Deposed Emir Sanusi II banishment to Nasarawa, court fixes date for judgement on the suit. Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned a suit filed by the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II challenging his banishment to Nasarawa State. EkoHotBlog reports that a Federal High Court in Abuja, FCT has fixed November 30 for judgment … Read more
A group known as Bukola Saraki Grassroots Mobilizers is set to unveil the candidature of the two terms governor and a former Senate President of Nigeria, Senator Bukola Saraki. This was revealed in a statement that was made available by the National Convener Hon. Idowu Shola Imoleayo through the organization Publicity Secretary Mallam. Yakubu Ango … Read more
A policeman has been shot dead by his colleague inside Kano police station. EKOHOTBLOG reports that a policeman identified as Sergeant Basharu Alhassan has been shot dead by one Inspector Ya’u Yakubu at a police station in Kano State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Warawa Divisional Police Headquarters in Kano. Confirming the … Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike (CON) has said the battle of Value Added Tax (VAT) with Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is not targeted at the President or State in Nigeria, it is about the system. The Governor disclosed this in a Facebook post. According to Wike, In June N15.1 billion was generated in Rivers … Read more
Abdullahi said that Usman was, however, brought out of the well dead. The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a five-year-old boy, Yusha’u Usman, after falling inside a well at Zangon Dinya in Bagwai Local Government Area of Kano state. Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the Service, said … Read more
“Organs like eyes, kidneys, and lungs are harvested to service the medical needs of Europe. From inception to date, NAPTIP has rescued a total of 16,277 victims of human trafficking,” said the NAPTIP boss. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) said it has rescued 16,277 victims of human trafficking since … Read more
The presiding judge, Justice Ali Jibril Danzaki thereafter convicted her and ordered that her to be attending a Darul Hadith Islamiyya session at Tudun Yola Quarters for a period of six months as the sentencing for her offence. The Kano State Hisbah Board has arraigned a Kannywood actress and social media blogger, Sadiya Haruna, … Read more
…the Osinbajo Grassroots Organisation, OGO, had recently said the Vice President is the future of Nigeria Presidential campaign posters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State have flooded Kano streets ahead of the 2023 general elections. The campaign posters carried the inscriptions “Osinbajo-Ganduje Alliance (OGA), For Better Nigeria OGA Na … Read more
Jili said that the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) had earlier predicted flooding in 25 LGAs in Kano due to expected heavy rainfall. Not less than 26 persons have been killed while 2,000 houses and 95 farms have been destroyed by flooding across eight local government councils in Kano, says the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sealed off a property of a former Nigerian governor. EKOHOTBLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sealed off the property of the former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. It was gathered that the property sealed off by the EFCC is situated … Read more
Reacting to this new directive, traders at Sabon Gari, a Christian-dominated part of Kano state, conveyed their displeasure with the Hisbah’s order. The Islamic police force popularly known as Hisbah have approved the use of headless mannequins by traders in Kano. This is coming weeks after banning the use of mannequins in the state. In … Read more
“At this rate in the next two years in terms of purchasing power parity, the average income of a Nigerian would have gone back to what it was in 1980 under Shehu Shagari. That means, in 40 years, no progress, we made zero progress. 40 years wasted,” Sanusi posited. The deposed Emir of Kano and … Read more
He added that it would renovate 100 wagons to further consolidate the rail sector within the next two months. It has been recently disclosed that the Lagos-Kano train service will go into operation from Friday, Aug. 13, a senior official of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC has said. Mr Ismail Adebiyi, Regional District Manager, … Read more
The Federal Government (FG) has placed Lagos State and six others on red alert over the surge in the COVID-19 cases in the country. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government (FG) has placed Lagos State and six others on red alert following the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The latest … Read more
Paul Onwe the man who engineered the kidnap of nine children in Kano state was sentenced to 104 years in prison by Justice Zuwaira Yusuf of Kano high court. Onwe who was also fined the sum of N100,000 for plotting with six others to kidnap the children, who are under 10 years, from Kano and selling them … Read more
The denial was contained in a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information Mr Muhammed Garba, and made available to newsmen on Thursday, in Kano. Kano State Government has disproved rumours on it’s plan to ban women, regardless of their faith, from driving in the state. The denial was contained in a statement signed by … Read more
Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji granted Rimin-Gado’s prayers and restrained the respondents from investigating the activities of the commission pending the determination of the Motion on Notice. A Kano State High Court prohibited the House of Assembly from investigating the suspended Executive Secretary of the State’s Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCAC), Malam Muhuyi Rimin-Gado. The … Read more
Muhuyi Magaji RimiGado’s record which found it’s way to social media generated controversy with many medical practitioners picking holes in the documents and questioning their authenticity. The National Hospital, Abuja has written to the Kano State House of Assembly verifying that the medical records, Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimi Gado, the embattled chairman, Kano … Read more
He said the development was part of measures adopted by Nigeria, like most parts of the African continent now facing a COVID-19 third wave after detecting the more transmissible Delta variant. The Kano State Government recently suspended Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah) festivities in compliance with the federal government’s order that placed six states on red alert. … Read more
The prosecutor told the court that Ibrahim became ill and was diagnosed of liver cirrhosis, Hepatitis and died in prison in December 2019 at about 7:00 a.m., while awaiting trial. A Kano State High Court convicted a security guard, Ibrahim Sale, to six years in imprisonment for assaulting an 8-year-old girl. Sale, who resides … Read more