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Kano

March 28, 2022

Bandits bomb Kaduna-Abuja train with over 1,000 passengers aboard

The incident came two days after armed gangs invaded Kaduna International Airport, killing aviation workers and leaving many others wounded.

Photo of train crash used to illustrate this story
March 26, 2022

Bandits storm Kaduna Airport, open fire on aviation workers, passengers

A witness told Peoples Gazette the incident occurred shortly after 12:00 noon when the attackers scaled the airport barriers and caused widespread panic across the facility.

March 26, 2022

Rape: Kano police lament withdrawal of charges against culprits

The police spokesman lamented that most rape victims in the state were between the ages of five and 17, across both genders.

March 23, 2022

NDLEA intercepts cache of cannabis in Kano

The drug suspects were arrested in various locations in the state following intensive operations carried out by NDLEA operatives.

Cannabis (Credit: adf.org)
March 20, 2022

Zamfara now calm despite politicians’ plots to sabotage peace: Commissioners

The commissioners said that politicians, out of selfish interests, were responsible for insecurity ravaging the state.

March 20, 2022

One dead, six injured in Bauchi-Kano Road crash: FRSC

An official advised motorists to observe all traffic rules and regulations and drive with caution while plying the roads.

Fatal accident
March 8, 2022

Kano Drowning Epidemic: 14-year-old drowns in pond

In what seems like a drowning epidemic in Kano, Peoples Gazette reported such incidents in January, September, August, July, and June.

Kano Fire Service truck
March 4, 2022

Fire guts Kano SEMA store, properties worth N18.5 million destroyed

Some of the items destroyed include 450 pieces of mattrasses, 450 pieces of pillows, 655 cartons of children and adult pampers.

March 1, 2022

Twelve people burnt to death in Kano auto crash

“We received a distress call from one Isah Mai-Fetur at about 3:00 p.m. that a commercial Hiace bus and another J5-bus had collided and instantly burst into flames.”

Ghastly road accident
February 18, 2022

Court Ruling: Ganduje extends olive branch to Shekarau APC faction

”Kani State is 100 per cent APC. I am appealing to Shakarau’s faction because we are members of one family: the APC.”

Ibrahim Shekarau