The Kano State Agency for the Control of Aids has commenced a pre-marital health screening of an additional 147 prospective couples. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency’s Information Officer, Usman Datti, the Director-General of the agency, Dr. Usman Bashir, had during an inspection of the screening, explained that the exercise was aimed at “providing medical evaluations and consultations, if …

The Kano State Head of Service (HoS), Usman Bala has explained the reasons behind the recent introduction of competency examination for the state civil servants. He said the measure would serve as a yardstick for promoting officers not only on the basis of satisfactory years of service but on performance and ability to deliver the exigencies of official responsibilities on …

Kano State continued to remain calm on Thursday as residents of the ancient city complied with the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state by the government. This is coming after the Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal declared the immediate-past Deputy Governor of the State, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the March …

The Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the 18 March governorship poll. Reading of the judgment was transmitted virtually via Zoom, a teleconference service as the panel members were not physically in court. The ruling came weeks after lawyers …

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 …