In Kano, Man Bags 1-Year Jail Sentence For Stealing Energy

Awka – A Kano Magistrate Court sitting in Hajj Camp has convicted one Mu’ammar Aliyu and sentenced him to one year imprisonment for energy theft and criminal conspiracy. The Kano State Distribution Company KEDCO, through its Special Investigation and Prosecution Taskforce on Electricity Offences arraigned the suspect on Wednesday. Getso, a Jambulo resident, alongside his younger […]

Kano’s Mysterious Deaths: NAFDAC Reveals Cause of Strange Illness

Awka – Over two weeks after the incident, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has finally confirmed the cause of a deadly strange illness in the northern city of Kano. The Agency last night, revealed that a harmful chemical sold as Citric Acid, also known as Dan Tsami was the source […]

Ganduje: Another Victim, Another Madness In Kano!

Kano in northern Nigeria is a great state with rich cultural heritage. And rich history, positive and negative. Positively, it is the ancestral home of the richest African, Aliko Dangote. It is the second richest state in Nigeria and the second most populated after Lagos. Kano boasts of great politicians like the late Aminu Kano, […]

Kano Rice Farmers Get Early Maturing Seeds to Boost Production

In a seeming bid to boost rice production and self-sufficiency in the commodity, the Buhari administration has availed rice farmers in Kano State early maturing seeds. This is in addition to no less than 40 smallholder farmers in the state who have received inputs from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to […]

MURIC Hails Kano Govt For Banning Islamic Scholar  

The government of Kano State has banned a controversial Islamic scholar, Shaykh Abdul Jabbar Kabara over his “erratic and provocative sermons”. His mosque in Gwale area in the heart of the city of Kano was also shut. The government of Kano State also reportedly promised to arrange a debate between the Shaykh and other Islamic […]

Buhari Laments Death Of Kano Politician, Bello Isah Bayero 

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolences over the death of prominent Kano politician, Alhaji Bello Isah Bayero, describing him as “an upstanding politician whose shining virtues should be emulated and put into practice by other Nigerians.” Bayero died on Thursday evening at the age of 85. Reacting to news of the death of the […]

Public Outburst As 46-Year-Old American Mum Arrives Nigeria To Marry 23-Year-Old Kano Indigene

An American woman, Janine Sanchez Reimann, 46, has found the love of her life and is presently in Kano State to marry a 23-year-old Kano State indigene, Suleiman Isah. Sahara Reporters noted that an invitation card they obtained has it that the Wedding Fatiha is to be held on Sunday, December 13, in the Gasau […]

Lekki massacre:  Who gave the order?

The streets of Nigeria are coursing with the blood of innocents felled by guilty bullets of state agents. The Nigerian flag has turned scarlet from being a sponge soaking up the living fluid of harmless citizens who thought that the murderers would respect the symbol of the nation and spare their lives. The bodies of […]

Covid-19: The Wicked State, Kano and the Age of Citizen Action

The most important universal shock that has flowed from the COVID-19 pandemic is that most governments in the world were unable and often unwilling to address the crisis in a manner that protected peoples’ health, welfare and lives. They have shown very poor governance abilities but demonstrated great skills in lying to the people. Their […]

Kano Conundrum: Why It Matters 

Following a string of suspicious deaths in Kano last week some have said the state, arguably Nigeria’s most populous could be Nigeria’s Italy.  They are wrong and right. They are wrong because healthcare in Kano and what obtained in any region in pre-COVID-19 Italy is not comparable. Like night and day, they’re not even close. […]