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Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano and Segun Awofadeji in Gombe Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and his Gombe State counterpart, Mr. Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, have tasked journalists to promote peace and good governance in the country. Speaking on the occasion of the United Nations’ World Press Freedom Day celebrated on May 3 yearly, Ganduje urged journalists to be resolute in upholding accuracy, objectivity and professional ethics in the line of duty to help deepen good governance rather ...

How I Narrowly Escaped Plane Crash That Killed Many — Ganduje The governor recounted his experience when he received on a courtesy visit, the newly appointed Nigerian Ambassador to Romania, Safiya Nuhu, a Kano indigene, whose father also lost his life in the plane crash. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 09, 2021 The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday, narrated how he escaped death in the plane crash that claimed the life of the former Military Administrator of the state, the ...

Court dissolves 20-year-old marriage over wife’s infidelity On Kindly Share This Story: A Shari’a Court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna State on Monday ordered that an unemployed man, Abdullahi Umar, should provide temporary shelter for his aged father, Umar Mai-tsire. The judge, Malam Salisu Abubakar-Tureta gave the order after Mai-tsire told the court he had nowhere to live after he left his former wife’s house. Mai-tsire prayed the court to compel his first son to provide him shelter. The j...

Two Kidnappers Shot Dead In Abuja Before the arrival of security operatives, the gunmen had broken into some houses and whisked away four persons. by SaharaReporters, New York Mar 14, 2021 The police have gunned down two kidnappers in Anguwar Hausawa, Naharati community in Abaji Area Council, Abuja. According to Daily Trust, the kidnappers were killed during an exchange of gunfire between the police and members of the vigilante group guarding the area. File photo used to illustrate story. A res...

A resident, simply identified as Suleiman, said around 1am on Sunday, gunmen in their large numbers swooped on some houses in Anguwar Hausawa. He said before the arrival of security operatives, the gunmen had broken into some houses and whisked away four persons. The persons kidnapped were identified as Abdullahi Umar, Abdulkarim Yusuf, Abubakar Umar and 13 year -old Abdulrahman Isah. “They started shooting sporadically into the air to scare residents after they kidnapped four people,” he s...

Ibrahim Oyewale examines the insistent calls from various groups and individuals exerting pressure on Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to join the 2023 presidrntial race Ahead of 2023 general election in the country , there have been persistent calls on the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello by various groups, organisations and individuals both within and outside the state to contest for the exalted Number One position in the land. This has continued to gather momentum in the recent pas...

Kano Governor Shuts Five Health Institutions To Prevent Kidnapping The directive was necessary to prevent possible attacks on schools located in areas prone to security threat within the state. by Saharareporters, New York Feb 28, 2021 The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has authorised the closure of five health training institutions in the state with immediate effect. The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health, Hadiza Mustapha Namadi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunda...

• PDP Seeks Yakasai’s Unconditional Release Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has finally terminated appointment of his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai over his recent comment against President Muhammad Buhari. The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who conveyed the governor’s directive in a statement, yesterday, said the sack is with immediate effect. According to the statement, Ganduje regretted that Salihu failed to differentiate betwe...

HIGHWAYS OF DEATH: 41,257 killed in road accidents in 97 months On …How 204 persons were crushed in January 2021 By Clifford Ndujihe THEY had been at home for 10 months on account of the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They eagerly returned to school mid last month and were set to write their final examinations, graduate and join in the efforts to develop their father land. This will no longer be for Samuel Adesomoju Tobi, a final year law student and Oluwasemire Ojinni, a f...

Daily Trust  gathered that not much beyond the name and reputation is known about Malam Abba who, residents say, resides within the enclave of Kuduru forests, west of Birnin Gwari LGA. The forest is said to share boundaries with Chikun, Igabi and Giwa local government areas; Kaduna’s most notorious bandit hideouts. While Malam Abba, his lieutenants and several other bandits call Kuduru forest home, several other criminals lay low in the larger Kamuku National Park which crisscrosses five nor...