The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it received 106 complaints bordering on human rights abuses in November in Kano State.Alhaji Shehu Abdullahi, the state NHRC Coordinator, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…
The Police Command in Kano State, on Monday arraigned one Suleiman Safiyanu, 30, before a Sharia Court sitting in Kano for allegedly stealing a car alternator. The defendant, who lives in Tal’udu Quarters, Kano is charged with theft. The defendant…
Protesters on Monday defied the ban on protests placed by the Kano Police Command. The protesters who are kicking against the judgement of the Appeal Court sacking Yusuf Abba-Kabir which has been marred by controversies. Yusuf Abba-Kabir who contested on…
The Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), in Kano State, Alhaji Hashimu Dungurawa, has described the judgment of the Appeal Court that sacked Governor Abba Yusuf as a threat to the survival to democracy. Dungurawa disclosed this while…
A Kano High Court has sentenced a Nigerien, Sulaiman Abdullahi, 27, to death by hanging for the 2017 killing of 30-year-old Yahya Badamasi. The court, presided over by Justice Nasiru Saminu, found Suleiman guilty of culpable homicide, which is contrary…
…Vows not to bow to intimidation of politicians By Austine Emmanuel, Kaduna Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna State Command, Kabir Yusuf Nadabo, has alleged that his personnel were being intimidated by some politicians in the…
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has deployed 9.3 million doses of diphtheria vaccines to affected states in Nigeria following the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history. A statement by UNICEF communication assistant, Nchekwube Nwosu-Igbo, said the doses…
Many State Governorship Election Petition Tribunals have delivered judgments on the outcome of the March 18, 2023, governorship elections in Nigeria. Some of the states include Kano, Bauchi, Zamfara, Plateau, Benue, Enugu, Lagos, Cross River, Gombe, among others. The judgments…
The Kano Police Command has declared a ban on any public protests while the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal meets to accept written addresses. CP Husaini Gumel, the State Police Commissioner, made the statement on Monday at the state headquarters. According…
The Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested 10 suspected drug dealers in different parts of the state in July. This is contained in a statement issued in Kano by the command’s…
