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Kano State House of Assembly Swears In Two New Lawmakers
The Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday inaugurated two newly elected members, Sa’ad Aminu and Najib Sarki, representing Ungogo and Kano Municipal State constituencies. The inauguration, which took place during plenary, was presided over by the speaker, Jibril Isma’il Falgore. Mr Falgore administered the oath of allegiance and the oath of office to the...
Court Sentences Two Former Inmates to Death for Murder of Newlywed Man
A Kano State High Court on Tuesday sentenced Aliyu Hussaini, and Amir Zakariyya, to death by hanging for stabbing a newly wedded groom, Yazid Haruna, with a knife to death. Hussaini of Sheka Sabuwar Abuja Quarters, and Zakariyya of Unguwar Malam Quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area, were convicted of conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide....
Abba Kabir Yusuf Approves Resignation of Water Resources Commissioner, Hon. Doguwa
The Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has accepted the resignation of the Commissioner for Water Resources, Umar Haruna Doguwa. This was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, on Tuesday. Hon. Umar Haruna Doguwa formally tendered his resignation on Monday, 2nd March, 2026, with effect from today....
Kano: Qadiriyya adherents conduct funeral prayer in absentia for Ali Khamenei
Dozens of Qadiriyya Sufi order followers observed Salatul Ghaib (funeral prayer in absentia) for the late Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at the Darul Qadiriyya in Kabara quarters, Kano, on Monday. Darul Qadiriyya is the residence of the late Sheikh Nasiru Kabara, the leader of the Qadiriyya sect in Africa, who died in 1993....
Court declines request to bar Kano govt from reclaiming official vehicles from former commissioners
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Kano Judicial Division, has refused separate ex parte applications filed by former members of the Kano State Executive Council seeking to restrain the state government from retrieving official vehicles allocated to them while in office. Our sources reports that the applications, which stem from similar circumstances and seek identical reliefs,...
Troops thwart cattle rustling bid in Kano, recover 257 animals
The Nigerian Army has foiled an attempted cattle rustling operation in Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano State, recovering 257 livestock and repelling armed bandits. This was contained in a statement signed by Major Babatunde Zubairu, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 3 Brigade, on Sunday. According to the statement, the operation was carried out by troops of...
