Kano state government on Tuesday approved public gathering for the congregational Eid prayers in state. The Eid prayer to mark the conclusion of the Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan is expected to be held on Saturday or Sunday. The approval is sequel to a meeting between the state governor Abdullahi Ganduje, religious leaders in the … Read more
A former commissioner for Lands during Ibrahim Shekarau administration, Alhaji Yakubu Albashir is dead. He died on Wednesday after battling with diabetes for several years that led to amputation of one of his legs. His death was confirmed by one of his long time colleague and Press Secretary to former Governor Ibrahim Shekarau when he … Read more
A Kano Magistrate Court has issued a court warrant for arrest of chairman of Kumbotso Local Government, Kabiru Ado Panshekara for failure to come up before it to answer a criminal complaint. The Court 82 presided by Musa Ibrahim Fagge stated Panshekara received a criminal summon based on complaint by the Kano State Public Complaints … Read more
The Kano State government has extended the lockdown imposed on the state to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus infection in the state by one week. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Muhammed Garba, made this known in a statement issued on behalf of the government late Monday. It said the action became essential … Read more
The Kano state government on Sunday announced that 47 health workers have tested positive for COVID-19. Tijjani Husaain, coordinator of the state’s task force on COVID-19, announced this at a press conference in Kano. He said the infected health workers had contracted the disease the previous week, adding that no medical personnel got infected in … Read more
Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, has berated his northern counterparts for trying to score political points with the almajiri kids repatriation. Ganduje at a media briefing on Sunday, said Kano also received almajiri from other states and didn’t make a public show of it. He said while an agreement was reached for almajiri … Read more
Another wave of deaths has hit Kano as the sordid spread of the virulent coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the ancient city. This time around, the disease has unleashed its fangs on the minority group as the Igbo community is said to be at the receiving end of plethora of deaths for days on … Read more
11 health workers at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) have tested positive for COVID-19, Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has said. Murtala Isa Umar, chairman of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH)branch of the union disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Umar said the results for the AKTH JOHESU members returned on Friday indicated … Read more
No fewer than twenty five passengers on a flight that left Kano for Lebanon has tested positive for COVID-19, the Lebanese ministry of health has announced. The flight which arrived in Lebanon on Wednesday was part of the evacuation exercise embarked on by the middle east country to have its citizens evacuated from foreign nations … Read more
While still trying to demystify the cause of strange death in Kano, another mysterious ailment has begun to wreak havoc in Jigawa as the state records a surge in number of strange deaths. According to Daily Trust, dozens of people, mostly the aged, have died in Hadejia local government area of the state in four … Read more
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says 34 doctors have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Kano. The chairman of Kano chapter of the association Sanusi Bala, made this known on Tuesday. Confirming the development to NAN, Bala explained that majority of the victims were doctors working at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and private clinics … Read more
Kano state has yet again recorded another death of a high-profile figure. An assistant commissioner of police, Atiku Nagodi, is dead. According to TheCable, Nagodi, who was the squadron commander, 9 police mobile force, Kano, died on Monday. Kano has become the the hotbed of strange death in the past couple of weeks, with over … Read more
Kano state in recent weeks has been beleaguered by strange illness that’s killed over six hundred people in the state, among those killed are high profile individuals who were prominent Indigenes of the ancient enclave.. With 219 cases, Kano has the second highest cases of COVID-19 in the country after Lagos National coordinator of the … Read more
The presidency has spoken about a video making the rounds online showing crowded atmosphere of plethora of mourners at a funeral alleged to be that of the late Emir of Rano. Eko Hot Blog had reported that the late emir, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar, died and was buried on Saturday in Kano State. In one of … Read more
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Saturday says he has been granted authorization by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to relax the 14-day lockdown imposed on the state. Buhari had declared the lockdown on the state during his address to the nation on Monday as part of measures to thwart the rising coronavirus … Read more
The United Nations Children Funds, UNICEF, Kano Field Office on Saturday lost its Head of Communications, Malam Rabiu Musa. A son to the deceased, Musa Rabiu, who confirmed the death, said his father died at the age of 60. According to him, “He died at about 3 a.m on Saturday, after battling with sickness for … Read more
Editor’s Note : A RETRACTION. A news story was published on our platform today with an unambiguous headline that the Emir Of Kano is Dead. We would like to inform our esteemed readers that the misleading and utterly provocative piece has since been retracted. The management of EkoHotBlog would also like to tender an unreserved … Read more
In the past one week, Kano state has recorded a frighteningly high number of COVID-19 cases, a development that saw it leapfrog Abuja to become state with second highest number of active COVID-19 cases in the country. For two days consecutively, the state recorded the highest number of cases, 80 on Thursday and 90 on … Read more
Kaduna State governor, Nasir El Rufai, on Saturday said the state might witness a spike in number of almajiri with COVID-19 infection. The governor said this is because the state has completed COVID-19 testing for 167 Kano Almajiris in the state. Governor Nasir El-Rufai disclosed this in situation report via a series of tweets on … Read more
Kano state in recent weeks has been beleaguered by strange illness that’s killed over six hundred people in the state, among those killed are high profile individuals who were prominent Indigenes of the ancient enclave. Worrisome as the situation is, even more unsettling is the fact that these strange deaths may not abate anytime soon, … Read more