The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police on Thursday rescued a man confined in a room for about 30 years by his relatives. It was gathered that the man’s relatives allegedly locked up the 55-year-old man to a wood in a room with no window. It was also gathered that the man, whose name
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A 27-year-old woman, Saratu Ya’u, was on Wednesday arraigned before a High Court sitting in Kano, for alleged murder of her 5-year-old son (name withheld). The defendant, who resides at Sabon Birni Village in Gwarzo Local Government Area of the state, is facing a count charge of culpable homicide. The Prosecutor, Mr Lamido Sorondinki, told
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A Kano Upper Shariah Court has on Wednesday sentenced a sixty, 60-year-old man, identified as Mati Abdu to death by stoning for defiling a minor. Abdu, who hails from Farsa village in Tsanyawa Local Government area of Kano State was said to have allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl in a broad daylight and under a
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Twenty two-year-old Yusuf Abdullahi has drowned in a pond at Danhassan, in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State. The deceased was taking his bath in the pond when the incident occurred. Malam Saidu Mohammed, the Public Relations Officer, Kano State Fire Service, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Kano
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The Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Tuesday, said that 34 doctors have tested positive to the novel coronavirus in the state. The NMA Chairman, Dr Sanusi Bala, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that one of the confirmed cases has died. Bala explained that many of the
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The United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have deployed 3,000 of their personnel in Kano State to respond to the pandemic in the state. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID 19, Boss Mustapha, made this known during a briefing in Abuja on Friday evening. Mustapha, who is also the
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The Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a total lockdown in Kano State following the continued strange deaths in the state and the battle against coronavirus. Buhari in a national broadcast on Monday said “I have directed the enforcement of a total lockdown for a period of two weeks effective immediately.” “The Federal Government shall
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Fear has enveloped residents of Kano metropolis as more people continue to succumb to a strange illness that has hit some parts of the city. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that scores of people, including elites and prominent sons of the state, have been lost to the yet-to-be identified disease, with Dala, Fagge,
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The Nigerian Government has raised the alarmed over a fake coronavirus vaccine, which it said was on sale in Kano State. THE DAILY VENDOR reports that the government on Tuesday warned resident of the state against patronizing hawkers of the fake substance. “You must ignore the Vaccine being hawked in Kano which is called ‘COVID19
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on February 17, 2020 arraigned one Dasin Yusuf Bello before Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on a three-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust to the tune of $61,438. He was alleged to have collected two containers of biscuits and sweets worth $64,046 (Sixty-Four
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Kano state government said it has suspended the ban of opposite sexes riding in the same tricycle in the state. The Commander General Kano Hisbah Board, Sheikh Harun Ibn-Sina revealed the suspension on a live program on local radio station Tuesday in Kano. Sheikh Ibn-Sina stressed that government decision was to enable wider consultation before
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The Kano State Government has concluded arrangements to begin the payment of N30,000 new minimum wage. At the end of a meeting held between the state government and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council in Kano on Thursday, it was agreed that Kano State should commence the payment from this month (December). The categories for
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has dismissed a bribery suit against the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, for lack of evidence. The suit was filed by a Kano-based lawyer Bulama Bukarti. The lawyer asked the court to mandate the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Ganduje for allegedly receiving a kickback
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