Kano State
16 Sep 2023
... As NBA demands immediate sack Ahead of gubernatorial election tribunal judgement in Kano, a serving Commissioner for Land, Adamu Aliyu Kibiya has issued a strong warning to the three man panel sitting on the much awaited verdict. Kibiya, a strong loyalist of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso who accused the tribunal judges of being compromised…
13 Sep 2023
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed that 43 members of rival thug groups from Goburawa-Gangare and Tudun Fulani Quarters of Ungogo Local Government Area (LGA) have surrendered. The Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Gumel, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday with the total number of repentant thugs now 143. Gumel said…
12 Sep 2023
Bayero University, Kano has issued a final extension of its deadline for student registration after which the open windows will be shut for unregistered. The University has extended the registration period of 2022/2023 academic session for the third time to enable students to meet over 100 per cent increase in registration and accommodation fees in…
12 Sep 2023
The election petition tribunal in Kano State, yesterday, nullified the election of Idris DanKawu of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and declared his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Munnir DanAgundi, winner of the Kumbotso federal constituency ballot. DanAgundi’s victory came less than 24 hours after the tribunal nullified the election of Datti Umar, representing Madobi/Kura/Garum-Malam federal…
8 Sep 2023
The Kano State Government says it plans to spend about N3.5 billion on foreign scholarships to 550 students for postgraduate programmes abroad.
7 Sep 2023
The Minister of Health Professor Ali Pate has said the Medical and Dental Consultants' Association of Nigeria, (MDCAN) has a pivotal role in changing the state of the healthcare system in the country. The minister admitted the challenges bedeviling the sector including the abysmal state of medical practice which he said the present administration inherited,…
7 Sep 2023
Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has praised one Yusuf Sulaiman Sumaila, for returning the salary received through his dead father’s account to the government coffers. Sumaila was commended in a statement by Abdullahi Ibrahim, spokesperson to the governor on Digital Media, on his X account. Sumaila’s father died in October 2022 but the state…
7 Sep 2023
Anxiety is heightening at Gwarzo Local Council of Kano State over government’s purported plan to demolish a bridge recently re-constructed by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibril.
3 Sep 2023
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabiru Yusuf, yesterday, announced additional 115 political appointees making a total of 196 aides appointed in less than 100 days in office. The fresh 115 aides announced included 57 senior special advisers and special advisers, 14 senior special assistants, and 44 senior special reporters. The senior special reporters, according to the…
2 Sep 2023
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has approved the appointment of additional 57 Senior Special Assistants.
1 Sep 2023
Kano State Government has raised concern over the poor supply of medication and other related consumables at state-owned hospitals due to huge outstanding debt inherited from the Abdullahi Ganduje-led administration. According to the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Yusuf, the immediate past government left behind a sum of N1.2 billion in debt owing various…
31 Aug 2023
The Kano State Government has sacked the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Hasiya Bayero Paediatric Hospital, Dr Yunusa Sunusi just three weeks after the hospital was reopened. A spokesperson for the Hospital Management Board (HMB), Samira Sulaiman, in a statement, said the decision was taken due to Sunusi's lack of capacity to drive the government’s…
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