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JUST IN: Kano APC reacts as ward suspends Ganduje

Nigeria, April 15 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ganduje ward in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State has suspended the party's National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje. The party'... Read More


UPDATED: Terrorists release 23 Zamfara university students, staff seven months after abduction

Nigeria, April 15 -- Security agents on Sunday announced the rescue of 23 students and workers kidnapped in September at the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State, North-west Nigeria. Security so... Read More


Terrorists release Zamfara university students seven months after abduction

Nigeria, April 15 -- Terrorists on Sunday released two more of the 21 students they kidnapped in September at the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State, North-west Nigeria. The released students ... Read More


Residents jubilant as Kano emir returns to Durbar route unused by Sanusi

Nigeria, April 14 -- Residents of Fagge in the Kano metropolis were ecstatic on Friday as a Sallah Durbar event they last witnessed six years ago returned to their area. The 'Hawan Nasarawa' (Durbar ... Read More


Residents jubilate as Kano emir returns to Durbar route unused by Sanusi

Nigeria, April 14 -- Residents of Fagge in the Kano metropolis were ecstatic on Friday as a Sallah Durbar event they last witnessed six years ago returned to their area. The 'Hawan Nasarawa' (Durbar ... Read More


Mob lynches man who allegedly beheaded six-year-old boy

Nigeria, April 12 -- A 25-year-old man was on Thursday lynched by angry residents for allegedly beheading a six-year-old boy, Mohammed Nabiyu, in Kanwa, a village in Madobi Local Government Area of Ka... Read More


Police arrest 54 for alleged plot to disrupt Kano Sallah Durbar

Nigeria, April 11 -- The police say they arrested 54 suspected political thugs on Wednesday during the Eid celebration in Kano. The police spokesperson in the state, Abdullahi Kiyawa, said in a state... Read More


Exiled Bauchi cleric returns home after Ribadu's intervention, signs peace pact with governor

Nigeria, April 10 -- Popular Bauchi-based Islamic cleric, Idris Abdulaziz, who fled into exile amid a protracted political feud with Governor Bala Muhammad, has returned home after the intervention of... Read More


Kano governor reappoints official sacked for trolling VP Shettima

Nigeria, April 9 -- The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has reappointed Yusuf Imam, whom he sacked for trolling the country's Vice President, Kashim Shettima. The governor sacked Mr Imam as his S... Read More


Sokoto cleric defies Sultan, conducts Eid prayer Tuesday

Nigeria, April 9 -- A Sokoto-based Islamic cleric, Musa Lukwa, has defied the directives of the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar, by observing Eid prayers on Tuesday as against Wednesday declared by t... Read More