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  • Auto crash claims 7 lives in Kano

    Auto crash claims 7 lives in Kano

    The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed seven persons dead and two others injured in a road crash at Mundubawa junction on Hadejia road in Nassarawa Local Government Area of the state.

    Malam Saidu Muhammed, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the fire service confirmed the incident in a statement in Kano on Wednesday.

    According to Muhammed, the accident occurred at about 5:27a.m. on Wednesday, when a trailer with registration number, XC954GWL, and a truck without a registration number collided.

    He said that all the victims were evacuated to Sir Sunusi General hospital, where the doctor on duty confirmed seven dead.

    According to him, the remaining two victims are receiving treatment at the hospital.

    The PRO gave the names of those on admission at the hospital as Musa Mu’azu, 27, and Usman Abu, 30.

  • Emir of Kano attributes NCC’s success to quality leadership

    Emir of Kano attributes NCC’s success to quality leadership

    The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has attributed the success of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to the quality of its leadership.

    Bayero made the commendation when the Board of Commissioners, NCC, led by its Chairman, Prof Adeolu Akande, paid him a courtesy visit in his palace.

    The Director of Public Affairs of the NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

    Adinde said that the monarch also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for reappointing the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta after a successful first five-year tenure.

    “Indeed, the NCC has been playing a pivotal role in regulating and developing the telecommunications sector in the country, and this fact is well established and cannot be overemphasised.

    “I, therefore, commend the leadership and pray for more successes for the Commission,” he noted.

    “Wherever you see success, you don’t need to search further than the leadership for the reason.

    “We thank God, who gave us President Buhari for giving us Dr Isa Pantami as the Minister, and we are grateful to the President for reappointing Prof. Danbatta to continue with the good job he’s been doing,” he said.

    He said the emir wished NCC a fruitful deliberation during its retreat in the ancient city.

    He, however, charged the members to come up with resolutions that would have profound impacts on Nigerian people.

    Earlier, Danbatta told the Emir that the board chose Kano again for its retreat because of the unmatched hospitality it received from the state during its previous retreat in 2019.

    “We had this retreat last year here in Kano and decided to come again, but as it is the tradition, we cannot come to Kano without coming here to seek your permission and blessing in order to start the retreat.

    “Your Highness, we feel we must come here and show respect because we hold this institution in highest esteem,” he said.

    Members of the board, who accompanied the Chairman and the EVC to the palace, were: the Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Engr Ubale Maska;

    Others were the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, Barr Adeleke Adewolu, Mr Clement Baiye, Prof. Millionaire Abowei, Mr. Aliyu Abubakar, Mr. Salman Muhammed and Chief Uche Onwude.

  • Kano Govt directs private schools to slash fees

    Kano Govt directs private schools to slash fees

    Kano State Government has urged proprietors of private schools to reduce school fees by 25 and 30 per cent for the 2019/2020 Third Term academic session.

    The state’s Commissioner for Education, Sanusi Kiru, stated this in a statement signed by Aliyu Yusuf, the Public Relations Officer of the ministry, on Thursday in Kano.

    Kiru said the ministry was considering cancellation of the Third Term session, if the school proprietors remained adamant to reduce the fees.

    He said the measure was imperative in view of the economic realities ocassioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    He said: “Two parallel adhoc committees were constituted to discuss with proprietors of the schools on the downward review of the fees as done in some states.

    “Failure to do so; the ministry will cancel the Third Term session, and the academic calendar will commence with a new session in January 2021.

    “Proprietors of private schools should appreciate the support they enjoyed from the state government and extend the same gesture to the good people of the state.”

    The Commissioner said the ministry had fixed Nov.1, dateline for the schools to comply, warning that: “the ministry will be left with no option than to take such a revolutionary decision in public interest.”

  • GORY! Woman stabs her 2 children to death in Kano

    GORY! Woman stabs her 2 children to death in Kano

    The police command in Kano State has arrested a 26-year-old woman, Hauwa Habibu, for allegedly stabbing her two children to death in Kano State.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the incident happened at Diso Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area (LGA) of the State.

    DSP Abdullahi Haruna, spokesman for the command, who made this known in a statement on Sunday, said that on October 3, the police received information that the suspect allegedly stabbed her two children to death with a cutlass.

    Haruna said that the victims were identified as Yusuf Ibrahim, 6, and Zuhra Ibrahim, 3.

    “On receiving the information, we quickly sent our men to the scene and found the victims stabbed,” he said.

    Haruna said that the victims were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano and were confirmed dead by doctors on duty.

