PAN African Women Projects (PAWP), one of the accredited foreign election observers in Nigeria, has condemned the conduct of Kano supplementary election, insisting that it was characterised by large-scale irregularities and violence. The international election observer group based in Johannesburg,…
Kano’s deputy gov, commissioner arrested (Guardian)
Kano State deputy governor, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna and the Commissioner for local government Mutari Sule Garo have been arrested for alleged electoral misconduct. They were arrested in the early hours of Monday. The deputy governor alongside his ADC, the local…
Wife kills husband in Kano for phoning his girlfriend (Guardian)
The Kano State police command yesterday said it has arrested a housewife, Rashida Muhammad, in Dorayi Quarters for allegedly pushing her husband to his death on a stairs. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna, who confirmed the…
Police arrest jealous housewife for allegedly killing husband (Punch)
The Police in Kano State on Tuesday arrest housewife, Rashida Muhammad, in Dorayi Quarters for allegedly pushing her husband to his death on the stairs. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the incident in…
PDP campaign house burnt in Kano, 20 injured in Ekiti clash (Guardian)
Suspected hoodlums have invaded the house of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Kano, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, and set it ablaze. This came barely 24 hours after violence forced the presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
Stop killing people anyhow, Buhari warns police
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Wudil, Kano State, warned the police to desist from acts which tend to bring the community in conflict with them. The President said unprofessional conducts such as illegal detentions, extrajudicial killings, torture and violation of…
Buhari warns Police against torture, extra-judicial killings (Guardian)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Wudil, Kano State, warned the police against acts that could bring the community in conflict with them. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja,…
2019: NYSC DG warns corps members against electoral offences (Vanguard)
Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned corps members against electoral offences as 2019 general elections approach. The NYSC boss gave the warning during inspection visit to the 2018 Batch ‘C’ stream II orientation course…
Fire destroys 77 shops in Kano market (Nation)
The Kano State Fire Service said fire has destroyed 77 temporary shops at Kasuwar Kurmi (‘Yan Gumama) Market in Kano. The Spokesman of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Sunday…
12-year-old boy drowns in a well in Kano (Punch)
A 12-year-old boy, Saifilahi Isa, on Tuesday, drowned in a well in Bagadawa Community in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. The spokesman for the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria…
