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  • Court sentences 25-year-old man to death for killing friend over N20 loan

    A Kano High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Umar Yakubu, to death by hanging for stabbing his friend,  Ibrahim Adamu, 22, to death  during an argument over N20 loan.

    Yakubu, who lives at Sabuwar Gandu Quarters in Kano, was convicted on one-count charge of culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code Law.

    Delivering judgment, Justice Dije Aboki, held that the Prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts.

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    Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Lamido Soron-Dinki, told the court that on June 13, 2018 at about 11 a.m in Sabiwar Gandu Quarters, Kano, the convict asked the deceased to give him a loan him of N20.

    Soron-Dinki said the convict the stabbed the deceased in the chest with a scissors during an argument over the N20 loan.

    Soron-Dinki presented six witnesses before the court while the convict defended himself.

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  • Kano seals up illegal pharmaceutical company, patent medicine stores

    The pharmaceutical inspection committee, under the state ministry of health, has sealed up three pharmaceutical companies and patent medicine shop for illegally operating.

    Chairman of the committee who is also the Director, Pharmaceutical Services of the ministry, Abdu Umar Madaki, led the members of the committee for the closure of the premises of the stores.

    Madaki said that they clamped down on the company for illegal operation and the exercise would be a continuous one to rid the state of illegal operators.

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    He added that any pharmaceutical company and medical store that would operate in the state must be registered with the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria, Kano State branch.

    The committee closed and sealed up Fedex Logistic Company dealing with pharmaceuticals, Agary Pharmaceutical Company and Hauwa’U Patent Medicine Store operating in Sheikh Jeddah General Hospital.

    He vowed that all the illegal companies will not be opened unless they comply with the laid down rules and regulations of the committee and are duly registered with the state ministry of health.

  • JUST IN: Police kill alleged notorious armed robber In Kano

    Operatives of Puff Adder in an Operation, has killed an alleged notorious armed robber in Rano local government area of Kano state.

    A statement by Kano Command Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, said a team of Operation Puff-Adder attached to Police Area Command Rano were on Friday afternoon alerted that a gang of four armed men attacked a residence in the town.

    It stated the team immediately rushed to the scene where they engaged the armed robbers in a gun battle.

    Luck, according to the statement, ran against the hoodlums when the Puff-Adder Operatives with superior gunfire gunned down one of them, while the remaining 3 escaped into the nearby thick forest.

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    ‘’On hot chase, as they were retreating they abandoned a locally made Pistol with three rounds of live Cartridges. It said the gang has been terrorizing Rano, Kibiya, Bunkure, Tudun Wada  along Falgore Forest Axis a while ago before luck ran out against them and fell to the superior firepower and professionalism of Operation Puff Adder.’’

    The statement said the Commissioner of Police directed the remaining fleeing suspects will be timely tracked, identified, arrested and any exhibit(s) or arms in their possession be recovered.

     

  • Kano cancels July environmental sanitation

    THE Kano State Government has cancelled the July environmental sanitation day to ease movement of  candidates for the National Common Entrance Examination to their centres.

    The state task force on environment sanitation announced this in a statement signed by Malam Bashir Habib, the Ministry of Environment’s Public Relations Officer.

    He explained that the action was to enable parents move their children for the state common entrance examinations scheduled for Saturday.

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    According to him, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry and the Acting Chairman of the task force, made the announcement at the end of a meeting with  its members.

    The committee, however, appealed to residents to limit movements and utilise the day to clean their houses and surroundings.

  • Polio: Ganduje assures people of logistic support to avert spread

    KANO State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said his administration will continue to provide adequate logistics support for the fight against polio disease, so as to avert its spread in the State.

    Ganduje gave the assurance while addressing stakeholders at the meeting of task force committee on immunization and polio eradication, held at the government house.

    Ganduje represented by his Deputy, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, maintained that Kano State Government would intensify effort in taking all the necessary measures to prevent the spread of polio disease in the State.

    “We are fully aware on how the disease is spread through movement of people from one State to another and this is one of  the reason why some areas become victims of polio and that must be prevented, “ he noted.

    He disclosed that based on the previous record on the State’s polio immunization exercise, Kano emerged as one of the best in terms of enlightenment campaign and establishment of health camp in the Country.

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    The Governor recalled with appreciation, how the State performance in the area of health system strengthening programme was rated high by stakeholders during the 2019 Mid-Year Review meeting between Kano State Government, Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates, alongside other stakeholders with the representative from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.

    Ganduje said “ it is in view of this development, I would like to call on the Local Government Chairmen and our District Heads to, in spite of their tide schedules , ensure that they attend the daily evening review meeting usually conducted during immunization exercise “

    While calling on parents to continue to cooperate with the health personnel during the next round exercise, Ganduje expressed his appreciation on how the programme is receiving the needed attention from rural and urban areas.

  • Police nab two suspects for allegedly kidnapping, killing girl

    KANO State Police Command says it has arrested two suspects for allegedly kidnapping and killing an eight-year-old girl, Aisha Umar.

    Spokesman Abdullahi Haruna disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kano.

    He said detectives from the command’s Anti Kidnapping Squad of “Operation Puff-Adder” arrested the suspects after it received on July 22, a report of a body discovered inside a well at Gandun Albasa, Kano.

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    He said the body was evacuated and taken to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano.

