Kano

By Muhammad Garba My attention was drawn to an opinion article in the Guardian of Tuesday, September 8, 2020 authored by a veteran journalist, Ray Ekpu titled: ‘’Where is Kano going to?’’ Mr. Ekpu is a respected journalist in…

‎ UNICEF has expressed deep concern about the sentencing of 13-year-old Omar Farouq to 10 years imprisonment with menial labour by the Kano State Sharia Court at Feli Hockey, Kano, in northern Nigeria. The sentence was handed down after…

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a physiotherapist, Rabo Ringim, in Kano. ‎ Ringim, a staff of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, was reportedly killed ‎on Thursday by hoodlums who attempted to snatch his…

The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris says educating the girl-child remains necessary if the nation’s quest for development is to be achieved. Idris was quoted as having made the remark when he received when the…

Heavy flooding in Rogo and Danbatta Local Government Areas of Kano state has claimed the lives of four persons and destroyed over 5,200 houses. The  Executive Secretary of the Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Sale…

For allegedly defiling his three nieces, a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday, remanded a 45-year-old driver, Usman Aliyu, at a correctional centre. The defendant, who resides at Tumfafi Village in Dawakin Tofa…

The musician sentenced to death by a Kano Shari'a Court for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad has appealed the judgment.‎ ‎The musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, ‎was sentenced to death on August 10, 2020, after he was found guilty of…

Determined to control flood and desert encroachment in the state, the Kano State government announced at the weekend that it has commenced planting of over two million tree seedlings. Commissioner for Environment in the state, Dr Kabiru…

Over five months after he was deposed, former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll on Sunday returned to Kaduna, less than 200 kilometers away from Kano where he reigned as king. The former traditional ruler was deposed by Governor Abdulahi…

‎The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN) has asked Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to approve the execution of a musician, Shariff Yahaya Shariff, who was recently sentenced to death by a Sharia court for alleged blasphemy…