Salim Umar Ibrahim

3 days ago | allafrica.com | Salim Umar Ibrahim

Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has condemned the killing of two Kano indigenes in Makurdi, Benue State. The victims were children of prominent Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil. According to the governor's spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the victims were attacked around 11:00 p.m. on Monday by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums and murdered in cold blood without any provocation.

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Salim Umar Ibrahim

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education Kano (YUMSFUEK), branch, has demanded the immediate removal of Professor Ahmad Adamu, Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, from his position as Chairman of the Governing Council of the institution.

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Salim Umar Ibrahim

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has raised concern over the detection of a variant of the polio virus in four local governments in Kano State. Mr Rahama Mohammed, Chief of the UNICEF Field Office in Kano, disclosed this on Thursday during the June Edition of the Media Dialogue on Polio and Routine Immunisation. He said surveillance conducted in 2025 revealed the presence of the virus in Warawa, Bunkure, Kano Municipal, and Nasarawa local governments.

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Salim Umar Ibrahim

A fire outbreak on Friday engulfed the popular GSM Market at Farm Centre in Kano, leaving behind a trail of destruction that wiped out hundreds of shops and goods worth millions of naira. The blaze, which tore through Dan Sulaika Plaza in Tarauni Local Government Area, struck in the afternoon when most traders were away observing Eid-el-Kabir prayers.

3 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Salim Umar Ibrahim

Some of the survivors of Saturday's auto crash that claimed the lives of 22 Kano State's contingents returning from the just-concluded National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State, yesterday recounted the moments before the accident. The crash, which occurred around 12:30pm near the Chiromawa Bridge in Bebeji Local Government Area along the Kano-Kaduna Expressway, involved a Coaster bus belonging to the Kano State Government, marked KN 041 A17.