Author: Khalifa Muhammad

THE Management of Maryam Abacha American University of Niger, Maradi, has congratulated Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo over the approval given by the Federal Government for the establishment of Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja and Franco-British International University, Kaduna. The Federal Executive Council on Monday, 15th May, 2023, at its sitting approved the establishment of the Canadian University of Nigeria and Franco-British International University, Kaduna, which are privately owned by Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo. The Vice President Administration MAAUN Niger, Dr. Shu’aibu Tanko made the remark while speaking with newsmen in Maradi, Niger Republic on Monday. According to him, Prof. Gwarzo…

A 25-YEAR-OLD, Umar Kabir, has died in a well at Gudantile Village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. This was disclosed in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Tuesday in Kano. Abdullahi said the incident occurred on Monday afternoon. “We received an emergency call from Gezawa Local Government fire station at about 02:20 p.m. from Aminu Ibrahim that a man fell inside a well. “Kabir fell inside the well and got trapped. “We immediately sent our rescue team to the scene at about 3:15 p.m.,” he said. He…

AT least one terrorist has been killed following the raid of Boko Haram terrorists hideout in Kaduna State by security operatives. Five other suspects were insurgents nabbed in the clearance operation involving personnel of the police, military and the Department of State Services (DSS) in Kaduna and Kano State. News Point Nigeria reports that one of the terrorists who wore a suicide jacket blew himself up on Monday. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya who said two suicide jackets, one (AK-47 rifle, a pistol and one laptop were recovered from them. “During…

A 25-YEAR-OLD woman, Rahama Sulaiman, has been arrested by the police in Kano for allegedly kidnapping her six-year-old daughter, Hafsat Kabiru, and demanding N3 million ransom from her husband. The woman allegedly took the daughter to a nearby relative in Madobi to keep for her and that she would travel for four days. Speaking while parading the suspect and other criminals at the Kano Police Command’s headquarters, the Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, said they received a report from the husband, Kabiru Shehu, that his daughter had been kidnapped. “In a follow-up investigation, the victim was rescued in Madobi…

FORMER Senator representing Kano Central, Senator Basheer Lado has stated that 72 Ex-Senators himself inclusive endorsed former Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio for Senate President as it is democratically the right thing to do. In an interview with BBC Hausa Service, the former Honourable Federal Commissioner, National Commission For Refugees, Migrants And Internally Displaced Persons, said Akpabio, has not only ‘distinguished himself excellently, but also has passion for Nigeria.’ He acknowledged that other aspirants were also qualified for the seat. Lado said: “The Senate President is the number three man in the country, we have a President (Southern Muslim) and…

SEVEN people have been feared killed and several others hospitalised after drinking a tea suspected to have been made with a local leaf known as Zakami at a wedding ceremony in Kano. Zakami contains a psychoactive substance. Eye witnesses’ accounts said it affected nearly 50 people and that some were still missing. The incident happened in Sheka area of Kumbotso Local Government of Kano metropolis. One of the witnesses, Sanusi Yahaya, who is also an elder brother of the bride, said the tea was suspected to be made with different types of drugs apart from the local leaf. He said…

THE Hausa-language film industry in northern Nigeria, Kannywood, has been thrown into mourning as one of its members, Aminu Mahmud, popularly known as Kawu Mala in famous TV series ‘Dadin Kowa’ showing on Arewa24, is dead. The actor died on Sunday evening after battling a heart-related ailment for some years. Mala, who had put in over two decades of acting, became very popular in the Dadin Kowa TV series where he played a leading role. Mala died leaving behind a wife and over 10 children. He was buried on Monday morning at Haye cemetery in Nasarawa local government area of…

IBRAHIM Musa, the son who allegedly stabbed his 50-year-old mother to death at Rimin Kebe Quarters of Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, has been arrested. SP Abdullahi Haruna, Police Public Relations Officer in Kano, announced this in a statement on Friday. He said the suspect was arrested at a criminal hideout in Dawakin Tofa LGA of the State. He explained that the the suspect, who confessed to the crime, will be charged to court upon completion of investigation. Narrating how the incident happened, the suspect’s elder sister said, “He has spent more than a year without coming to…

A NEW digital bank with the biggest and most effective services is in the offing in Africa. Nigeria-based DANBA Group, which has just acquired 100% of KMC Micro-Finance Bank, hinted that it is only eight weeks away from launching what it called “Africa’s biggest and most effective digital banking operation”. DANBA’s Head of ICT, the Middlesex UK University-trained ICT expert, Saadina Dantata Jnr, said the new digital bank will come up with unprecedented incentives for its customers, adding that Nigerians will soon experience the fastest, safest, most user-friendly and the easiest to access digital banking that will make everyone in…

THE newest airline in Nigeria, Rano Air says it will commence its flight operations across the country on Sunday, May 7th 2023. This was disclosed by the management of the airline in a statement on its official Twitter handle, Thursday. The statement added that Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje will flag off the inaugural flight that is scheduled to take off from the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport. The statement read: The management of Rano Air wishes to inform the flying public that its flight operations will be flagged off by the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Umar Abdullahi…

