The gunmen stormed the communities with sophisticated weapons while residents observed evening prayers in the mosque and shot sporadically for hours.
The governor said as harvest season approaches, bandits were plotting to steal food items planted by farmers.
The state government said it was preventing bandits from migrating into Kano from other states.
The FIRS through a letter to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives is seeking amendment to the Constitution to enable it collect VAT and other taxes.
Customs operatives in pursuit of suspected smugglers on August 9 lost control of their vehicle and killed about eight persons and injured 14 others.
The governor said absolute dependence on crude oil will lead to the total collapse of public institutions.
A blazing inferno engulfed the Katsina Central Market Monday morning.
Mr. Masari disclosed that the rescue of the kidnapped victims is a continuation of an exercise that started with the recovery of the recently abducted 344 schoolboys.
