The Federal Government on Thursday said it was set to proffer solutions to the challenges identified to be causing low airfreight activities at the Kano international airport. Mr Hassan Bello, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), disclosed this during…
Police intercept 303 cartons of Tramadol in Kano, arrest five (Punch)
The Kano State Police Command on Friday intercepted 303 cartons of hard drugs suspected to be Tramadol tablets. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Wakili, disclosed this to journalists in Kano, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. Wakali explained that…
NDLEA intercepts men plotting to traffic cocaine to Saudi Arabia (Punch)
The Kano State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency has rounded up two men in possession of 2.927 kilograms of substances suspected to be cocaine. The suspects, Abdul Abubakar and Ibrahim Mustapha, were nabbed while allegedly ingesting the…
NDLEA in Kano arrests suspects with 2.927 kg cocaine (Guardian)
The Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested two suspects in possession of 2.927 kilograms of cocaine in the state. The NDLEA Commander in Kano, Dr. Ibrahim Abdul, who disclosed this while…
Man slaughters 17-year-old wife in Kano (Guardian)
The police command in Kano State has arrested a 26-year-old man, Aminu Inuwa, of Jakada Quarters Kano, for allegedly slaughtering his 17-year-old wife, Safara’u Aminu. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in…
Foreign observers berate Kano State supplementary election (Guardian)
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)…