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…
Rep member defeats brother to clinch PDP ticket in Kano (Punch)
Alhaji Nasiru Sule-Garo, a member of the House of Representatives representing Gwarzo/Kabo Federal Constituency, Kano State, has defeated his younger brother to clinch the House of Representatives ticket on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party. Sule-Garo, who is an elder…
Dangote launches ‘BlocMaster’ for cement moulders
Builders and other stakeholders have lauded the BlocMaster Cement which was formally launched by Dangote Cement PLC yesterday in Kano, Kano State, describing it as extra strong and the best for block moulding in Nigeria. Before it was officially rolled…
Firemen rescue six trapped in Kano collapsed building (Punch)
Firemen have rescued six persons trapped in a building which collapsed on Wednesday evening at Gwammaja in Dala Local Government area in Kano State. The Spokesman for Kano State Fire Service, Saidu Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria on…
Shekarau dumps PDP
Former Governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has finally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party. The media Aide to the former governor, Sule Ya’u Sule, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Tuesday.…
Flood hits 8 local government areas in Kano state (Guardian)
Kano State Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (SERERA) says it has dispatched personnel to eight local government areas of the state recently affected by flood to assessing the damage caused by the disaster in the areas. The Executive Secretary of…