Some residents of ancient city of Kano have expressed their anger over the recently apprehended aircraft belonging to Russia, which was allegedly carrying military hardware. The plane was Chad-bound when it was seized by the Nigerian government. At a protest on Monday, the demonstrators, who stormed the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, asked the…
Scene of the blast on Friday A mosque near the Emir’s palace in Kano has been bombed, reports reaching us from the ancient indicate. The explosion occurred just when Muslim faithful in the city were about to observe the Friday J’umaat prayers at the Kano Central Mosque. Imam of the mosque, Sani Zahradeen, was just…
At least six persons were gruesomely killed in the late Friday evening bomb explosion that happened in Kano. A suicide bomber was among those that died in the attack. The incident, which occurred near an NNPC filling station in Hetoro area of Kano, caused pandemonium in the area. Several persons in the vicinity panicked and…
An explosive device has gone off in Kano, SaharaReporters reports. The bomb blast happened near a filling station in Kano, the online news medium added. It occurred on Friday evening just when some residents of the city were returning from the day’s activities. It was gathered that the incident took place along Maiduguri road, opposite…
Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso has bought his nomination form to contest in the 2015 presidential election. He purchased the form on Thursday in Abuja, and stated that his interest to be in the race is to add value to the party. Kwankwaso, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, stressed that his interest…
President Goodluck Jonathan has held a closed-door meeting with the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. The secret meeting took place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. Both parties are meeting again for the second time after President Jonathan suspended Sanusi as Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in February 2014. They…
An embarrassing moment reared its ugly head on Wednesday in Kano when some reporters were locked in a room following a missing mobile phone belonging to Senator Gbenga Obadara. The lawmaker from Ogun State in the upper chamber of the National Assembly under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had visited the headquarters…
Security operatives, on Wednesday in Katsina, apprehended three bombers suspected to be members of Boko Haram. They were nabbed with explosives, Coordinator of National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, disclosed. Omeri said one of the three suspects was a 10-year-old girl, who was found strapped with an explosive belt tied round her waist. He further said one…
Report reaching Aproko247 confirms that a bomb was been detonated at the Kano State Polytechnic on Wednesday afternoon. The latest attack was reportedly carried out by a teenage female suicide bomber while some of the students were checking their results. A source informed this magazine that the incident occurred at the Administration Department of the…
A fire incident was recorded on Tuesday night at the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, but was quickly curtailed by men of the Fire Service as well as some airport officials. However, the inferno already left a fuel tanker completely burnt and also leaving an aircraft belonging to Turkish Airways partly damaged. Passengers who were…