Tag: Kano State

Kano Aims to Rehabilitate 1,600 Thugs with Amnesty

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Under its “safe corridor” project, which aims to address political thuggery and young restlessness in the state, the Kano State Government has announced plans to extend amnesty to remorseful thugs. During the program’s inauguration on Wednesday at the state police command headquarters, Ibrahim Abdullahi-Waiya, the state commissioner for information and internal affairs, revealed this. According to him, 718 young people had already been profiled, and 960 more were pending police approval before being enlisted. Because the development is so unsightly and does not reflect well on the state, His Excellency…

Lynched travellers: Gov demands public parade, 14 suspects moved to Abuja

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Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has demanded the public parade of the suspected killers of the 16 hunters and compensation for their families. The governor handed down the demand during a condolence visit by his Edo counterpart, Monday Okpebholo, in Kano, on Monday. The visit comes barely 48 hours after the remains of the hunters, who were lynched by a mob, were interred in Uromi, Edo State, on Saturday. Members of the Hausa community converged on the community cemetery to pay their last respects to the victims, who were burnt…

Kwankwaso Will Succeed Tinubu In 2027 – NNPP

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The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be ousted in 2027 while its national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will step in as Nigeria’s new president. The NNPP chairman in Kano State, Hashimu Dungurawa, stated this while speaking on Tinubu’s chances of re-election in 2027, saying they are contingent upon reassessing his economic policies. Dungurawa, on Thursday, emphasized that the NNPP is determined to secure victory in the upcoming presidential election as well as in the governorship elections…