The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted over 3.1 million opioid pills in Kano, Kogi, Abia, Lagos, Ogun and Borno respectively, as per DAILY POST. A statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, in Abuja, said the operatives had raided some parts of the named states in the past week. … Read more
A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano has ordered the remand of Hafsat Surajo, a 24-year-old housewife, in a correctional center for the alleged murder of her house help, Nafiu Hafizu, aged 38. Hafsat Surajo, who resides in Unguwa Uku Quarters in Kano, faces charges of attempted suicide and culpable homicide.JAMB Portal Chief Magistrate Hadiza Abdulrahman, … Read more
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano Area Command, has demonstrated its commitment to fighting illegal activities and protecting public health through a collaborative effort with various government agencies. On Thursday, the NCS in Kano made significant handovers to reinforce this commitment.informationguidenigeria 665 donkey skins were handed over to Dr. Adamu Gano, the North-West Coordinator of … Read more
A group of young lawyers known as ‘Call a Lawyer Initiative’ has launched pro bono legal services for vulnerable, indigent, and marginalised persons who cannot afford legal representation in the state. THIS DAY reports.informationguidenigeria Speaking at the launching ceremony in Kano yesterday, the Executive Director of the group, Ekpa Stanley, said the group operates through … Read more
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested two suspects in connection with an alleged case of robbery, theft, and vandalisation of armoured cables and three driven unit batteries belonging to Kano Electricity Distribution Company. The command also revealed that three other suspects are currently at large. THE PUNCH … Read more
A Chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has said that he and other leaders of the party are not losing any sleep over the judgement of the Kano State Governorship Election Tribunal that nullified the election of Abba Kabir Yusuf as Governor of Kano State, saying he is confident … Read more
The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf has reacted to the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday. NAIJA NEWS reports.InformationGuideNigeria It was gathered that the tribunal in its ruling sacked Yusuf and declared Nasir Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election in the state. Yusuf … Read more
Kano governorship election tribunal judges are conspicuously absent from the courtroom on judgement day following recent threats to their lives, Daily Trust reports.InformationGuideNigeria The tribunal had been poised to read its judgment in a petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenging the election victory of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria … Read more
The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF say 60.8% of recorded cases of diphtheria are children below the age of five. DAILY POST reports.InformationGuideNigeria The UNICEF Chief of Field Office in Kano, Rahama Mohammed Farah, stated this during a media orientation on the diphtheria outbreak in Kano, on Tuesday. Farah said there has been a recent … Read more
The Arewa Consultative Forum has described the reduction of the 50 percent registration fees for Kano State students in all the state-owned tertiary institutions as both revolutionary and exemplary. THE PUNCH reports. Recall that the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, had instructed all the indigenes studying regular courses at the state-owned tertiary institutions to … Read more