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Guns boom in Kano, Yobe

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News, Yobe Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

Font size: •STEPPING IN: The new National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja…yesterday -Policeman, four gunmen dead-Security tips for churches, mosques Guns boomed again in Kano, the North’s commercial engine-room, and Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, last night. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEAs) were set off in attacks on a police station […]

Police uncover bomb in Kano mosque (Bombs in churches explode while those in Mosque are uncovered)

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

Tragedy was averted in the Kano metropolis on Friday when the police uncovered a bomb planted in Fagge Juma’at Mosque. Fagge mosque located on Murtala Muhammad Way in WAPA area of Fagge Local Government is rated second among the big Eid (Sallah prayer) mosques in Kano. It is beside Fagge Police Division, one of the […]

Artillery fire, sporadic gunshots in Kano

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News Friday, June 15th, 2012

By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano KANO – Heavy artillery fire and sporadic gunshots around Naibawa and Darmunawa areas of Kano over the last couple of hours have forced residents to remain indoors. Witnesses say the first shot was heard around 3.25am Friday, and had since then gained intensity in the affected areas. Vanguard gathered that parents who were initially unaware […]

CAN calls on Jonathan to beef up security in Kano

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kano, Latest Politics, State News Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

By Sam Eyoboka LAGOS — KANO State branch of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to treat the state as a special case by beefing up security in the area, pointing out that silent killing of Christians is ongoing in parts of the metropolis. In a telephone interview, the state […]

Gunmen kill 6 in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Kano – Gunmen have shot dead six persons at Rimin Kebe in Tudun Murtala, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano. An eye witness in Kano on Tuesday said that the incident, which happened at about 10:00 p.m on Monday, left many others seriously injured. The eye witness said the suspected gunmen stormed the area with […]

Conduct Bureau to Charge Shekarau

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

Ibrahim Shekarau By Adebiyi Adedapo The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has revealed fresh plans to charge a former governor of Kano State and presidential candidate of the All Nigeria’s Peoples Party (ANPP) in the 2011 general election, Ibrahim Shekarau over allegations of corruption. The bureau said it withdrew initial charges against […]

Immigration arrests13 Nigeriens in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Date: Sun, 05/27/2012 – 15:43 Thirteen nationals of Niger Republic are to be repatriated by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) following their arrest by the Nigeria Police in Kano State. The Kano State Police Commissioner, Mr Idris Ibrahim, said the illegal aliens were arrested at 11:30 p.m. on the 5th of May, 2012, following a raid […]

Police arrest S/South indigene Boko Haram suspect in Kano

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Kano, Latest Politics, South-South, State News Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

ANOTHER breakthrough was recorded by the Kano State police command, on Monday, when a member of the Boko Haram sect, Augustine Effiong (a.k.a Abubakar Garba), 25, an indigene of Akwa Ibom State, was arrested in connection with the recent attack in Bayero University, Kano (BUK), where no fewer than 30 Christians were killed during a […]

Explosions rock two primary schools in Kano

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Thursday, May 17th, 2012

By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano KANO – Multiple explosions Wednesday night, hit two primary schools in Jayin and Hotoro Arewa in Kumbotso and Nasarawa local government areas respectively in Kano municipal. An eyewitness told Vanguard that the attackers who came on a motorbike ordered watchmen at both schools out of the premises before attacking the schools. The source […]

Just in: Three bombs uncovered in Bayero varsity Kano

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

By AbduSalam Muhammad Kano – Unknown persons, Tuesday morning planted multiple high calibre time bombs in three locations at the Bayero University Kano (BUK) old campus in the commercial city. The location are the Faculty of Science, Sports Complex and in front of the Sub-Dean’s office, Faculty of Law of the school. Eyewitness account told Vanguard that […]