    He said that the suspect also stabbed one Aisha Abdullahi, 10, who was her younger sister and was rushed to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano for treatment.

    He said that the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Habu Ahmad has ordered the case to be transferred to the Homicide Section, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discrete investigation.

  • Jubilation as deposed Emir Sanusi, wives return to northern Nigeria

    Jubilation as deposed Emir Sanusi, wives return to northern Nigeria

    The deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II on Sunday departed Lagos State with his wives to Kaduna State amidst wild jubilation in what is his first visit to northern Nigeria after he was dethroned five months ago.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the deposed Emir departed Lagos with his aides and arrived in Kaduna, where he was received and welcomed by the State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai with a large number of followers.

    Sanusi told El-Rufai that he is grateful to have in him a friend he can always count on. He thanked the Governor for standing by him and assured that he will do his best as Vice Chairman of the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA) and Chancellor of the Kaduna State University (KASU).

    Meanwhile, Governor El-Rufai, welcoming Sanusi, thanked him for making Kaduna the first place he is visiting since relocating to Lagos in March.

    Recall that Sanusi was sacked as Emir of Kano by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on 9 March 2020. He had ascended the throne on 8 June 2014, following the death of his grand-uncle Ado Bayero.

    After his removal, Aminu Ado Bayero was named the 15th Emir of Kano from the Fulani Sullubawa clan. He ascended the throne on 9 March 2020, following the deposition of his nephew Muhammad Sanusi II.

    A close aide of Sanusi, Dr Suleiman Shinkafi said the former emir would be in Kaduna for a week to receive visitors who had wanted to come to see him.

    “Since his dethronement, many people have indicated their intentions to visit him in Lagos. But the monarch decided to relief them from the stress of travelling as far as Lagos,” he stressed.

    Shinkafi also said the monarch will visit Sokoto to greet the Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad before moving to Azare, Katagum where his late grandfather, Muhammad Sanusi l stayed when he was deposed by late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello.

    Sanusi, who arrived the Air Force base around 10.40 am, alighted from a private plane and was immediately followed by his wives.

    Some traditional title holders from Kano and Kaduna were at the Air Force base to welcome him.

    Immediately the monarch entered his waiting cream coloured Rolls Royce, he was conveyed to Government House where he met with the Governor.

    Sanusi’s last time in Kaduna was during the 60th birthday celebration of Governor El-Rufai.

  • Musician bags death sentence in Kano for blasphemous song

    Musician bags death sentence in Kano for blasphemous song

    A Sharia Court in Kano State has sentenced to death a 22-year-old musician known as Yahaya Sharif Aminu for making a song that allegedly blaspheme against Prophet Muhammad.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the presiding judge at the court, Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani found Aminu guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging on Monday.

    Aminu, who is said to be a member of the Islamic Tijjaniya sect and Faidha group, was arrested after a protest by Muslim youths in the State.

    The musician, who resides in Sharifai in Kano metropolis was accused of committing blasphemy against the Prophet in a song he circulated via WhatsApp in March 2020.

    The Muslim youths had threatened to take laws into their hands. They had earlier set ablaze the family house of the musician in Kano municipality.

    The court had also sentenced one Umar Farouq of Sharada area of Kano metropolis to 10 years imprisonment for making derogatory statements concerning the Almighty Allah in a public argument.

  • 22-year-old dies for love in Kano

    22-year-old dies for love in Kano

    The Police Command in Kano State says it has begun investigations into the death of a 22-year-old jilted lover, Ashiru Danrimi, who allegedly committed suicide.

    The Spokesman of the Command, Mr Abdullahi Haruna, a DSP, on Sunday in Kano confirmed the development in an interview, alleging that Danrimi committed suicide on Thursday, after a failed romance, at Danrimi Quarters in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state.

    He said the Command on July 23, at about 9:00 p.m. received report from one Musa Sani of Danrimi Quarters, indicating that a jilted lover had committed suicide after his girlfriend (namesithheld) dumped him for another man.

    “That his 22-year-old son, Ashiru Musa stabbed himself with a knife because he did not marry his lover. On receiving information we quickly deployed our men to the scene of the incident to rescue the victim.

    “The victim was confirmed dead at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital,” Haruna, who revealed that the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr Habu Ahmad, has ordered thorough investigation into the matter, told NAN.

  • Salary deduction: NLC suspends planned strike in Kano

    Salary deduction: NLC suspends planned strike in Kano

    The joint labour unions in Kano State has suspended its planned one week warning strike to protest the deduction of worker’s salary by the State Government.

    This was announced in a press statement issued on Tuesday in Kano by the Chairman, state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Kabir Minjibir.

