Tragedy struck in Zamfara State as bandits unleashed a wave of violence on some farming communities, claiming the lives of at least 30 farmers, including a respected Islamic cleric. The attacks occurred in Gidangoga village of Maradun local government area and Bilbis village in Tsafe LGA of the State. According to a news dissemination platform, PRNigeria, the bandits first struck in Maradun LGA, attacking Gidangoga village, where farmers were preparing their lands for the upcoming wet season. Mallam Makwashi Maradun Mai Jan Baki, a renowned Islamic cleric, was brutally killed while working on his farm. He was known for reciting…
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Senator Shehu Sani, the one time Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone has advised that interrogating former aides of Governor Nasiru Elrufai will lead to nothing if he is not invited to answer questions on the $350 million looted from the state. Recall the adhoc committee set up to conduct a comprehensive fact-finding into financial dealings, the status of executed contracts, loans, grants, and project implementation from 2015-2023 has commenced its clarification session in Kaduna. The committee set up to probe the past regime of Elrufai has engaged in detailed discussions with several key present and past government officials, including…
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…
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…