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Flood claims 4 lives, destroys 5,200 homes across 20 council areas in Kano

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2020 0

A flood caused by torrential rainfall has claimed four lives and destroyed 5,200 homes in Rogo and Danbatta council areas of Kano state, emergency officials say. Daily Times gathered that the flooding was an aftermath of heavy rainfall across 20 council areas, predicted by the Nigeria

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BREAKING: Update Revealed on Appeal by Kano Musician Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2020 0

Yahaya Sharif-Aminu on Thursday said he is dissatisfied with the judgment of the Shari’a Court in a suit filed at the Kano state High court. READ ALSO:  Blasphemy: Musician is yet to be granted an appeal Daily Times gathered that the musician sentenced to death for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad by a Kano Shari’a Court, […]

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Blasphemy: Musician is yet to be granted an appeal

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2020 0

Attempts to appeal the death penalty levied on a singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, on the grounds of blasphemy, were again stalled on Tuesday as officials of the Kano State Upper Sharia Court declined to make available certified true copies of the judgment. Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death on August 10, for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed, was […]

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Blasphemy: Kano Ulama, NGOs back death penalty

Ihesiulo Grace 31 August 2020 0

Guardians and transmitters of Islam doctrine and law, Ulama and non-government organisations (NGOs) in Kano have expressed support for the death verdict on Kano singer for blasphemy against the Holy Prophet (SAW). READ ALSO: Blasphemy: CAN supports Kano singer death sentence, gives reasons Daily Times understands that the support came in a statement issued by […]

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Kano Govt set asides N489.2m to sponsor 29,126 NECO students

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2020 0

Kano State Government says it has earmarked N489.25 million to sponsor 29,126 candidates of the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) in the State. READ ALSO: NECO to install CCTV in centres as it releases 2020 examination timetable The state’s Commissioner for Education, Sanusi Kiru, made this known in a statement signed by Aliyu Yusuf, Public Relations

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Large crowd welcomes Sanusi on first visit to north after dethronement

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2020 0

Former Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has been welcomed with a crowd in Kaduna State on Sunday, and this is his first visit since his dethronement. READ ALSO: 2023 presidency: Atiku asked to shelve ambitions Daily Times reports that after been removed as the Kano emir by the Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s government, Mr Sanusi was controversially […]

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Police discovers corpse of Kano woman locked up for 3 days

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2020 0

Police has discovered the corpse of a woman that was allegedly locked up in a room by her husband for three days at Mariri Quarters in Kano metropolis. READ ALSO: Kano woman to undergo psychiatric test for allegedly slaughtering son  The decomposed corpse offensive odour lead to the tip-off by neighbors, Daily Times gathered. Kano State […]

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Firemen rescued 12 in Kano building collapse

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2020 0

12 persons trapped in a building under construction which collapsed on Friday at Kurna Rijyar Lemon in Dalla local government area in Kano have been rescued by firemen. READ ALSO: Kano woman to undergo psychiatric test for allegedly slaughtering son Daily Times gathered that Kano State Fire Service Spokesman, Malam Saidu Mohammed, said in a […]

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Kano woman to undergo psychiatric test for allegedly slaughtering son

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2020 0

A high court in Kano on Wednesday ordered that a woman named Saratu Ya’u be taken to the psychiatric hospital to undergo a test for allegedly slaughtering her five-year-old son, Buhari Abubakar. READ ALSO: Blasphemy: CAN supports Kano singer death sentence, gives reasons Daily Times gathered that Saratu Ya’u, a 27-year-old woman committed the offence on […]

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Blasphemy: CSOs order release of Kano singer sentenced to death

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2020 0

Civil society organisations on Friday has ordered the release of Yahaya Sharif, a young singer who was convicted to a death sentence for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a song he published. The groups in a joint statement titled, ‘Joint Civil Society Statement On The Conviction And Sentencing Of Nigerian Singer Yahaya Sharif Aminu,’ […]

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Kano Court sentences man to death by stoning for rape

Ihesiulo Grace 13 August 2020 0

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday, sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mati Abdu, to death by stoning after his conviction for raping a 12-year-old girl. Daily Times reports that, Abdu was convicted on a count charge of rape contrary to Section 126 of Kano State Shari’a Penal Code 2000. READ ALSO: Kano Man […]

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Reactions trail death sentence of man over blasphemy

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2020 0

Nigerians have reacted over the death sentence of a man charged to have blasphemed Prophet Mohammad. The Presiding Judge of Kano Upper Sharia Court, on Monday, August 10, sentenced a 22-year-old man to death by hanging for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. Sharif-Aminu, who was charged guilty, is a resident of Sharifai in Kano metropolis. He was […]

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22 year old man sentenced to death by hanging by Sharia court

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2020 0

A 22 year old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Kano Upper Sharia court for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. This pronouncement was made by Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani, the presiding judge after he found Sharif-Aminu guilty as charged. READ ALSO: Osun govt pleads with former N-power beneficiaries to assist with […]

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Islamic scholars reject proposed castration of rapists in Kano

Ihesiulo Grace 28 July 2020 0

The Kano Council of Ulamas has rejected a proposal for the castration of confirmed rapists in the state. The state House of Assembly had adopted the proposal for the castration of confirmed rapists, following a motion sponsored by a member, Mr Nuraddeen Alhassan, on July 15, 2020. In a communiqué, signed by the Council’s Chairman, […]

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NAPTIP records 29 human trafficking, sexual abuse cases in Kano State

Ihesiulo Grace 22 June 2020 0

National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano State Command said it has recorded 29 human trafficking and sexual abuse cases in the state from January till date the Kano Zonal Commander, Alhaji Shehu Umar, disclosed. Umar said the cases involved two external human trafficking, two internal human trafficking, five child’s labour […]

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COVID-19: Kano to commence house -to-house sample collection

Ihesiulo Grace 5 June 2020 0

Speaking at the press briefing organised by the task force, the governor said the data confirmed that the virus is fast spreading within the eight metropolitan local government areas particularly, Tarauni and Nassarawa Local Governments.  “We are engaging in house-to-house sample collection. I think during the political campaign, some politicians engaged in

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10 NYSC members to repeat service for absconding their PPA in Kano – Coordinator

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Kano State, Hajiya Aisha Tata,  says 10 out of the 3,280 Batch ‘B’ stream ‘l’ Corps members are to repeat their 1-year service in the state.  She disclosed this during the presentation of certificates to the corps members passing-out on Thursday in Kano, which was conducted under strict […]

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Kano formerly bans Almajiri system of education

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

Kano state government has formerly abolished the traditional Almajiri system of education in the state after completing arrangements to enroll all repatriated almajirai to Kano from other states into conventional educational system. At a COVID-19 media briefing, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje confirmed that over 1000 almajirai have so far been received from various states of

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Kano workers issue 2 weeks ultimatum to Govt over slashing of salaries

Ihesiulo Grace 27 May 2020 0

Mr Kabiru Ado, the state’s Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), stated this at a joint news conference, on Wednesday in Kano. Ado said that the organised labour had deliberated over recent slashing of worker’s salaries and other topical issues affecting their welfare in the state amid COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the unions […]

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Sacked Kano Commissioner recovers from Coronavirus, discharged

Ihesiulo Grace 22 May 2020 0

Former Kano Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural development, Muaz Magaji, has recovered from coronavirus and also discharged. Magaji who was sacked by Kano state governor over comment on late president Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, diclosedhis health status on Friday on his Facebook handle. He wrote, ”To the Glory of Allah SWT, today friday […]