The Director General of Kano State Primary Healthcare Management Board, Dr Muhammad Mahmud has said that about 520 children are suspected to have lost their lives following the diphtheria outbreak in the state this year (2023). Mahmud disclosed this while speaking to newsmen at a one-day media orientation on the diphtheria outbreak, supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund held …

Kano Hisbah (Sharia police), on Wednesday, confirmed that it has procured a set of furniture, food items, as well as clothing materials for N1,800 intending couples under its mass wedding scheme. Commander-General of Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Daurawa, who made the disclosure, while inspecting procured items for the mass wedding, said the state government has earmarked the sum …

The Kano State Hospitals Management Board has removed the Chief Medical Officers of three healthcare facilities in the state where health workers shunned night duty on 30th July. The affected hospitals are Imam Wali General Hospital; Abubakar Imam Urology Centre; and Nuhu Bamalli Maternity Hospital. In a statement on Tuesday, the Public Relations Officer of the hospital’s management board, Samira …

Despite the resolution of the House of Representatives to suspend the concession process for Nigeria’s four major airports, on Sunday, it was gathered that two of the facilities were already nearing commercial closure. Officials of the Federal Government told The PUNCH that the concession of the airports was approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and, as such, there would …

The Senate, on Thursday, asked the Federal Government to review the concession of the Aminu Kano International Airport, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, and other international airports across the country. The Senate made this known at the plenary after passing a motion by a lawmaker from Kano South, Senator Sumaila Kawu. On 17th May, the Federal Executive Council, under immediate past …

A Sharia Court in Kano State on Thursday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Aliyu Sa’ad, who pleaded guilty to calling his friend gay, be remanded in a correction centre. The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, gave the order following a guilty plea entered by Sa’ad. Lawal-Abubakar adjourned the matter until July three for summary trial. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Abdullahi …

The rift between two former governors of Kano State; the immediate past Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and his predecessor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, further escalated on Friday. It would be recalled that the two Kano political leaders had been at daggers drawn for more than five years over what has been explained to be a war of supremacy. However, the old wound …

The Police in Kano State said yesterday that they had arrested no fewer than 49 suspected persons in connection with the looting of buildings/structures at Triumph Plaza, Fagge Local Government Area of the state. The development was said to be an aftermath of the ongoing demolition exercise embarked upon by the newly inaugurated Governor Abba Yusuf, as youths in the …

Tragedy struck on Wednesday evening in Karshen Kwalta, Rimin Kebe quarters in Ungoggo Local Government Area of Kano State, when a teenager identified as Iro Kwarangwal stabbed his biological mother identified as Jummai to death over a disagreement. It was gathered that the incident occurred on the fateful day around 5:30 pm. “I was standing outside my house when I …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, said it had secured the final forfeiture of 324 properties recovered from the Kano State Pension Fund Trustees. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja gave the order of final forfeiture while ruling on a motion by the EFCC to that effect. The EFCC had told the judge …