Kano state

Supreme court’s election judgements to watch in 2024

January 5, 2024 Blossom 0

Nigeria witnessed intense political conflicts last year, with court cases following the national elections. A significant number of legal disputes have been resolved, while several are still pending final rulings from the Supreme Court. The main current legal battles are over the governorship election issues in the states of Kano, Plateau, Nasarawa, and Zamfara; many Nigerians are interested to see how these cases conclude. Plateau Plateau is one of the states that flipped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections. Caleb Mutfwang […]

I killed our domestic staff for preventing me from committing suicide — Kano housewife narrates

December 23, 2023 Blossom 0

Hafsat Surajo, a housewife, has described how she killed Nafiu Hafiz, a domestic worker, to stop herself from trying to kill herself. When Hafsat was paraded before reporters at the Kano Police headquarters, she confessed.  She said that a fight broke out between them because he was stopping her from completing her job, which resulted in the nasty episode that ultimately led to Nafiu’s murder. According to her, “I killed him because he prevented me from killing myself. “While he attempted to snatch the knife from my […]

Why I returned salaries paid into my father’s account after his death – Kano man

September 10, 2023 Blossom 0

Yusuf Suleiman, a 32-year-old businessman from Kano State’s Sumaila Local Government Area, discusses his motivation with TED ODOGWU. Suleiman returned wages that the Kano State Government had deposited into his late father’s bank account. What is your late father’s name? My father’s name is Suleiman Datti (Magatakardan Sumaila) What was his occupation before his death He was a civil […]

Documents: Ganduje uses EFCC, CCB to frustrate Kano State Government’s ongoing multi-billion corruption probe – Report

August 27, 2023 Blossom 0

Abdullahi Ganduje, the most recent governor of Kano State and chairman of the All Progressive Congress, is currently attempting to influence the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission’s (PCACC) ongoing corruption investigation by using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). Correspondence from the EFCC and the CCB to the Kano State government’s PCACC obtained by SaharaReporters revealed that the two anti-graft agencies had become […]