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Northern elders visit JNI, CAN; call for reconciliation

Aliyu dahiruDecember 17, 2025

Leaders from the North, including a former spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed; and a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Yusuf Usman; have visited the headquarters of 19 Northern Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) on a reconciliation mission between...

Kano Hisbah intercepts alcoholic drinks

Aliyu dahiruDecember 16, 2025

The Kano State Hisbah board says its personnel have intercepted a vehicle in Kano conveying assorted alcoholic drinks allegedly sent from Lagos. The Board’s Deputy Commander General, Mujahideen Aminuddeen, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday. Aminuddeen said the operation was carried out on Monday following credible intelligence reports that the consignment was coming...

Ganduje cancels plan to establish Independent Hisbah Group in Kano

Aliyu dahiruDecember 16, 2025

Former Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Tuesday cancelled his plan to establish an independent Hisbah group known as Hisbah Fisabilillahi in Kano State. This was announced in a statement issued by the Director General, National Productivity Centre and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, Baffa Babba Dan Agundi, on Tuesday. The...

Gov. Yusuf visits JTF troups in Kano communities affected by bandits

ramadanbnyusuf@gmail.comDecember 2, 2025

In a decisive move to restore peace and security, the Kano State Government, in collaboration with the Joint Task Force (JTF), has intensified operations against bandits’ activities in Shanono and Tsanyawa communities. This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Tuesday Governor Yusuf visited the JTF bases...

Kano, France Deepen Partnership on National Water Sector Reforms

ramadanbnyusuf@gmail.comDecember 2, 2025

‎…As French Ambassador Reaffirms Commitment to Kano’s Development Agenda‎‎Kano State Government and the Government of France have strengthened cooperation under the National Water Sector Reform Programme, which focuses on social-state improvement, institutional efficiency, and sustainable water management.‎‎This was contained in a statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Wednesday.‎‎Governor Alhaji Abba...

Governor Yusuf Appoints New Statistician-General and DG, Kano State Bureau of Statistics

ramadanbnyusuf@gmail.comOctober 7, 2025

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has approved the appointment of Dr. Suraj Sulaiman as the new Statistician-General and Director-General of the Kano State Bureau of Statistics. This was contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, on Sunday. The appointment, which takes immediate effect, follows the completion of...

Kano CSO Leaders Distance Themselves from Coalition’s Corruption Allegation

ramadanbnyusuf@gmail.comAugust 26, 2025

‎Two prominent civil society leaders in Kano have publicly dissociated themselves from a recent statement credited to a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that demanded the suspension and prosecution of top state government officials over alleged corruption running into billions of naira.‎‎The coalition, which claimed to have over 20 signatories, had on Sunday called...

KNSG Breaks Silence on Alleged Diversion of N6.5 billion

ramadanbnyusuf@gmail.comAugust 25, 2025

KNSG Breaks Silence on Alleged Diversion of N6.5 billion* The digital media space in the last few days has been awash with a series of false narratives bordering on the accountability, trust, and financial worthiness of some key political aides of the Kano State Government. One of the ill-intended narratives, most likely sponsored, was a...

Gwamnatin Kano ta karyata zargin karkatar da Naira biliyan 6.5

ramadanbnyusuf@gmail.comAugust 25, 2025

Gwamnatin Kano ta karyata zargin karkatar da Naira biliyan 6.5 A ‘yan kwanakin nan, kafafen sada zumunta na zamani sun cika da labaran ƙarya da zargi marasa tushe kan gaskiya, amana da nagartar wasu manyan jami’an siyasa na Gwamnatin Kano. Ɗaya daga cikin irin wadannan labaran ƙarya da ake ganin an kitsa shi da gangan...

Pharmacists Council of Nigeria shuts down 821 pharmacies and patent medicine outlets in Kano.

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria has sealed no fewer than 821 pharmaceutical premises in Kano State over non-compliance with the council’s Act. The affected premises included 68 pharmacies, 587 patent medicine stores, and 166 illegal outlets. The Head of Department, Enforcement, Dr Sulaiman Chiroma, made the disclosure while addressing a news conference in Kano on...

Nine Kano inmates successfully complete Qur’anic memorisation

Nine inmates serving various terms at Medium Security Custodial centre in Wudil, Kano, have successfully completed memorisation of the Holy Quran. The milestone coincided with the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Centre. The public Relations officer of Kano state command of the Nigeria Correctional Service (CSC) Musbahu Lawan Kofar Nasarawa, said some of the inmates...

Kano government launches investigation into former Head of Service Abdullahi Musa over alleged N1.5bn salary fraud

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has ordered an investigation into the alleged deduction of N1.5 billion from workers’ salaries, reportedly linked to a former Head of Service, Abdullahi Musa. Yusuf gave the directive on Friday during the 2026 International Workers’ Day celebration held at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano. The governor said...

Kano set to screen 3,000 couples before mass wedding ceremony

The Kano State Hisbah Board has said it will commence medical screening for 3,000 prospective couples ahead of a planned mass wedding in the state. The Deputy Commander-General of the board, Sheikh Mujahedeen Aminudeen, disclosed this in a telephone interview with our sources on Friday. He said the exercise would involve 1,500 men and 1,500...

APC names Yusuf as Kano governorship candidate, Ganduje hands over nomination forms

Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State have purchased the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms for Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, endorsing him as the sole governorship candidate for the 2027 general elections. The endorsement was announced during a stakeholders’ meeting held in Kano, where party leaders unanimously reaffirmed their confidence...

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