased’s landed property to …

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Kano State Command has arrested two notorious criminals involved in armed robbery, phone snatching, drug dealing and other crimes.    The spokesperson of the corps in the state, SC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, who made this known in a statement on Thursday, October 3, 2024, said the suspects were arrested by a patrol team …