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Police rescue another boy kidnapped in Kano, arrest 3 suspects

Ihesiulo Grace 13 November 2019 0

Kano – The Kano state police command’s Anti-Kidnapping Team of Operation Puff Adder has rescued another 11-year-old boy kidnapped in Kano, Muhammed Ya’u and sold in Onitsha, Anambra. This is contained in a statement sighed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna

Business

Kano state Govt. wòos Chinese investors on textile, solid minerals, others

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2019 0

Kano State Government has restated its commitment to partner with Shandong Province of People’s Republic of China in boosting commercial activities in the state. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje gave the assurance on Friday night at a dinner with Business Community and high level delegation from Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China, held at the Afficent Event […]

Health

Aisha Buhari donates food items to 6,000 patients across in Kano

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2019 0

The First Lady’s NGO, Aisha Buhari Foundation (ABF), on Tuesday presented a nutritional food items to six thousand (6,000) patients across eleven hospitals within Kano metropolis. Suleiman Haruna, the Director of Information in the First Lady’s office, made this known in a statement in Abuja.He said that a Senior official of the foundation, Fatima Rafindadi,distributed

Politics

Kano wants death penalty for kidnappers

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2019 0

Kano – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has directed the state ministry of Justice to review the Penal Code to enforce death penalty on any person found guilty of Kidnapping in the state. Ganduje gave the directive in Kano on Thursday, while inaugurating the 16-member commission of inquiry, instituted by the state government to […]

Aviation

NAF to conduct stimulation exercise at Aminu Kano International Airport

Ihesiulo Grace 31 October 2019 0

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Special Forces (The Panthers) will conduct a simulation exercise on counter-terrorism, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on Thursday. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, who announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the exercise is nicknamed ” […]

News

Market management urges traders to embrace FG’s solar power project

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2019 0

Kano – The Management of Abubakar Rimi Market, Sabon Gari Kano, has called on traders in the market to embrace the Federal Government’s gesture of providing Solar power to the entire market. The Managing Director of the market, Alhaji Uba Yakasai, made the call while addressing newsmen in Kano on Wednesday. He said the call […]

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How Maina siphoned N2.7bn pension funds

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2019 0

.As Court orders interim forfeiture of ex-Pension Reform task team chairman’s 23 houses .Orders associates with prove to show cause within 14 days Justice Folashade Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered an interim forfeiture of 23 landed properties belonging to the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed […]

News

Man, 40, drowns in pond in Kano State

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2019 0

Police recover N10m from kidnap gang, arrest 81 suspects Kano – A 40-year-old man, Mohammed Mohammed, has drowned while bathing in a pond at Kwanar Tattarawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. The Public Relations Officer, Kano State Fire Service, Malam Saidu Mohammed, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News […]

News

MURIC seeks justice for 9 kidnapped Kano children

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2019 0

The Muslim Rights Concern has condemned the abduction and conversion to Christianity of nine children from Kano, urging the Police to quickly prosecute the suspects. MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, in a statement on Monday, charged parents to be security conscious and for Muslims not to allow the incident generate animosity between them and their Christian […]

Aviation Business

MMIA passengers to enjoy free WiFi

Ihesiulo Grace 11 October 2019 0

Passengers using the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja will soon start enjoying free WiFi services at the airport. The airport manager, Mrs Victoria Shin-Aba who disclosed at this year’s customer service week organised by the servicom department of FAAN, said the provision of the free WiFi was part of the innovation introduced to improve on […]

Business Telecoms

NCC tasks mobile operators on value generation, new services

Ihesiulo Grace 16 August 2019 0

Ladesope Ladelokun The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta has urged mobile operators to unlock new services, sources of value generation and revenue streams in their operations. The NCC’s EVC said it was necessary to innovate on how to access segments of the consumer wallets not presently allocated to […]

Business

Leadway Assurance, Flour Mills partner to develop crop insurance

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2019

Micheal Ajayi As part of its plans to develop crop insurance solution in the country, Leadway Assurance Company Limited has gone in partnership with Flour Mills of Nigeria Limited. Speaking on this development, Head, Agric and Micro Insurance who is also the National Coordinator, Leadway Assurance, Mr. Ayoola Fatona said bags of fertilisers produced by […]

Business

Foreign rice scarcity hits Kano markets, as Customs clampdown on smugglers

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2019 0

…Local rice appreciates The sequence to rigorous arrests and determination of the men of the Nigeria Customs Service to meet up to their statutory duty, the Kano State Command of the service after redoubled efforts, has dealt a great blow to smugglers of foreign rice in the state. Investigation in different major markets in Kano […]

Business

Local rice appreciates as Customs rid Kano markets of foreign rice

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2019 0

Local rice marketers have expressed delight over-appreciation of the product in Kano State markets sequence to rigorous arrests by the men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Command, which has rid the state markets of foreign rice products. Investigation in different major markets in Kano has revealed that the local rice produced in the country […]

Crime Top Stories

Court sentences spiritualist to 10 years for possession of counterfeit currency

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2018 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday secured the conviction of Abubakar Ishaq (a.k.a Mai-Rakuma) who is a renowned spiritualist in Kano. Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Kano had sentenced the spiritualist to 10 years imprisonment, following his involvement on a two count charge of possession of counterfeit currency. […]

News

Kano urges residents to prevent outbreak of meningitis, cholera

Ihesiulo Grace 6 April 2018 0

Kano State Government has advised residents of the state to take their personal and environmental hygiene seriously to prevent against outbreak of meningitis and cholera. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Kabiru Getso, gave the advice on Thursday at a news conference. Getso also urged the people to ensure sure that they sleep in well ventilated […]

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Polio: 6 Govs, Northern monarchs okay partnership with Dangote, Gates

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2018 0

In a bid to get Nigeria certified polio free, six states in the Northern Nigeria and prominent royal fathers from the region have renewed their commitment to delivering life-saving vaccines to their children through routine immunization, as part of their partnerships with the Dangote Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other developmental partners […]

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DANGOTE lifts Bayero university, commissions N1.2bn first business school in north

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2018 0

The business educational development of Northern Nigeria took a new turn at the weekend for the better when the renowned businessman, Aliko Dangote donated a N1.2 billion ultra-modern business school edifice to the Bayero University, Kano, (BUK). It is the first of such institution in the northern part of the country. Christened Dangote Business School, […]

Crime Features

As sex crimes rise, vulnerable Nigerian kids caught in the crosshairs

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2018 0

In Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, 4-year-old Banke Olu (real name withheld) was raped by her auntie’s husband. The last child of her parents – both in their 60s – Banke, a minor had been ferried off to the relatives not long after she was born. Her parents, broke, weak and left with no option in […]

Crime News

SARS arrests two ex-military men for robbery

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

Police in Kano said that it has arrested two dismissed army personnel on camouflage for alleged robbery. The suspects, Abubakar Ibrahim a Kaduna resident and Jaduwa Thalma of Askira Uba Borno State were arrested in full Army uniform attempting to cross to Niger Republic with a brand new robbed Unregistered Ford Hilux Navy blue colour […]