A TRAGIC incident occurred in Karshen Kwalta of Rimin Kebe area of Kano metropolis on Wednesday evening when a sixteen-year-old (name withheld) stabbed his own mother, Jummai, to death over a disagreement. According to an eyewitness, Muhammad Abdu, who is a neighbour to the deceased, the incident happened around 05:30pm. “I was standing outside my house when I suddenly heard screaming from the deceased’s residence,” he said. Upon rushing in for possible help, Abdu said, “We found the deceased who was stabbed with a knife screaming for help.” The suspect fled the scene shortly after committing the heinous crime against…

THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON) has assigned Max Air as the airline to airlift the 5,917 intending pilgrims of Kano state to Saudi Arabia during this year’s Hajj exercise. Executive Secretary of the Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Muhammad Abba Dambatta, disclosed this at a press conference held in Kano. He added that the airline is efficient and has three aircraft with the capacity that can airlift more than 1,000 pilgrims each. This newspaper recalls that the decision of NAHCON to assign Azman Air to airlift the pilgrims of the state last year was greeted by huge criticism…

THE Founder and Chairman Governing Council of Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria and Niger, Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has appealed to the good people of Gwarzo local government area of Kano State to forgive their son, Comrade Aminu Abdulsalam, the Deputy Governor -elect, should he have wronged them in any way. Similarly, he asked the Deputy Governor-elect to forgive those who might have offended him. Prof. Gwarzo, who doubles as the Founder of Franco-British International University, Kaduna and the proposed Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja, made the appeal on Saturday, 29th April, 2023, during a dinner organized by Gwarzo…

KANO state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said that the four new emirates created by his administration are here to stay. Speaking during the Workers’ Day celebrations held at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, Ganduje said God will not bring any body that will destroy them. The governor had split the Kano emirates into five and subsequently dethroned the then Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi. But in a viral video last week, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, leader of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), said the incoming government of Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf, would review the dethronement and balkanisation of…

PRESIDENTIAL Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has said the incoming government in Kano will revisit the dethronement of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, 14th Emir of Kano. Sanusi, who became emir in the final term of Kwankwaso as governor, was dethroned by outgoing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who was deputy governor at the time the monarch was installed. Sanusi was removed on March 9, 2020, and also banished from Kano and sent to Loko, a remote community in Nasarawa State, while the expenses of the emirate under him were probed. Ganduje…

THE ongoing conflict in Sudan may disrupt the smooth airlift of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for 2023 hajj, the Independent Hajj Reporters, has said. The faith-based civil society organization said in a statement on Friday signed by its national coordinator Ibrahim Muhammad that the war has already led to the abrupt shut of the Sudanese airspace. The CSO said Nigeria “through NAHCON must quickly review the pending challenges and come up with alternative options as a backup measure.” According to the NAHCON timetable, the airlift of Nigerian intending pilgrims to the holy land will begin on May 21, 2023.…

A KANO State High Court presided over by Justice Maryam Sabo has ordered Kano State Attorney General, Musa Abdullahi Lawan, to immediately file a charge against Majority Leader of the Federal House of Representatives,  Alhassan Ado Doguwa and his other conspirators over the alleged killing of a resident of the state. News Point Nigeria reports that, the order came after a Kano Retired Chief Magistrate, Muntari Garba Dandago, applied for an order of mandamus seeking to compel the AG to file the charge. An Order of Mandamus is a judicial writ issued as a command to an inferior court or…

THE Registrar of Bayero Univeristy, Kano, Malam Jamil Ahmad Salim has died. News Point Nigeria reports that, he died Wednesday morning at his residence in Kano. His Janaza (funeral) will take place Wednesday (today) at the BUK New Site Central Mosque by 10am.

A PROMINENT Kano politician, former SSG in Kano, former Minister of Labour and former pioneer PDP Chieftain, Alhaji Musa Gwadabe is dead. According to family sources, he died Wednesday morning at the age of 87 at a Kano hospital after a a prolonged illness. News Point Nigeria reports that, his Janaza (funeral) will take place at his residence of Ado Madaka road, Maiduguri road, Kano by 2pm Wednesday (today). He left behind two wives, eleven children and many more grand children. Among his children is, Alhaji Nazifi Musa Gwadabe, a contractor in Kano.

OVER 300 ad hoc staff members of the National Population Commission (NPC) in Kano have protested over the non-payment of their 18 days’ training allowances since February 2023. Their spokesperson, Aliyu Rulwanu, accused the commission of selective payment mode which, he said, was contrary to the agreed terms. “We have on several occasions written letters of complaints to all authorities concerned on the plight of the ad hoc staff in respect to their unpaid allowances and nothing has been done despite giving us the assurance that it will be paid. We are left with no option than to embark on…