Following a report to the Kano Police Command of the disappearance of one Bello Bukar Adamu, a 45 year old man, and a staff of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), who left home on the 5th of May, 2024 and never returned, a dead body was discovered at Zawaciki along the Eastern Bypass in Kumbotso local government area of Kano. The dead body was declared dead by medical doctors at the Aminu Kano Hospital and an investigation confirmed that it was the dead body of the reported missing person. The Kano Police Commissioner Hussain Gumel instructed that the perpetrators be…
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Justice Sylvanus of a Federal Capital Territory High Court has granted bail to the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika; his daughter Fatima, and others in the sum of N100m each. The court also ordered the accused persons to produce two sureties each and that they should be remanded in prison, if they fail to meet the bail conditions. Sirika was arraigned on a 6-count amended criminal charge before the court. Before plea taking, the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs SAN, informed the court of an amended charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dated May 7, and…
The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has expressed the commitment of the Federal Government to the completion of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Federal Highway within a record time. Umahi gave the assurance when he received the Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani in his office on Tuesday. Umahi, in statement by his Special Adviser Media Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji said he had the directive of President Bola Tinubu to present a program that could see to the completion of the project within the next one year. He assured the Governor that the project, which was inherited from the immediate past administration would…
The three-time Commissioner Rural and Community Development in Kano, Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso, also a stalwart of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano, has expressed appreciation with president Tinubu for making an intelligent police officer the National Security Adviser NSA, in person of Nuhu Ribadu. He stated this while also noting that all past NSAs were retired military officers that were not as experienced on issues that are related to civilian dispensations. Kwankwaso stated this in an exclusive interview with newsmen in Kano on Monday while making some revelations concerning the current political terrain in the country. “It is part…
The Mundubawa residence of former Kano State Governor Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has been gutted by fire, destroying the living rooms of his third wife, Halima Shekarau. News sources confirm that the fire which was suspected to have started from the Kitchen of the House, on Sunday night could not immediately be ascertained as to the cause of the inferno. Confirming the incident to newsmen, Media Adviser to Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, the immediate past Kano Central Senator and one time Education Minister, Dr Sule Ya’u Sule said that the fire started this evening from the inner kitchen of the House which…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has refuted claims in both conventional and social media that it purportedly released a list identifying 58 former governors allegedly involved in misappropriation of public funds totalling N2.187 trillion over the past 25 years. According to a statement issued on Sunday by EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, the reports suggesting that the said ex-governors from all six geopolitical regions of the country were under investigation, were entirely baseless. Oyewale emphasised that the purported list was “a disingenuous fabrication designed to achieve motives known only to the authors.” “The so-called list is false and misleading,”…
The three-time Commissioner Rural and Community Development in Kano, Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso, also a leading member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano, has condemned the recent protest against the Minister of State for Defense, Dr. Bello Matawalle, describing it as targeted at president Bola Tinubu, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje and other leading politicians of the ruling party. He stated this in an exclusive interview with newsmen in Kano on Sunday while making some revelations in the political terrain. Kwankwaso also revealed that there were agreements in the past that led…
Kano state government has dismissed the story of a a stray bullet hitting a Journalist at the Government House on Friday that went viral. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director General, Media Sunusi Bature on Saturday describing the story as unbalanced. “The attention of Kano state government has been drawn to a one sided media report on social media revealing that a journalist, with the state own Television station, attached to Government house was hit by a stray bullet. “The incident, which occurred amidst a flurry of misinformation, sparked widespread concern and speculation regarding the safety…
A Journalist that reports for the Abubakar Rimi Television (ARTV) popularly known as Naziru Idris Ya’u has confirmed that he was hit by stray bullet at the Kano State Government House on Friday. Although he is injured as a result of shot, the injury was however, not so severe and the shrapnel have been removed. “We were standing around gate three area when I received the shot on my arm. It did not penetrate much because I removed it by myself. “It must have come from somewhere very far, outside the government house. Because with the way it was it…
Sow a Seed for a Girl Child Development Initiative (SSGCDI) is a registered Not-for-profit Organization Operating in Bukuru, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria Since May, 2023, and was established to provide; Access to Educational Support and Opportunities to the girl child, access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services, End Abuse of all forms, provide a Safe Space for Sexual and Domestic violence victims, Promote peaceful co-existence and ensure access to justice for the said victims as well as provision of Adequate Support in form of Empowerment through skill acquisition for the Girl Child and women particularly the most vulnerable in…