    The spokesman said the body was later identified to be that of the eight-year-old girl, who was earlier kidnapped at Tudun Wada in Nassarawa Local Government Area of the state.

    Haruna called on the public to always report any incident, suspicious persons or movement promptly to the nearest police station.

    He said Police Commissioner Mr. Ahmed Iliyasu had directed that the remaining fleeing suspects be tracked and arrested, adding that the arrested ones would be charged to court after investigations.

     

  • Kidnappers kill eight-year-old girl in Kano

    An eight-year-old girl Aisha Sani, who was kidnapped two weeks ago in Tudunwada quarters of Kano State by unknown lady, has been found dead.

    Aisha, who was abducted when they closed from an Islamiyya School with her siblings, was taken away by another lady who covered her face with veil and no formal communication was made with her parents for three days

    A week later, a text message was said to have been sent to her parents; informing them that she was in good health and they should not be bothered.

    But two days ago, according to a family member, who did not want his name in print, said the kidnappers demanded N200 million as ransom.

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    The kidnappers further requested that the ransom should be given to her mother who would now take the money to them.

    After two weeks of intensified search  Aisha’s corpse was on Monday found, as she was hacked to death by her kidnappers.

    Her parents have taken custody of her body for burial.

    When contacted, the Police in the State said they were investigating the matter and that whoever was behind the dastardly act would be fished out.

  • Up IGR by 300%, Ganduje tasks committee

    Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Saturday set up an 11-man committee on Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) with the task of increasing revenue generation drive in the state by 300 per cent within the next six months.

    The directive was sequel to the poor revenue generation drive by some contracted consultants, coupled with alleged underhand dealings and non-remittance of funds realised to government coffers.

    Ganduje, who recalled that his administration restructured the IGR agency at inception, with a view to raising the stakes of revenue generation, pointed out that more needed to be done as revenue collection in the state still remains lower than expected.

    He further stated that with increasing demand of provision of democratic dividends in the face of dwindling oil production, there is need to look inwards so as to boost the revenue generation in the state.

    “The price of oil is going down every day; coupled with security challenges being faced in the oil producing areas which has reduced the quantum of oil production.

    “With our agenda of taking Kano to the Next Level, where we already have free education from primary to secondary school levels; we have also pledged to improve the living standard of people living in the rural areas, so there is need to improve on our revenue generation drive.” Ganduje said.

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    He clarified that the new tax regime is not meant to tighten the living condition of the common man, but a matter of necessity to increase the state’s revenue base.

    He charged the committee to block leakages and ensure total compliance to their terms of reference.

    The terms of reference of the committee include 300 per cent increase in six months, ensuring total compliance of revenue generation remittance to the state Treasury Single Account (TSA), review tax agreement with revenue generating agencies, advise government on IGR and create public awareness and strategy to improve IGR in the state.

    Responding, the chairman of the committee and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr. Ali Haruna Makoda, assured the government of the committee’s determination to meet the mandate given to them.

     

  • Woman stabs brother to death in Kano

    19-year-old woman Mariya Suleiman, of Badawa Quarters, Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State, was on Saturday, arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her 30-year-old brother, Sani Suleiman, to death, following a dispute between them.

    Kano State Police Command Spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), said the command, through its Badawa Divisional office, received a report at about 5pm on Saturday, that the woman had stabbed her elder brother on his neck.

    Kiyawa said it was learnt that Mariya had been engaging in a heated argument with her brother for two days.

    The woman was said to have suddenly stabbed her brother on the neck.

    Suleiman was rushed to the hospital but died.

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    Kiyawa said an argument ensued because the late Suleiman allegedly maltreated his sister’s baby.

    But eyewitnesses claimed that the cause of the incident was the refusal of Suleiman to organise a traditional wedding for two of his younger sisters.

    The Ward Head of Unguwan Gaya Badawa , Alhaji Haliru Mohammed, expressed shock, over the incident, adding that the parents of the accused and the victim, lost consciousness when the news was broken to them.

    Alhaji Mohammed said they were receiving treatment at a nearby hospital.

    The late Suleiman had been buried according to Islamic rites.

    The Police spokesman said Kano State Police Commissioner (CP) Ahmed Iliyasu, had ordered the transfer of the case from Badawa Division to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), at the Police Headquarters, Bompai, for further investigation.

  • Kano awards N730m amenity contract in Buhari Hospital

    Kano State Government has awarded contracts worth N730 million for the construction of a 52-bed amenity ward at Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital in the state capital.

    The project, a one-storey building, will also consist of nurses’ quarters, offices, a restaurant and restrooms, among other facilities.

    Inspecting the project site, the state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, explained that the facility is meant to ensure maximum convenience for patients, especially for cancer patients from within and outside the state.

    “The cancer centre and the adjoining amenity ward will be linked by a passageway as part of our broad vision to provide world–class treatment of cancer in Kano,” the governor stated.

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    Ganduje explained that the project would be completed within the next four to five months and will enhance the status of the hospital, which has started setting the pace in terms of providing quality medical services.

    “I am happy to note that this hospital has conducted the first brain surgery to be conducted by any state-owned hospital in this part of the country. The hospital also conducted a successful but complicated spinal surgery on one patient and this is just the beginning,” he stated.

    Speaking on the cancer centre, Ganduje, who also inspected the site, stated that contract for the project has also been awarded, stressing that the work would commence next week.

    The governor said the project was conceived when he visited “the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Australia, one of the world’s leading cancer research, education and treatment centres.”