The Kano State Government says it is creating more isolation centres as part of its concerted efforts to tackle and containing the spread of COVID-19. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, who is also the Chairman of the State Task Force Committee on COVID-19, who disclosed this when he paid an inspection visit to … Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday announced that the country has confirmed two hundred and thirty eight fresh COVID-19 cases. The agency made the announcement in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page. According to the agency, of the 238 cases, 92 are confirmed in Kano, 36 in Abuja, 30 … Read more
Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Ghali Umar Na’abba has refuted reports making the rounds in the media that he had passed away. Social media and conventional media platforms were awash with the unconfirmed report of the death of the consummate politician from Kano. But the second speaker of the lower legislative in the fourth … Read more
A sociopolitical group in the north, Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has alleged that some state governments are playing politics with COVID-19 and turning the pandemic to a cash cow through which funds are being milked from the federal government. The group levelled the Allegation in a statement on Thursday by the group’s chairman, Ango Abdullahi. … Read more
Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to ease the lockdown imposed the state. Ganduje said request for relaxation of the lockdown became imperative in order to forestall the Impending economic hardship that’s like to be occasioned by the lockdown. He also said easing of the lockdown would help … Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced the confirmation of two hundred and four COVID-19 Cases in the country. The agency made the announcement in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page on Thursday. The 204 cases is now the highest daily toll the country has recorded, surpassing that of the … Read more
As part of its conscious efforts to tackle the health challenges bedevilling Kano state, the federal has sent a high-powered nine-man delegation from the Federal Ministry of Health to the state. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Wednesday at the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on Covid -19 Control. … Read more
Nigerian Government says the recent situation of things in Kano did not come as a surprise to it as it has always envisaged such occurrence due to the dense nature of the state population. The Director General of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, said the agency was not surprised with the high … Read more
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says the return of almajiris to their states of origin by some states government is in the best interest of the kids. Mustapha likened the overwhelming number of almajiri kids to an army that could pose serious threat to the region and become difficult to … Read more
For days on end, Kano state has been in the news for the most surreal of reasons, no thanks to a malignant strange disease that has almost brought the state to its knee. This yet-to-be identified disease has killed over 400 people in the state, a development that was, initially, vehemently debunked by the state … Read more
Barely a week ago, it was brought to public knowledge a sordid tale of how kano state witnessed a plethora of deaths within the space of three days, which put the number of people buried in different cemeteries in the Kano metropolis and suburbs at a frightening 180. The information went viral, featuring prominently in … Read more
– With the emergence of new cases of coronavirus in the country, Kano records over 150 deaths in 3 days – There are fears that the deceased must have died as a result of a strange ailment, amid the recent coronavirus outbreak – Undertakers who double as grave diggers express concern over mysterious death toll … Read more
The Kano state government has confirmed that three officials of the state’s task force on COVID-19 have tested positive for the virus. Aminu Tsanyawa, commissioner for health, made this known in a statement on Friday. He did not give details of the officials who tested positive. “With a deep sense of sadness and on behalf … Read more
Former Kano State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Aliyu Umar, SAN has died. He died in the early hours of Friday at about 4:00 am after a brief illness. He has since been buried, according to Islamic rites. Late Aliyu Umar was reputed to be a fiery criminal law expert, one of his kind in … Read more
Kano State has recorded its first case of COVID-19 since the outbreak in Nigeria . A top government official told correspondents that the patient is a retired technocrat, who returned from Lagos. Governor Abdullahi Umar is reported to be in a crucial meeting with health officials to inform the public officially. The said COVID-19 patient … Read more
Nigerians may finally be catching a break on the gradual spread of Coronavirus across the country as it was reported that no fewer than nine suspected cases in Kano state have tested negative. This was made public by Kano state Commissioner for Health, Amina lbrahim Tsanyawa, during a press conference on Friday. According to Amina … Read more
Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, a northern politician and founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum has revealed reasons for the fate of dethronement that befell former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on 9 March 2020. In an interview with Sunday PUNCH, Yakasai said the first reason was that Emir Sanusi believed he held allegiance to the … Read more
……. Sanusi’s Lawyers Threaten Legal Action, Give Authorities 24 Hours To Release Him Few hours ago, this online news platform reported that the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has decided to seek redress over his dethronement as Emir of Kano, subsequently, his lawyers have threatened to take legal action if the state authorities … Read more
Following the dethronement of Muhammed Sanusi and his banishment from Kano, one of his senior Lawyers, Abubakar Mahmoud(SAN) has said the removal of his client, the former Emir is reversible in the court of law. Sanusi was unanimously dethroned on Monday by the Kano State Government led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who immediately announced a … Read more
….. Exile Sanusi To Nassarawa The Kano Emirate Council has met and announced Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the new emir of Kano. Former Emir, Ado Bayero died in 2014 and was succeeded by Mr Sanusi, a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Ekohotblog understands the announcement today, hours after Muhammadu Sanusi ll … Read more