Tag Archives: KANO STATE

Ex-governor of Kano State Rabiu Kwankwaso has lost his father Musa Kwankwaso. Kwankwaso, the Majidadin Kano/Makaman Karaye, died at the age of 93 early on Friday. According to Kwankwaso’s private secretary Muhammad Ali, the late Makaman Karaye will be buried by 3 pm on Friday at Miller road, Bompai, Kano. The family urged sympathisers to offer prayers for the soul …

Singer, Yahaya Sharif has been sentenced to death for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in Kano. The Kano Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Hausawa Filin Hockey sentenced 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif to death by hanging. The judge, Aliyu Kani, gave the verdict on Monday after finding Mr Sharif guilty as charged. He was convicted based on Section 382 (b) of Kano penal …

The government of Kano state has just announced the extension of the total lockdown imposed on the state by one week. This according to the state is to help further combat the spread of the novel COVID-19 pandemic. The state commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who made this announcement said the extension is to further reduce the indiscriminate person …

Two medical doctors and a nurse has reportedly been held hostage in Kano by COVID-19 patients. The medical practitioners were said to have been locked up for about two hours by the coronavirus patients in Kano. Aminu Mohammed, former chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), made this known during a radio programme on Friday, May 8, The Cable reports. …

Another Professor at the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has died on wednesday. Prof. Monsuru Emiola died at the university clinic after a brief illness. The Nation gathered that Prof. Emiola, a senior lecturer with the Physical and Health Education Department, Faculty of Education, was an indigene of Oyo State. The source said the late lecturer was a devoted Muslim. He …

The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC),Dr. Chukwe Ihekweazu who has been on a national tour to acess the level of preparedness in various state in a bid to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the country was in Kano State to meet the Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. Governor Ganduje who spoke to the Director – General of the NCDC, …

Everyday we get new updates from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on the situaton of the Coronavirus that has brought the world to a stand still since its outbreak in Nigeria (February 27, 2020). Nigeria still remains one of the African Countries faced with the Coronavirus pandemic (a disease that first started in Wuhan China in December 2019). …

On the 15th of April 2020 as at 11:20 pm, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported thirty-four new cases of the COVID-19 disease with Lagos-18 and Kano-12 being the highest hit states as at the above mentioned date. Taking us to 16th April, 2020 there was a total of 42 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 and this time Lagos-19, …

According to the 2006 census, Kano state was recorded the most populated state in Nigeria. Taking us back to 2020, Kano state records the highest case of the Coronavirus in Nigeria as at 15th April, 2020. According to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos-18, Kano-12, Katsina-2, Delta-1 and Niger-1 made up the new thirty-four cases of the COVID-19 in …

In an effort to eschew indiscipline nation wide,  the Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano, Alhaji Ladan Baba says nine corps members from the 2018 Batch A are to repeat the one year national service.