Kano State

27-year-old Kabiru Bashir and 30-year-old Sadiq Ashiru who are natives of Danbatta LGA of Kano state have been arrested by the Katsina state police command for defrauding unsuspecting members of the public through phone calls posing as evil…
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Umar Yahaya, 25, a resident of Fagge Quarters in Kano metropolis is to be flogged 12 strokes of cane and also pay a fine of N10,000 for dealing in hard drugs. The suspect was arrested on December 31, 2020 at about 7pm by a team of police…
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An elder statesman in Kano State, Bello Isah Bayero, is dead. Bayero, a strong ally of President Muhammadu Buhari and cousin to present Emir of Kano, Alhaji Bello Isa Bayero died Thursday night at the age of 87 at the Malam Aminu Kano…
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The payment of N30,000 mininum wage to civil servants has been stopped by the Kano state government. It has now been reverted to the former N18,000 minimum wage. Spokesperson to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai said…
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Two notorious armed robbery suspects, Aliyu Shuaibu Dille, 22, and Rabiu Muktar, 28, have been arrested by the police in Kano State. A Pump Action rifle was recovered. The suspects have long been on the police wanted list, police…
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The Kano State Police Command have arrested the suspected armourer of the kidnap syndicate that abducted a German national and killed his police escort two years ago. WITHIN NIGERIA recalls how gunmen on Monday, April 16, 2018, killed a…
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Hauwa Habibu, a 26-year-old woman who reportedly hacked her two children to death in Kano has pleaded not guilty before a magistrate court. Recall that Hauwa, a health worker, killed her two children, Irfan Ibrahim, 6 and Zuhura Ibrahim,…
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The Police Command in Kano State has arrested one 30-year-old man, Gambo Yakubu, for allegedly parading himself as Ahmed Musa, the Captain of the Super Eagles. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the spokesman for the Command, disclosed this in a…
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Mubarak Bala, an atheist who was imprisoned for blasphemy in Kano has been reportedly released by a federal high court sitting in Abuja. This information was shared on social media platform, Facebook by his counsel, Firsts Baba Isa.…
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Former governor of Kano state, Rabiu Kwankwaso has been suspended on Thursday by a factional group of the Kano chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to Aminu Wali over allegations of anti-party activities. WITHIN NIGERIA…
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The Speaker of the Kanno State House of Assembly, Alh Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa and the Majority Leader of the House have resigned. The Speaker announced his resignation in a letter he signed, titled ‘Notification of Resignation’ and dated…
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Kano state government will construct about 5,000 housing units for teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the state, under the first phase of a scheme aimed at providing decent accommodation for teachers and their families in…
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Suspected phone snatchers in Yakasai Quarters of Kano Municipal Area of Kano State have reportedly stabbed a 22-year-old man identified as Abdussalam Muhammad on Friday, December 11. This tragic incident was confirmed to newsmen by the…
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The Executive Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje has reacted to the killing of atleast 16 travellers along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway on Wednesday. Ganduje who felt bad about the tragic incident reportedly laid curses on the…
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The Executive Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje has disclosed that most of the almajiri children who roam the streets in the Northern part of the country are not Nigerians. This disclosure was made by Ganduje while speaking at a…
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Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 178 suspects in Kano metropolis for violating the law against street begging from September to November. The Commander-General of the board, Mr. Harun Ibn-Sina, in an interview yesterday with the News…
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Former governor of Lagos and national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu visited Kano state and was seen plying the 2km Sabon Gari flyover constructed by Governor Umar Ganduje. Recall that WITHIN NIGERIA had…
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No less than 8 persons were reported dead while 6 others sustained injuries, in a ghastly motor accident that happened on Thursday at Dakare village along Wudil-Bauchi highway in Garko Local Government Area of Kano State, Northwest Nigeria.…
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Thugs suspected to be phone snatchers have stabbed to death an Islamic scholar in Ungoggo Local Government area of Kano State. The 34-year teacher, who was identified as Shu’aibu Bichi was killed Saturday in his room at Rimi town, Mallam…
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The People Democratic Party (PDP) Kano State chapter said is withdrawing from participating in the Local Government election. The party said the withdrawal was necessary because it does not believe in the sincerity of Kano State Election…
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