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Headlines, Kano, State News
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
The Kano State Government has dissociated itself from the abduction, forced marriage and conversion to Islam of a teenager, Ese Oruru, since Aug. 2015. Miss Oruru was taken from her native Bayelsa to Kano by Yunusa Yellow, a man who lived in Bayelsa and was her food vendor mother’s regular customer. A statement signed by […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Kano, State News
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
Breaking news: Emir of Kano orders Sharia commission to return Ese Oruru to Bayelsa Ese advertisement TOP HEADLINES By Abdulsalam Muhammad KANO – The emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II Monday ordered the state Sharia Commission to liaise with office of the Assistant Inspector General of police, zone 1 to commence process […]
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Budget, Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, January 14th, 2016
KANO GOV SIGNS 2016 BUDGET INTO LAW 1 By Our Reporter on January 14, 2016 National Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has signed into law, the state 2016 Appropriation Bill into law, pledging the immediate implementation of the budget. Tagged : “A Peoples Budget for Self Reliance”, the budget is in the tune […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Tuesday, January 5th, 2016
By Abdulsalam Muhammad KANO— A sharia court in Kano has sentenced a Tijjaniyya cleric, Abdul Inyass to death for blasphemy. The verdict ends nine months of secret trial of the cleric. Inyass and 13 others were arrested May last year, in Kano during a religious function in the city for blasphemy. An Upper Sharia court […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Friday, November 27th, 2015
By Abdulsalam Muhammad The KANO – – – -Scores were feared dead at Dakasoye village, Garun Mallam local goverment area of Kano, Friday, when a suicide bomber hit Shia procession on their way to Zaria, witness says. The incident which occurred by 2.00pm was said to have affected mostly women and children. A local Journalist, […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
A couple of minutes after the explosion, angry residents gathered the fragmented remains of the female suicide bombers a few metres away from scene of the blast, piled used tyres on the pieces and set them ablaze. One of our correspondents, who visited the scene of the explosion a few hours after the blast, observed […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News, Top Stories
Monday, July 20th, 2015
Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi, on Saturday in Kano wept at the Government House, while reflecting on life-after-death. As beads of tears rolled down the cheeks of the Emir, he reminded his subjects of the need to exhibit good character, honesty, good compassion and transparency while dealing […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Friday, June 26th, 2015
An Islamic court has sentenced nine people to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. The accused, who were all Muslims, had pleaded guilty, the head of Kano’s religious police, Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, told the BBC. The trial was speedily done in secret after a section of the court […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Saturday, May 23rd, 2015
Hundreds of Muslim youth protested outside a Sharia Court located in Kano City on Friday morning. According to protesters at the scene, they were upset over a blasphemous comment made by Malam Abdul Nyass, from the Tijjaniyya path of Islam. Protesters outside the Sharia Court, where Malam Abdul Nyass was expected to he arraigned for […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics, Kano, State News
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
By Abdulsalam Muhammad & Aliyu Dangida THE incident that occurred at his Nassarawa GRA official residence yesterday morning was said to have been triggered by fire from a split air conditioner in the sitting room. Briefing reporters on the tragic incident in his office, the Kano State Police Commissioner, Ibrahim Idris ruled out sabotage, pointing […]