The Federal Government, in its effort to decongest prisons nationwide, has freed 150 inmates from the Maximum Security Custodial Centre Janguza in Kano State. This is just as the federal government disclosed that the sum of N13.4 million was spent in Kano State out of N585 million raised by philanthropic individuals, groups, and corporate bodies as part of their corporate Read More
The police command in Kano has cautioned against the planned protest by the All Progressives Congress, APC and the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP. Hussaini Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police, said this when he spoke in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Kano. Mr Gumel said that already the command had embarked on Read More
Some residents took to the streets of Kano on Wednesday following the controversial Certified True Copy (CTC) of Appeal Court judgement on Kano state governorship election, which affirmed the victory of Abba Kabiru Yusuf as duly elected Governor of the state. This is just as the security operatives wasted no time in dispersing the protesters and ensured that the peace Read More
The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Umar Bangari, on Wednesday, said there was no contradiction in the court’s judgment on the Kano state governorship election. According to him, what happened in the judgment’s Certified True Copy (CTC) was a clerical error. He noted it does not in any way invalidate or change the findings and conclusion of the Read More
Confusion is now trailing Appeal Court judgement in Kano state, five days after the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Nasiru Gawuna was affirmed winner of March governorship election. That was after what appeared like a fresh revelation indicating that the Court of Appeal, sitting on the state governorship election, set aside the judgment of the petition tribunal with the shocking Read More
The Kano State Police Command has on Monday raised alarm over an alleged plot by some political party followers to stage a protest against the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal over the Kano State Governorship election. The State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel who raised the alarm, said credible information at the disposal of the command Read More
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. The panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023. The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf, who contested under the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), invalid on the grounds that Read More
The Kano State Ministry of Education has canceled secondary school qualifying examinations over the strike action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The ministry had set Tuesday, November 14, 2023, for the examinations but has now suspended it indefinitely. The statement read in part, “the State Ministry of Education, has suspended 2023 Secondary Schools Read More
A fire incident occurred on Thursday night, which resulted in the destruction of four relaxation parks located on Audu Bako Road near the Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital (MAWTH) in Kano State. Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, confirmed the incident to newsmen. He stated that the fire service had dispatched its personnel Read More
A fire incident occurred on Thursday night, which resulted in the destruction of four relaxation parks located on Audu Bako Road near the Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital (MAWTH) in Kano State. Saminu Yusif Abdullahi, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, confirmed the incident to newsmen. He stated that the fire service had dispatched its personnel Read More
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as member representing Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency. The court on Monday reinstated Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) as the winner of the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency Election. The three-panel led by Justice Tunde Oyebamiji Awotoye allowed an Read More
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has fixed Monday, November 6, 2023, for a hearing of the appeal filed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf challenging the nullification of his election by the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal. The notice of the suit with case no CA/KN/EP/GOV/KAN/34/2023 is slated for hearing as counsels to both parties fully prepare for the Read More
The Kano state government’s initiative to embark on mass marriage is commendable and worthy of emulation, especially by other northern states of the federation. A great number of people are unable to get married due to financial reasons, especially with the rich cultural practices enforced in the process of getting married such as huge amounts for dowry, heavyweight and expensive Read More
The Kano state government, on Friday, officiated the tying of the knot of not fewer than 1,800 couples under the mass wedding scheme sponsored by the government in the state. The occasion which took place at the Emir of Kano’s palace was graced by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’idu Alkali, has testified that the Kano-Daura-Maradi railway project which took-off during the APC-led administration of past President Muhammadu Buhari is going on smoothly. This is pleasing. The Minister reportedly drove along the cleared path for the rail tracks from Dawanau to Kazaure emirate. The project monitoring trip appropriately ended at the University of Transportation, Read More
Kano state Governor, Abba Gida Yusuf, has approved the appointments of heads of parastatal in the state. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanusi DawakinTofa, on Wednesday, the appointment was pursuant to the quest of placing appropriate hands to improve good governance. Those appointed are as follows:Salisu A. Kabo, Director General, Youth Empowerment; Dr. Hamisu Sadi Ali, Director Read More
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has described the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as a ‘professional failure’ who specializes in deceiving people. Speaking in Abuja at the party’s national secretariat while hosting the NNPP governorship candidate in the 2023 election, Haliru Dauda Jika, who formally defected Read More
The spiritual head of the Wisdom Church of Christ International, Prophet Bisi Olujobi, has spoken on Ondo, Edo and Kano states politics. The prophet on Thursday said the embattled Ondo deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, would find it hard to succeed Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in 2024. He further prayed for Akeredolu to conclude his tenure, recalling how he had earlier advised Aiyedatiwa to Read More
Two elephants are fighting; of course, the grass is suffering and will continue to suffer until the battle is over. This is the Kano political metaphor, entangled in fierce attacks by two uncompromising political antagonists, each striving to impose a political empire and become an emperor. Eventually, Kano is the unwarranted victim of perpetrated animosity. It’s a self-destruction thriller of Read More
A suspected serial mobile phone thief, Ibrahim Adamu, has been nabbed in Kano state with 106 mobile phones. In a statement confirming his arrest, the Kano state police spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, said the command was following up on a Public outcry received from the coordinators of Dansulaika GSM Market, Farm Center, Kano. Recall that unknown persons had on Monday broke Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Sa’idu Alkali, has testified that the Kano-Daura-Maradi railway project which took-off during the APC-led administration of past President Muhammadu Buhari is going on smoothly. This is pleasing. The Minister reportedly drove along the cleared path for the rail tracks from Dawanau to Kazaure emirate. The project monitoring trip appropriately ended at the University of Transportation, Read More
The Northern Youth for Justice and Fairness (NYJF) has condemned in strong terms the recent attack on the Kano state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal panelist, Justice Benson Anya The group said through its publicity director, Malam Kabir Abdullahi, in a statement signed Monday in Kano that Justice Anya is a refined bureaucrat who knows his onus, “The Justice Anya that Read More
A 24-hour curfew has been declared in Kano State, after the judgment of the election petitions tribunal sacking the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf. The Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, disclosed this in a statement he personally signed. He said a combined team of security operatives have been dispatched across the city to enforce the curfew. In view of Read More
A 28-year-old man, Misbahu Salisu, has allegedly killed his daughter. He allegedly poisoned his day old baby daughter over his preference for a male child. A statement issued in Kano by the Deputy Commander General, Operations, Kano State Hisbah Board Mujahid Aminudeen, Friday, said the culprit who lives in Doka Baici, Tofa local government area, has been arrested. Aminudeen said Read More
Kano state governor, Abba Kabir, has sacked the state commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Adamu Aliyu Kibiya, for threatening Judges of the Tribunal. The governor also sacked the Special Adviser on Youth and Sports, Yusuf Imam, for his ‘unguarded and disrespectful statements’ against the vice president Kashim Shettima. A statement by the state commissioner for Information, Baba Halilu Dantiye Read More
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