The Kano State Consumer Protection Council (KSCPC) says it has uncovered a place where adulterated cooking oil is being produced. The discovery of the illicit activity was part of the commission’s efforts to protect the people from using unwholesome, fake and adulterated products. The Managing Director of the Council, Rtd Gen. Idris Bello-Danbazau, made the…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano, on Wednesday fixed Feb. 9, for the trial of a school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko, 34, for the alleged murder of five-year-old Hanifa. The Kano State Government charged Tanko alongside Hashimu Isyaku, 37 and Fatima Musa, 26, with culpable homicide, conspiracy, kidnapping and concealing/keeping in confinement a kidnapped person….
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Kano State on Wednesday said that it received no fewer than 52 cases of human rights abuses in January. NHRC’s State Coordinator, Alhaji Shehu Abdullahi, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. Abdullahi said that out of the 52 cases,…
The Kano State Fire Service has said it saved no fewer than 104 people and property worth N174.9 million in 127 fire incidents recorded in January in the state. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer of the service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahil on Tuesday in Kano. Abdullahi disclosed…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Patanmi, has said that the Federal Government Data Centre in Kano State would be ready by the first quarter of 2022. Patanmi, who made revealed this while inspecting the centre on Saturday in Kano, ssaid that the centre has 41 terabytes memory capacity, while its storage…
The Police Command in Kano State, has arrested a teacher Abdulmalik Mohammed, 30, and one Hashim Isyaku, 37, for allegedly kidnapping and poisoning a five-year-old girl to death. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, made the disclosure in a statement he issued on Thursday in Kano. “In Dec. 4, 2021, at about 20:30…
The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Agency (KSAPD), says it has inoculated 1,364,612 animals against zoonoses in the 2021 Livestock Vaccination Campaign in the state. KSAPD Project Coordinator, Mr Ibrahim Garba-Muhammad, stated this at the inauguration of one-day workshop and presentation of empowerment packages to beneficiaries of Cattle Fattening Empowerment Scheme, on Thursday in Kano. Garba-Muhammad…
The Kano State Executive Council has approved N500m as counterpart funding for the implementation of a six-year World Bank-assisted project, tagged ‘Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes’. The Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the council meeting on Wednesday. He said the project was aimed at…
The Kano State tricycles’ union has urged its members to return to work. Recall that the tricycle operators had on Monday embarked on a 7-day industrial action in protest of the N8,000 permit directed by the Kano State Government. The situation left passengers stranded, forcing many to trek to their destinations. Meanwhile, the Kano State…
Passengers were stranded in Kano on Monday following a one week strike embarked on by tricycle operators. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development reduced traffic gridlock normally being experienced in the city as a result of high number of tricycles. Most of the passengers were left with no option other than…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of 19 passengers who met their tragic fate on Thursday in a road accident that occurred on the Kano – Zaria road. The president was reacting to the incident, in a statement released by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja. He said,…
The Kano State Government says it will conduct a house-to-house vaccination against Circulating Vaccine Drive Polio Virus type 2 (cVDPV2), across the 44 local government areas in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, disclosed this at a news conference in Kano on Friday. Tsanyawa confirmed that there was an outbreak of…
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has unveiled a Teacher Management Information System (TMIS) to enhance the management of the teaching workforce and collection of administrative data in six states. The UNICEF Country Education Specialist, Mr Murtala Mohammed, made this known during a one-day workshop for stakeholders on TMIS in Kano. The News Agency of…
