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Six Months After, Police Begin Moves To File Charges Against Wadume, Eleven Others

LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Since his re-arrest in August 2019, very little has been heard from Taraba State kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu, popularly known as Wadume. In a viral video after he was picked-up in Kano State, Wadume said he was released by soldiers attached to Battalion 93, Takum, Taraba State, The soldiers allegedly killed three […]

Jan 30 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Lassa Fever Kills Nineteen In Nigeria

LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Lassa fever has killed no fewer than nineteen people in Nigeria.The dreaded disease was reported to have killed three people in Kano and sixteen in Ondo state. Kano State Commissioner for Health, Aminu Tsanyawa, told journalists on Wednesday that the victims of the virus include a pregnant woman and two medical doctors, […]

Jan 23 2020 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Kano Court Throws Out Bribery Case Against Governor Ganduje

LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has dismissed a bribery suit against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, for lack of evidence. The suit was filed by a Kano-based lawyer Bulama Bukarti. The lawyer asked the court to mandate the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate Ganduje for allegedly receiving a kickback […]

Dec 16 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Rabiu Kwankwaso Escapes Thugs Attack In Kano

LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Kano State and the immediate past senator representing Kano Central, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, escaped been killed in Kano as armed thugs attacked him. The Kwankwasiyya (a group of Kwankwaso’s supporters) spokesperson, Hajiya Binta Sipikin, alleged that the thugs members of the All progressives Congress (APC). They reportedly laid an […]

Oct 22 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Musician Sentenced To Two Years Imprisonment For Mocking Ganduje’s During Election

LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate’s court in Kano has sentenced an artiste, Mohammed Yusuf, to two years imprisonment for defaming the character of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in a viral song. Popularly known as AGY, Yusuf recorded the hit song which mocked the governor’s alleged dollar bribe, creation of new Kano emirates and election rigging. Daily […]

Jun 24 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

17-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide Over Parents’ Divorce

LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shehu Sadiya, a 17-year-old girl, has killed herself over a disagreement that broke out between her parents that led to her father deciding to divorce her mother. Sadiya, who hailed from Tudun Murtala quarters, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State, killed herself on Monday by taking insecticide. It was gathered that […]

Jun 13 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Court Declares Appointment Of Four New Emirs In Kano Null And Void

LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)–A Kano State high court Wednesday declared the appointment and the installation of four new emirs by the Kano State government as null and void. It ordered a return to status quo pending the hearing of the suit against the appointment of the emirs filed by one Rabiu Salihu Garwzo. Counsel to […]

May 16 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Bola Tinubu Denies Dabbling In Kano Elections

LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has put a lie to the rumour going round that he is at present in Kano and meddling in the Kano elections. “Asiwaju is not in Kano and has not been in Kano at any point during the conduct of these elections. The picture […]

Mar 20 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Footballer Stabs Own Coach To Death In Kano

LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A football player, Salisu Muhammad, 18, of Yakasai quarters, Kano Municipal local government, has allegedly stabbed his own coach over argument on football. The deceased, Mujitapha Musa, 30, also of Yakasai quarters, was said to have passed away on the way to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, following the injury he sustained in […]

Mar 7 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »

Kano Gov Drags Kwankwaso To EFCC Over Alleged Diversion Of Billion Naira Funds

LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWRANGERS)-Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said his administration is probing his predecessor, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso over multi-billion naira 5 kilometre road projects. Ganduje, who made this known yesterday while inaugurating 12 campaign committees for his second term bid, said Kano State government had taken the matter to the […]

Jan 11 2019 | Posted in National | Read More »