Kano State
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Many feared dead as explosion hit Court Road in Sabon Gari, Kano State on Tuesday. The explosion occurred near a private Winners Secondary School, destroying a residential building and affecting part of the school. The explosion occurred around 9:30 am with many schoolchildren reportedly affected. As of the time of filing this report, […]
A number of passengers are feared dead from an accident that occured in Obasanjo Road in Kano State about 11:30 on Sunday, when a train in motion crushed a Dangote cement truck and a tricycle. According to eye witnesses, the driver of the truck was moving to the rail line and efforts to flag […]
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Tuesday, pardoned 136 inmates as part of measures to decongest the correctional centres in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Abba Anwar, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Kano. Anwar stated that the governor took the decision when he visited Goron-dutse […]
Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the choice of Kano State as a venue for his 12th colloquium is to establish the fact that the Fulanis and Yoruba people can co-exist in love and peace. Speaking at the event which also marks his 69th birthday, the political stalwart said his choice of Kano […]
Apprehension continued to mount in Kano as three persons were confirmed dead and 284 others were hospitalised after drinking from ‘ground water’ scooped near Dandolo Cemetery in Gwale Local Government Area of the metropolis. Prior to the confirmation, an outbreak had been reportedly killing scores of persons in the city in the past two […]
The Kano State Government has arrested 200 street beggars and Almajiri children for allegedly violating the Law banning street begging in the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, made the disclosure in Kano on Monday. The word ‘Almajiri’ refers to the children of the non formal Quranic schools […]
The Kano state government has stopped the payment of N30,000 minimum wage to its workers, reverting to N18,000 — the previous wage scale. Following pressure from organised labour, President Muhammadu Buhari in April 2019 signed the new minimum wage act into law, which stipulates N30,000 as the minimum wage. But Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, spokesperson to Abdullahi […]
Ganduje’s US appointment revoked…. Kano State government demands apology…. Kano State Government on Sunday demanded an apology from the management of East Carolina University, over a controversial appointment, offered to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. Ganduje was reportedly offered an appointment by the American university as a Visiting Full Professor of e-governance and International Affairs on November […]
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