Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press,It is my pleasure to welcome you once again to Bompai, the Headquarters of Kano State Police Command. This press briefing is to update you on the current security situation in Kano State as well as highlighting the Command’s recent operational successes, particularly through the “Operation Kukan Kura” initiative, which…
Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Kiru Area Command have arrested 27-year-old Umar Adamu Umar of Fagge LGA, Kano State, with 9 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa (Colorado) seized in 19 parcels. The arrest occurred along the Zaria–Kano road on 6 August 2025 while the suspect was intercepted conveying the substance from Lagos to…
BEING A PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, KANO STATE COMMAND, CP IBRAHIM ADAMU BAKORI, PhD, SFIPMA, MNIM, MNIPS, MASISDATE: MONDAY, 18TH AUGUST 2025 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, It is with a sense of duty and commitments to the security of Kano State and the integrity of our democratic process that I address…
By Abdu Labaran Malumfashi Worried by the increasing rise in drug-induced snatching and other criminal activities, the week before last, the leader of the Katsina state Hisba Board requested all the Imams leading Friday prayer, to give their summons on drug abuse, a menace that has become so pervasive in the state. It has also…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled several international drug trafficking rings in a series of coordinated operations at Nigeria’s major airports, arresting multiple suspects, including a former Nigerian footballer and Europe-based traffickers. According to a statement released by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, the operations led to the seizure of substantial quantities of…
Police Operatives attached to Uli Divisional Headquarters in the evening of 26th of June 2025 exposed and arrested one Muanaenye Chekwube Victor ‘M’ aged 24 years over a reported case of kidnapping. The Case which is under investigation revealed that the suspect planned the kidnapping and collected a ransom in dollars equivalent of five million…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a syndicate of tricycle snatchers, including a female that has been terrorizing the State. On 17th June 2025, Police operatives, acting on credible information, apprehended two suspects namely, one Auwal Mohammed, ‘m’, 30 years old of Hotoro Quarters, Kano and Maryam Ibrahim, ‘f’, 25 years old of Bauchi…
The Kano State Police Command rescued one Ibrahim Abubakar, ‘m’, 19 years old of Adamawa State, who climbed an advert Billboard at Ado Bayero Bridge on 23rd June, 2025. He had threatened to jump down and commit suicide unless he sees a popular Tik-Toker, one Abdul BK. On receipt of the report, team of Policemen…
The Governor of Kano State Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has strongly condemned the brutal killing of two young Kano indigenes Barhama Suleiman and Jamilu Ahmad in Makurdi, Benue state. In a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa the victims were profiled/attacked at around 11:00 p.m. on Monday by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums and…
