Tag: kano
Kano anti-graft agency probes N1.5bn foreign scholarship fraud
The Kano State Anti-corruption and Public Complaints Commission has commenced an investigation into alleged N1.5 billion foreign scholarship fraud.
The commission is questioning two top...
80-year-old man jailed for raping 8-year-old girl
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, September 30, 2024, sentenced an 80-year-old man, Ya’u Abdullahi, to seven years imprisonment for raping...
5 police officers dead, 11 others injured in Kano accident
No fewer than five police officers have been confirmed dead in an accident at Karfi town in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State.
The...
Iran-bound passenger excretes 76 wraps of cocaine at Kano airport
A 38-year-old man, Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony, has excreted 76 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.267kg after his arrest by the operatives of the National Drug...
Yusuf sacks Kano LG caretaker committee chairmen
Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has dissolved the caretaker chairmen of all 44 Local Government Areas of the state with immediate effect.
The governor’s spokesperson,...
NDLEA destroys cannabis farm, recovers drugs in Kano, Osun, Borno raids
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have destroyed over 100,000 kilograms of cannabis spread across 51 hectares of farmland at...
Kano govt postpones schools’ resumption date
The Kano State Government has postponed the resumption date of primary and secondary schools for the commencement of the 2024/2025 academic session.
This was contained...
Death toll in Kano building collapse rises to 3
The death toll in the building collapse at Noman’s Land Quarters in the Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State has risen to three...
2 children die, couple injured in Kano building collapse
Two children have been confirmed dead while two others (a couple) were injured in a two-storey building collapsed at Noman’s Land in the Fagge...
Kano agency Perm Sec, Kwankwaso’s nephew arrested for drug scam
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested five persons, including the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy...
