Author: Khalifa Muhammad

THE Dan’Agundi Power Transmission Station, a major supply electricity chain for Kano City is on fire. News Point Nigeria reports that the fire raging now is affecting high-performance capacity transformers as responders are yet to reach the area. According to a management official at the Kano Transmission Company (TCN), two transformers have been affected so far , while two others are in good condition. “I am also out of office but they just reported to me that two transformers have been affected but one is still working. It’s in service. There is a new one which is yet to be…

OPERATIVES of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps, Ungoggo Division, Kano State Command, have arrested suspected kidnapper, Ibrahim Usman, at Yar’adua quarters, Rimin Kebe, Ungoggo Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Abdullahi, a copy of which was made available to News Point Nigeria on Thursday. “The 85-year-old suspect, Ibrahim Usman, abducted the victim, a three-year-old boy who is a child in the neighbourhood and attempted to hide him in his friend’s residence situated at the Hotoro bye-pass in Kano State. “Having suspected foul play, his friend refused…

A FEDERAL high court in Kano has held that the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) lacks power to invite or investigate the former state governor and All Progressives Congress National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, over the dollar bribery video. Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman delivered the judgement on Tuesday in a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Ganduje against the commission. Ganduje had instituted the case in July 2023 seeking protection of his fundamental rights against possible breach and violation when chairman of the commission Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado invited him to appear and answer questions bordering on…

THE Commandant General of Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Ibrahim Daurawa, has settled his scores with Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and has returned to his position. This newspaper reports that despite open resignation by Daurawa in a video via social media, he has not formally resigned in written and submitted to the appropriate authority. In a new development Monday night, Daurawa met with the governor in company of some respected personalities. The Hisbah boss will resume office on Tuesday, according to government sources. This newspaper reported that Kano State Government had been making strong moves to return the aggrieved Sheik…

THE Kano State Police Command has arrested a fleeing suspect, Ismail Rabiu, aka Risi, an accomplice in the kidnapping and subsequent tragic murder of a 14-year-old boy, Abdullahi Sani, from Hotoron Fulani quarters in Kano. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Haruna Abdullahi, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Wednesday. The statement read, “The Kano State Police Command is pleased to announce a significant development in the ongoing investigation into the heinous kidnapping and murder case that occurred on February 8, 2024, at about 1100 hrs. at Hotoron Fulani Quarters, Kano.” The command spokesman disclosed that “after…

THE French Embassy on Tuesday organized a special lecture session for students of Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria on the prospects of pursuing higher education in France. In line with the embassy’s mandate of fostering educational collaborations, the lecture was aimed at promoting cultural, educational and scientific cooperation between French and Nigerian institutions. The experts from the embassy were led by the Head of French Cooperation, Mr. Judikael Renault. Others in his entourage include the French Language Attaché, Magali Losonge, Scientific and Higher Education Attaché, Sébastien Beddie, International Attaché, Emmanuel Vefin, Campus France Nigeria Manager, Laura Moras, Expert in…

THE Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission said on Tuesday that it had unsealed the 10 warehouses sealed last week for alleged hoarding of foodstuffs. The chairman of the commission, Muhuyi Magaji, told this newspaper that the owners of the warehouses had shown up and they were directed to open and sell to the public. Magaji said, as a result, Kano had begun to witness a drop in the prices of foodstuffs. He said, “The action taken by the commission has forced the dealers to bring the commodities to markets as well as reduce their prices. “We visited a…

TROOPS of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have apprehended a 35-year-old “high-profile kidnapper known as Isah Abdul” in Durbunde in the Takai Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. In a statement on Tuesday, NAF spokesman, Edward Gabkwet, said the arrest was carried out on Monday evening. He said the operation followed credible intelligence on the hideout of the notorious kidnapper and his boys allegedly responsible for several kidnapping incidences in the area. “Preliminary investigation has since revealed that Isah Abdul and his gang were responsible for the abduction of one Yakubu Ibrahim Tagaho, popularly known as “Sarkin Noman Gaya,”…

THE Nigeria Customs Service, Kano Area Command, says it has intercepted four trucks of food items as part of efforts to tackle smuggling. This is contained in a statement by the spokesman for the service, Saidu Nuradeen, on Tuesday, in Kano. He said that personnel of the service intercepted the vehicles transporting a significant quantity of food items intended for illegal export along the Hadejia – Taura – Ringim axis in Jigawa. Nuradeen listed the items to include 1,505 cartons of big and small-size dried fish, 17 bags of local variety rice, and two bags of beans. According to him,…

KANO business tycoon, Aminu Dantata, has thrown his weight behind the call for a parliamentary system of government as a solution to Nigeria’s problems. Dantata stated this on Thursday when he received a team led by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, at his residence in Kano. Nigeria practised the parliamentary system of government between 1960 and 1966. The lawmakers argued that Nigeria should return to the parliamentary form of government because it is cheaper than the presidential form. Meeting Dantata, a former member of parliament during the First Republic, the Chinda-led group said they remained…