    Recall that the state government had deducted some amount from the May salaries of workers in the state due to COVID-19 meltdown, but the unions said they were not consulted.

    Following this, the labour unions served the state government a two-week ultimatum to refund the deduction or the workers should embark on a week warning strike.

    The labour union, at the end of the two weeks ultimatum, gave another one week, which was to commence by 12 a.m on Tuesday (June 23).

    According to the statement, the decision to suspend the planned strike followed series of meetings the unions had with a committee set-up by the state government to resolve the issue, and some agreements were reached.

    “During our last meeting with the Committee, headed by the state’s Head of Service, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, the state government had agreed to refund 50 per cent of what they deducted from the worker’s salary,

    “Other agreements we made with the committee was to ensure the payment of workers’ eight months new minimum wage arrears within the next third quarter of the year 2020, if the financial position of the state improves.

    “The organised labour unions have also agreed to sit with the state government to set out modalities of payment based on the agreed percentage to be deducted on the N30,600 minimum wage, for the month of June and July in the first instance.

    “And to be subsequently depended on the monthly amount received by the state from the Federation Allocation Account Committee, within the period of COVID-19 pandemic.” he said.

    The unions, while commending the entire workers in Kano for their tireless support, called for sustained support towards ensuring their welfare.

  • Kano Govt clears air on reopening schools soon

    Kano Govt clears air on reopening schools soon

    The Kano State Government has dismissed reports claiming that it was considering the reopening of its schools.

    The reports had claimed that government has set up a committee to consider the reopening of the schools closed down after the breakout of the Coronvirus pandemic.

    But the state’s education ministry, in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Malam Aliyu Yusuf, described the report as “fake news”.

    According to him, the story is not true and is a clear misrepresentation of the actual situation on ground.

    “Kano State, like other states, received a document from the Federal Ministry of Education containing proposed guidelines to be put in place whenever it is appropriate to re-open schools, which we were asked to review and give our input.

    “It was in the course of the review of the documents that the Ministry of Education constituted an Ad-hoc Committee to undertake the assignment. Its input will be transmitted back to the federal education ministry.

    “The ministry also wishes to debunk a widely circulated rumour that a directive was issued to private schools to suspend online lessons for their students.

    “This news is equally untrue as even the state government is conducting similar programmes through radio and television stations,” he said.

    He added that the ministry specifically directed all private schools to desist from conducting assessment tests and examinations online.

    “Government has already suspended the second term academic activities, especially test and conduct of examinations.

    “A circular has been widely circulated to school operators to halt the conduct of student assessment and examination.

    “However, we reliably gathered that some schools operating within the state refused to adhere to the circular.

    “Some are conducting various forms of assessment of their students under the cover of the online classes to the extent of collecting 3rd term school fees from parents.

    “Some of these schools went as far as collecting huge amounts as cost of data and the online classes.

    “This is a clear violation of the directive given by the Kano State Government.

    “It is to be noted that the ministry has compiled evidence of such violations of the directive and will soon invite owners of such schools for proper disciplinary. No one is above the law.”

    “The general public should disregard any misleading information propagated by some unpatriotic elements who are desperate to cause confusion in the state education sector for their selfish intentions,” he advised.

  • Panel reports on mysterious deaths in Kano State

    Panel reports on mysterious deaths in Kano State

    The Kano State Investigative Panel on Mysterious Deaths has said that only 15.9 per cent of the recently recorded mysterious deaths in the state was COVID-19-related.

    The Lead Researcher, Dr Mukhtar Gandanya, who submitted a verbal autopsy report to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday in Kano,

    said that only 255 people died from novel coronavirus-related cases.

    According to Gandanya, findings show that 70 per cent of the deaths were due to hypertension, diabetes and other illnesses.

    He said that 60 per cent of those who died were males while 40 per cent were females, and 76 per cent above 50 years.

    According to the researcher, who is also the Head of Department of Community Medicine at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, 1, 774 people died between April 1 and May 2, in the eight metropolitan local government areas of the state.

    “Kano Municipal has the highest number of the mysterious deaths while Tarauni Local Government recorded the highest number of COVID-19 related cases.

    He commended the state government for efforts in containing COVID-19 and training healthcare workers.

    He urged the government to strengthen death registration at the community level.

    Receiving the report, Ganduje said that it had put to rest hypothesis on the mysterious deaths.

    The governor said that the report of the Federal Government attributing about about half of the deaths to COVID-19 lacked variables and correlations.

    “I am going to personally take the Kano Verbal Autopsy Report to President Muhammadu Buhari, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehinare,” he said.