The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has commenced the distribution of subsidised inputs to 6,000 wheat farmers in Kano State. The Minister, Abubakar Kyari, flagged off the distribution at the Aggregation Centre at Alkamawa village in Bunkure Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. Represented by the State Coordinator, Isa Isyaku Hotoro,…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Abdullahi Alhassan, for conspiring with an accomplice, Abdulazeez Adamu, to kidnap and murder his own brother after collecting a ransom of N15 million in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area. Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Dogo Garba, disclosed the chilling details during a press…
Kano State Government is contemplating reinstatement of dethroned Emir of Kano Muhammmad Sanusi II, a former Governor of the State and leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, hinted in an interview. Former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had split the Kano emirate into five and dethroned the then Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi. Following…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in Kano State has arrested a 25-year-old man, Alkasim Ya’u, for allegedly stabbing his father to death at Tudun Yola ‘C’, area of Gwale Local Government Area of the state. The NSCDC Corps Commandant, Mohammed Falala, disclosed this in a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria…
Some legal practitioners, under the auspices of Judiciary Watchdogs, have called on the Nigerian Judicial Commission (NJC) to investigate the circumstances surrounding the conflicting Appeal Court ruling on the Kano State governorship election. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, the spokesperson of the group, Barr. Emmanuel Agada said the judiciary has become an object…
by Ibrahim Musa Since pre-independence, Kano’s politics has been radical and non-aligned. Even when the state finds itself pitching tents with the center, its leftist tendency never dies. Both Sardauna of Sokoto and Shagari did not find favors with Kano politics despite sharing similar ethnic and cultural biases with the Hausawan Kanawa. History reminds us…