A SUSPECTED kidnapper, Adamu Ismail has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and killing of his neighbour’s son, Abdullahi Sani. Ismail was arrested alongside two others, Musa Usman and Abdullahi Usman who were said to have attempted to dupe the family of the deceased by demanding for the sum of N4 million as ransom after killing the victim. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the arrest to newsmen in the state on Thursday. SP Haruna said, “On 8th February, 2024, at about 1100hrs, a report was received from one Alhaji Rabiu Abdullahi, of Hotoron Fulani Quarters Kano that…

THE President MAAUN Group of Universities, Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has extended his heartfelt condolence to the family of Mouhamadou Salissou Hamissou of the Radio France International, who passed away following an auto crash. The deceased died on Wednesday in a car accident along the Katsina–Kano road. In a condolence message personally signed and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Kano, Prof Gwarzo also expressed his deepest condolences to the management of Radio France International. He described the deceased as a very humble and kind hearted person who contributed towards the development of the journalism profession in the country.…

TRADERS at the Singer market in Kano have rejected alleged claims that they are involved in hoarding of essential goods and commodities. The traders, who were at the Kano Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission (PCACC) office, dissociated themselves from the alleged ill practice and also pledged to sustain the current price of foodstuff from now onwards. Ibrahim Danyaro, leader of the traders, spoke shortly after a meeting which held on morning. He said, “We don’t hoard goods and other essential commodities; that’s why we are here today to discuss the issues with the PCACC. “We have come with our…

GUNMEN last Friday abducted the a dozen commuters of an 18-passenger commercial bus near the boundary, between Akunu-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, and Ayere, in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The kidnappers allegedly killed the driver of the bus and took all the passengers away, into a nearby bush, leaving behind a 4-year-old girl and taking away her mother. Other commuters travelling along the route later arrived at the scene to find the bus abandoned by the roadside and the helpless little girl crying. Moments later, some security operatives including the Police,…

THE Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission has sealed 10 warehouses containing assorted foodstuffs in the Dawanau area of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state. The commission’s Chairman, Muhuyi Magaji, disclosed this to newsmen shortly after confiscating the warehouses in Dawanau International Grains Market, Singer Market, and Kwari Textiles Market on Sunday. He said that owners of such warehouses were nowhere to be found during the operation, but those that were opened were stacked full of commodities, including spaghetti, rice, pasta, sugar, and other food items. He said, “The owners have been issued notice to report…

THE Kano State Hisbah Board has confiscated no fewer than 8,600 bottles of beer loaded in a van that came from Kaduna to the state. The board’s officer in charge of intoxicants, Idris Ibrahim, disclosed this to journalists on Saturday, Ibrahim said the alcoholic drinks were seized last Thursday at Kwanar Dangora village along Kano-Kaduna Expressway. He added that operatives of the command had been tracking the vehicle from Kaduna until it came into Kano territory. “We stopped the vehicle at Kwanar Dangora village and the driver attempted to escape but our operatives apprehended him. “You know it is illegal…

KANO State Government has reinstated its comittment to partner with Canada in the areas of health, education, agriculture, and other spheres of human endeavours for the benefit of the two entities. The Kano Governor made this known when he received the Canadian Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, James  Christoff who called on him at his office in Government House, Kano, Tuesday. Governor Yusuf noted with appreciation the cordial relationship existing between Kano and the Canadian government in the sectors of education, agriculture, science and technology among others. A statement issued by Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the spokesperson to the Governor…

AMINU Kano College of Islamic and Legal studies (AKCIKS), Kano, has secured Senate approval of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katsina State to start degree programs. Upon the approval given by the Senate of the University, AKCILS is now allowed to commence  degree program and award degree certificate in affiliation of the approved University in due course. The approval according to the Press Statement issued and signed by the Public Relations Officer of the College,  Dr. Salisu Marafa Sagagi, was followed by vigorous srutiny and series of inspections made by the affiliation inspection team of the University, and assured that…

MARYAM Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN), Kano, has matriculated a total of 1,380 newly admitted students for the 2023/2024 Academic Session. The Third Matriculation Ceremony, which took place on Friday, 2nd February and Saturday, 3rd February 2024, was held at the Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed Twin Lecture Theatre, where invited guests, including parents and other well wishers attended the event. The two-day program started with students of Schools of Law and Social and Management Sciences for the first day, while the students of Schools of Computing, Health Sciences and Nursing Sciences were matriculated on the second day. In his…

GOVERNOR Abba Yusuf of Kano State says he will meet President Bola Tunibu over the economic hardship and hunger being experienced by Nigerians. ”I will personally meet President Tinubu to intimate him about the hardship the people of Kano State are encountering due to inflation with a view to providing succour to the people,” Yusuf said on Monday in Kano. The governor stated this during a meeting with the business community and other stakeholders held at the Government House. He lamented the high increase in the prices of foodstuff and other daily needs, hence the urgent need to put heads…