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Hisbah arrests eight suspects over phone snatching in Mosque

The Kano State Hisbah Board says it has arrested eight young men and women, suspected of phone snatching and other criminal activities at Al-Furqan mosque in Nasarawa...

2023 presidency: Real reason Ganduje said I’ll be a good loser – Wike

  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has clarified that his Kano State counterpart, Abdullahi Ganduje’s comment that he (Wike) will be a good loser in the...

2023: Ganduje rejects Chief of staff, other Commissioners’ resignation

  Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has rejected the resignation of his chief of staff, Ali Haruna Makoda and three other Commissioners. This was contained...

2023 Presidency: ‘You will lose’ – Ganduje tells Wike during visit

  Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has said his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike will lose the 2023 presidency. Ganduje said Wike would be a good loser...

Kano gov mourns as six imams die in crash

    The Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Sunday, commiserated with the families of six Islamic clerics who lost their lives in an auto crash while...

2023: Six Kano commissioners resign

  Six members of the Kano State Executive Council have tendered their resignation letters over their ambition to run for offices in the 2023 general elections. This...

Teacher, Grandma in police net for torture of Almajiri boy

      A 24-year-old Islamic Teacher, Ma’aruf Muhammad and a 65-year-old Grandma, Talle Muhammad, are in police custody in Kano for severe torture meted...

Supreme Court upholds life sentence for man who raped seven-year-old girl

  The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the appeal by one Isyaku Muazu of Rijiyar Lemo in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State who was sentenced to life...

ATM card thief nabbed in Kano

  Police in Kano State have arrested a 33-year-old man Gaddafi Jibrin, over alleged ATM card fraud. The spokesman of the Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa...

Court Remands 107-year-old Witch Doctor, Teenager In Prison For Allegedly Removing 12-year-old Boy’s Eye

    A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano has ordered that 107-year-old witch doctor, Sayyada Furera Abubakar and 17-year-old Isah Hassan should be remanded in...

Court sentences atheist to 24 years imprisonment

    Kano State High Court yesterday sentenced a Kano-born atheist, Mubarak Bala, to 24 years imprisonment for blasphemy. The convict, whose age and address...

Police arrest 24-year-old lady over alleged ATM fraud

    The Police Command in Kano State has arrested a 24-year-old for allegedly defrauding people with their ATM cards. The command’s Spokesman, SP Abdullahi...

Man rapes five-year-old girl in Kano

  A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Monday ordered that a 20-year-old man, Nazifi Nura, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a...

100 years grandmother, boy arrested for removing Almajiri’s eyeball for charm

  Police in Kano State have arrested a 100-year-old grandmother and 17-year-old boy Isah Hassan known as Shahidai for allegedly removing the eyeballs of a...

Hanifa: Court fixes April 12, 14 for continuation of hearing

    A High court, sitting in Kano on Wednesday, fixed April 12 and 14 for the continuation of hearing in the ongoing trial of a school proprietor, Abdulmalik...

Teenager Removes 12-year-old Boy’s Eye For Ritual Power To Disappear

    A 17-year-old boy identified as Isah Hassan has been arrested for allegedly removing an eye of a 12-year-old Mustapha Yunusa in Dan Tsinke, Tarauni Local...

PDP dissolves, State, LG, Ward Excos in Kano

  The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the State, local government and ward executive committees in Kano State...

Real reason I dumped PDP for NNPP – Kwankwaso

A former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has revealed why he dumped the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the New Nigeria Peoples Party...

Man arrested for throwing 80-year-old grandmother into well

  The Police in Kano State has arrested 25-year-old Naziru Magaji for allegedly killing and throwing an 80-year-old grandmother into a well. Spokesman of the...

Teenagers arrested for killing housewife over phones, attacking children

    The Kano State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old man, Abdulsamad Suleiman, of Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Gwale, Kano, alongside an accomplice,...