Tag: kano
#JusticeForBridget: Oby Ezekwesili champions the cause of ‘the beheaded Igbo woman’
Following the gruesome beheading of an Igbo woman, Bridget Patience Agbaheme, by irate Muslim youths in Kano state for allegedly ...
Jungle justice: Igbo trader beheaded by Kano mob over blasphemy
A female trader, who sells plastics, was killed by an angry mob of Muslims youths in Kano on Thursday evening. ...
INEC banks on ‘hope’ for suspended elections
Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday, said that it will hopefully conclude elections suspended in ...
The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
Here are top five stories to monitor today. 1) VP Osinbajo media forum Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, met ...
‘Nigeria’s economy would have collasped if not for President Buhari’ – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Friday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s election saved Nigeria from economic ...
Meet Ese Oruru’s baby girl (PHOTOS)
14-year-old Ese Oruru, who was abducted and later rescued, on Thursday, gave birth to her baby in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. ...
FG commends NLC for calling off strike
The federal government, on Monday, commended the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending its five-day-old strike. It would be recalled ...
Woman narrates how she was sent on “God’s mission” by Boko Haram
A mother of three on Sunday disclosed how she managed to escape from Boko Haram members who sent her on ...
APC’s Senator Shehu Sani loses mum
The senator representing Kaduna Central in the House of Assembly, Shehu Sani has lost his mother. She died on Saturday, ...
“His blockos are still PDP” | 7 nasty insults Shehu Sani threw at Governor El Rufai
It is no new news that Governor of Kano state, Nasir El Rufai and Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani ...
Pregnant Ese Oruru set to deliver Yunusa’s baby
Ese Oruru grabbed national headlines when it became apparent that she was abducted to Kano for six months by a ...
Shekarau was arrested by the EFCC, and he sees God’s hand in it
A former minister of education, Ibrahim Shekarau has declared that his arrest and detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ...
Why Kano youth burned down legislators’ homes
The youths of Gaya Local Government, Kano state, who say they tired of being lied to by their elected constituency ...
Again, mysterious fire destroys Kano market
A Tuesday midnight fire has burnt down popular Kurmi market in Kano city, laying to waste properties worth millions of ...
Kano politician’s wives abducted by unknown gunmen
The two wives of a Kano politician, Garba Fammar, were on Monday night abducted by unknown gunmen in the Kibiya ...
#DettolCleanNaija: Vote now to keep Kano clean
Ibadan cleaning was a success, thanks to your votes. It was also tremendous fun and excitement at Port-Harcourt where your ...
7,629 ‘ghost workers’ discovered in Kano state
The Kano State Government, on Tuesday, announced the discovery of 7,629 ghost workers during the course of the ongoing biometrics ...
13 hours after outbreak, firefighters ‘quench’ Kano market inferno
In the wee hours of Friday, an inferno gutted Gwarzo Market in the Gwarzo Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano ...
Saraki donates N5 million to victims of Kano fire
In a show of good faith, Senate President Bukola Saraki has given N5 million to the victims of the fire ...
Opinion: Economic terrorism and curious fire outbreaks in Kano
As I type this firefighters are battling to put out rampaging inferno at the Kano’s major market, Abubakar Rimi Market, ...
My suspension would ‘split Kano APC’ – Kwankwaso
Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has reacted to the threat made by the state chapter of the All ...
Kwankwaso sponsored ‘violent rally’ at funeral of Ganduje’s mother – APC
Former governor of Kano state, Rabiu Kwankwaso, is in the bad books of his party, the All Progressive Congress for ...
Opinion: Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and the people of Kano
Senator Mohammed Rabiu Musa popularly known as Kwankwaso is the immediate past governor of Kano, he was a former deputy ...
What Ese Oruru went through in Kano (READ)
“She said she did not know how she got to Kano. She said she was kept mostly in places she ...
Forceful conversion of Christian girls to Islam ‘occurs regularly’ – CAN
Following the nationwide outcry over the abduction of 14-year-old Ese Oruru, the Kano State Chairman of the the Christian Association ...
Reuben Abati: Ese Oruru, the girl-child and a nation’s shame
Three different incidents in the last week cast, poignantly, in bold relief the plight of the girl-child in Nigeria. Thanks ...
‘Ese threatened to commit suicide if they didn’t elope to Kano’ – Yunusa’s father
The father of Yunusa Yellow, who allegedly abducted Ese Oruru, a 14-year-old girl, has narrated how his son met and ...
Ese Oruru says ‘I’m not fine’… as father plans to take her to TB Joshua’s church
Ese Rita Oruru, the Bayelsa teenager, who was allegedly abducted in August 2015 and taken to Kano by a certain ...
Ese Oruru flown to Abuja from Kano ‘under tight security’
The young girl- Ese Oruru – who was abducted from her Bayelsa home and taken to Kano for a forced marriage to- ...
‘Ese wouldn’t dream of becoming a Muslim’ | Family maintain she’s 14, not 17
Following the release of 14-year-old Ese Oruru, who was allegedly kidnapped from Bayelsa and taken to Kano state, some sections ...
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