Kano

[Leadership] The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero has commended Senator Bala Muhammad, the Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for restoring the title of the controversial land allocated to Kano State Government in Abuja. A 20-hectare land in Loko-Goma was allocated to the Kano State Government which generated so much controversy leading to the past FCT administration revoking the title from the...  

KANO – A hundred thousand naira cash gift from a serving federal minister (name withheld) to a group of mourners at the Koki residence of the Dantatas triggered a  free-for- all, Sunday, in Kano. The arrival of the influential minister lit up the mood ...  

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed anger over the N100 million donation made by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to victims of the recent Boko Haram bomb attacks in Kano State. A report published in one of the national ...  

Pandemonium occurred on Friday evening at Shagari Quarters on the outskirt of Kano following sporadic gunshots in the area. As of the time of filing this report, the shooting was still on. The incident reportedly began around 6:30 p.m.  

Motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders in Kano State have alleged molestation by security agents and are calling on the state government to call the security agents to order. A motorcyclist, Habibu Gadon Kaya, who spoke to Daily Trust, lamented ...  

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Bank, presented the cheque to Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, deputy -governor of the state, when he paid a condolence visit to Kano Government House. Sanusi said the management of the bank made the donation as part of its ...  

KANO – Gunmen attacked a police station in Kano, yesterday, and multiple blasts rocked a market in Maiduguri, the base of Islamist group Boko Haram. Bana Sanisu, a resident of Kano’s Sharada district, said: “I had just arrived home in time for the ...  

Kano, Feb 07, 2012 (The Moment/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- MEMBERS of bloody Islamic sect Boko Haram, last night, struck again in Kano city in spite of imposition of 6a.m. to 6 p.m. curfew in the state. The Moment gathered that the ...  

Kano - Gunmen attacked a police station with explosives and automatic weapons in Nigeria's northern city of Kano on Monday, the latest assault by suspected Islamist militants on the country's second biggest urban centre. A Reuters reporter heard a powerful ...  

A police station has been hit by an explosion and attacked by gunmen in the flashpoint northern Nigerian city of Kano, injuring an officer. Further east, at around the same time, witnesses spoke of hearing explosions in the market area of Maiduguri.  

A police station has come under attack from gunmen in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. Eyewitnesses spoke of hearing a large explosion followed by gunshots in the Sharada district. Explosions were also heard at a market in the flashpoint north-eastern ...  

In the wake of the horrific Boko Haram terrorist attacks in Kano, France has mobilised to assist the victims by delivering 600 kg of medical assistance which will make it possible to treat those injured during the violence. "The medical assistance which ...  

KANO, Nigeria - Officials and witnesses say gunshots and explosions have echoed across a northern Nigeria city previously attacked by a radical Islamist sect. Kano state police commissioner Ibrahim Idris confirmed a police station had been attacked Monday night in the state capital Kano.  

Kano — Former Governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has blamed his successor, Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso over the poor security situation in Kano, saying that he (Kwankwaso) dismantled enduring policies introduced by him to guarantee genuine ...  

KANO (AFP) – Christians in the city of Kano were searched outside church on Sunday by troops on alert after Islamists who recently killed 185 in the city vowed their violent campaign would go on. Some in the flashpoint northern city avoided services ...