A Journalist in Kano Nasiru Salisu Zango has submitted ove N700,000 to Mugyi Rimin Gado’s public complaint and anti corruption body. Zango claimed that the money was part of a bride he recieved from some Local Government employees to silence his investigations into illegal land dealings at Kano’s Kofar wambai market. Recieving the money, Muhuyi […]
Sex workers have called for the decriminalisation of commercial sex in Nigeria. They said the step will not only help to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country, but also stop violence against sex workers. Speaking at the Sexual Ethnography Dissemination Workshop in Abuja on Wednesday, the National Coordinator of Nigerian Sex Workers Association, […]
All the 19 Northern governors on Thursday morning met with all the Northern Traditional rulers including the Emir of Kano and the Sultan of Sokoto, at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna state. The governors under the aegis of Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) met with Northern States Council of Emirs and Chiefs. The meeting was […]
Google is planning to train about ten thousand Nigerians as part o its digital skills for africa programme. The tech’s giant CEO disclosed this in Lagos after a visit to the southern Nigerian commercial hub. Silicon valley tech giants have been showing interest the burgeoning online community of the Nigerian south, with Facebook, Uber and […]
Clap for the IGP. The Abuja Kaduna highway might just be safe again after the radical overhaul of the police infastructure there. The IGP has ordered the transfer of all DPOs, officers and file along the dreaded highway which has seen the worse breakdown in security in the Northwest in living memory. To ensure total […]
As rumours persist about the fate of the Nursing students at Kano who were studying at Masourah university, the governor whose administration sponsored them has soared to the skies in an effort to rescue the “kwankwasonians”. Parents of the Mansourah 33 have accused the government of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of abandoning the children but insiders […]
Inspector Idris Musa, the gallant police officer whi sustained serious injuries when his unit came under attack from a bokoharam sleeper cell has died. inspector idris was part of search party that went to investigate reports of an arms store in Kano, unknown to the officers, the store had been rigged by the terrorists and […]
Inspector Idris Musa, the gallant police officer whi sustained serious injuries when his unit came under attack from a bokoharam sleeper cell has died. inspector idris was part of search party that went to investigate reports of an arms store in Kano, unknown to the officers, the store had been rigged by the terrorists and […]
A group, Conference of Female Parliamentarians (CONFEPA), made of elected female members of the 36 state Houses of Assembly and non- governmental organisations like Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA), Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), yesterday, condemned the call by some political leaders and ulamas in Kano State to drop two female nominees of the […]
After a dismal performance since the ostentatious deployment of 600 police officers along Kaduna-Abuja highway, the police has now announced the deployment of special anti kidnapping units along the now dreaded highway. “The Inspector General of Police hereby urges members of the public, most especially commuters, travellers, road users and people in the towns and […]
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said that it would be suicidal to threaten Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker Yakubu Dogara considering their physical sizes. Osinbajo was speaking jokingly while declaring open the 16th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) in Abuja on Tuesday. The acting president said the two arms […]
The Governor of Kano state and 5 other governors have just departed Abuja International Airport for london to meet with ailing C-in-C, Muhammadu Buhari. The govs of Borno, Akwa Ibom and Zamfara are part of the delegation.
The Federal Government on Saturday received no fewer than 198 deported Nigerians illegally residing in Saudi Arabia at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 10 am. This number was out of the 1,800 Nigerians living illegally in Saudi Arabia, who were given amnesty to return to the country. The 198 persons including women […]
A Kano Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of one Ibrahim Mohammed, 56, in prison custody, accused of having sexual intercourse with his daughter for seven years. Ibrahim, who lives at Hausawa Quarters Kano, is standing trial on a two-count charge of procuring minor and incest. The prosecutor, Insp. Aluta Mijinyawa, told the court […]
Its been the one thing that has been used to blackmail Northern Nigeria into submission. The thought that a foriegn entity could come and lay claim to parts of the North in the name of a ‘middlebelt’. But while places like eastern Taraba, kogi, kwara, Niger, Nassarawa and Adamawa have more in common with the […]
Anti bokoharam vigilante Alhaji Bukar Jimeta has been killed in an encounter with the terrorists at Dugu in Adamawa. Bukar Jimeta roose to fame after his fighters expelled bokoharam from madagali after the terrorists defeated a battalion of Nigerian soldiers and took the city. He was reportedly responding to an attack by bokoharam at Dugu […]
The popularity ratings of French President Emmanuel Macron have drooped by 10 percent since he came to power, a new survey shows. Apart from Jacques Chirac, who fell 15 points between May and July 1995, it is the biggest drop for a French leader. The poll was carried out by Ifop for the Journal du […]
One person has died after a gun fight between police officers and suspected terrorists at central Kano. Confirming the incident the police said one of the terror suspects has managed to escape while 5 people including 2 women have been captured.
Northern Nigerian human rights groups have condemned the assault by a group of men on a transgender woman at the city of kastina. The assault which was recorded by the assailants has since been shared on numerous facebook groups and internet forums. The 4min clip shows a group of men forcing the woman to strip […]
The boldness of the Tribalist is only getting bigger! The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has revealed that the Nigerian government has offered him Biafra but he had to deny the offer. Speaking to pro-Biafra groups, Namdi claimed that he was offered Biafra while in prison but denied the […]
The recent visit of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to the northern Nigerian city of Kano last week, has continued to generate heated discussions within various political circles. Tinubu’s visit to the state in connection with the demise of Nigeria’s leading and national figure, Yusuf Maitama Sule, the Danmasani of Kano showed that the purpose of the […]
Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar says Nigeria can be restructured in six months. Atiku said this on Wednesday while delivering a lecture on ‘Restructuring Nigeria’ at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu state. The former vice-president said the fastest way to achieve restructuring is to reduce the power and roles of the federal government and to […]
The Senate said it would initiate a bill for a law to make Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) autonomous. This is coming on the heels of the suspension of Nigeria from the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, the highest inter-governmental association of intelligence agencies in the […]
The Edo State House of Assembly has dumped the bill seeking to establish an agency for nomadic cattle rearing and grazing in the state. The resolution came about two weeks after the assembly held a two-day public hearing on the bill, which received condemnation from several groups, including the state chapter of the Christian Association […]
Former Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, has revealed how the late Maitama Sule submitted himself for arrest after the 1983 coup. Abubakar, who was a Brigade Commander of the Army at the time, disclosed this when he paid a condolence visit to the Governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Sunday. “I was at my […]
