{"id":130617,"date":"2024-09-11T10:16:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs"},"modified":"2024-09-11T11:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T10:20:26","slug":"kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs","title":{"rendered":"Kano council polls: 20 aspirants test positive for multiple drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Twenty (20) chairmanship aspirants in Kano State have tested positive for multiple drugs screening for the upcoming local government elections, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar Idris Ahmad, the NDLEA\u2019s Commander in the state, explained that the aspirants presented by the ruling NNPP in the state tested positive for substances, including opioids, hemp benzodiazepines and nicotine.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahmad noted that, \u201cwhile no female aspirant had tested positive so far, the screening process was ongoing and that more candidates were expected to be tested before the final verification by the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), had scheduled the elections for October 26, 2024, where 44 chairmanship and 484 councillorship positions will be contested.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Twenty (20) chairmanship aspirants in Kano State have tested positive for multiple drugs screening for the upcoming local government elections, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said. Abubakar Idris Ahmad, the NDLEA\u2019s Commander in the state, explained that the aspirants presented by the ruling NNPP in the state tested positive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":130616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[372,254],"class_list":["post-130617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-kano","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kano council polls: 20 aspirants test positive for multiple drugs - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Twenty (20) chairmanship aspirants in Kano State have tested positive for multiple drugs screening for the upcoming loca ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kano council polls: 20 aspirants test positive for multiple drugs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twenty (20) chairmanship aspirants in Kano State have tested positive for multiple drugs screening for the upcoming loca ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-11T09:16:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-11T10:20:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726037391.251533.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1381\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1296\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kano council polls: 20 aspirants test positive for multiple drugs\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-11T09:16:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-11T10:20:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs\"},\"wordCount\":141,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726037391.251533.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kano\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kano-council-polls-20-aspirants-test-positive-for-multiple-drugs\",\"name\":\"Kano council polls: 20 aspirants test positive for multiple drugs - 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