The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that 20 chairmanship aspirants in Kano State have tested positive for multiple drugs during screening for the upcoming local government elections. NDLEA’s Commander in the state, Abubakar Idris Ahmad, said the aspirants presented by the ruling NNPP in the state tested positive for substances including opioids,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the operatives of Nigeria Police Force, Kano State Command, on Tuesday, rescued a four-year-old boy, Muhammad Jamilu, who had recently been kidnapped. The police also arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction. The spokesman for the State Police Command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, who confirmed the arrest in a press statement in…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the State Government of Kano has postponed the resumption date for primary and post-primary schools for the 2024/2025 academic session. Recall that the government had earlier announced that schools were to resume on September 9, 2024. However, in another statement released on Saturday, the Director of Public Enlightenment of the Ministry…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that two persons have been reported dead and two others rescued alive after a two-storey building collapsed at Nomansland in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State. According to report, the building collapsed around 2am on Thursday amidst a heavy downpour when the building collapsed. It was gathered that the building collapsed…
No fewer than 10 persons have been confirmed dead as a result of diphtheria outbreak in Kano State. The state’s Commissioner of Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran, who confirmed the resurgence to newsmen in the state, said the persons died within a period of one week. Dr. Labaran also said 40 other patients were currently hospitalized…
Hackers have compromised the official Facebook page of the Kano State Hisbah Board, posting explicit photos and videos, causing public outrage. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, has drawn widespread condemnation, with many expressing concern over the situation. Sheikh Aminu Daurawa, the Commander General of the Hisbah Board, confirmed the breach to journalists on Friday…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a magistrate court in Kano has ordered the remand of Muktar Dahiru, a journalist with Pyramid FM Kano, in a correctional centre following allegations of making a Facebook post deemed “insulting” to Abba Yusuf, the Governor of Kano State. Dahiru was arrested on Thursday and secretly charged before Magistrate Court 24…
Alhaji Mohammed Kabawa, Permanent Secretary, Kano Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and Garba Kwankwaso, the nephew of the NNPP National Leader, Sen. Rabi’u Kwankwaso and 3 others have been arrested alleged involvement in multi-billion naira drugs supply scam by the State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission. The Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission…
A 9-year-old malaria patient, Rumaisa Sadiq, has been reportedly raped to death by an acclaimed chemist in Jaba, Fanisau Unogo Local Government Area of Kano State. Kano State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Disabled and Children, Hajia Aisha Saji, who confirmed the victim’s death in a statement, said justice would be served. She said despite moves…
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has fired back at the Kano State government over allegations that he masterminded the disappearance of a corruption file from a courthouse. Ganduje denied the allegations, accusing the state government of orchestrating the violence that led to the file’s disappearance. In a statement, Ganduje’s chief…