KANO State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has congratulated Dasuki Galadanchi over his recent promotion to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to represent North West zone of the country. The Governor who with the support of the Inspector General of Police, decorated the new DIG with his new rank at the Police Headquarters Abuja, described him as a gallant police officer who is committed in serving his fatherland since his enlistment in the Police Force till the present moment. The Governor noted with pleasure how the new Deputy Inspector General …
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THE Kano State University of Science and Technology Wudil renamed Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology is developing a robotic machine that will enable staff to carry out domestic chores like cleaning, sweeping and knighting in the institution. The vice chancellor of the university, Professor Musa Yakasai, told newsmen that the robotic machine would assist the staff in discharging their duties optimally. He said the management of the institution has greatly improved on Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology utilization to allow students to fully utilize technology and be part of the Global IT transformation. He said the robot had…
A 37-YEAR-OLD security guard at Prestige International College, Nurudeen Shehu, has committed suicide over news of his ex-wife’s remarriage in Kano. The state Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, said it occurred inside one of the college’s classrooms on Sunday. Gumel said, “On January 28, at approximately 10.30 am, Abdullahi Abdulsalam of Rijiyar Zaki reported that Shehu was found hanging motionless in a classroom. “Policemen from Gwale Division, led by the DPO, made their way into the classroom, cut the rope, and rushed the body to the Murtala Mohammed General Hospital, where a doctor on…
KANO State Governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf has denounced entering any agreement with Presidency prior to 12th January, 2024 Supreme Court judgment on Kano Election Petition where he emerged victorious. A statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, described a document already circulating on social media indicating a four term agreement between the Governor and the presidency as imaginary piece, deviod any iota of truth. For the purposes of emphasis, the rather fake agreement saying Governor Yusuf has accepted to cross carpet to the ruling APC, jettison purported claim to dissolve or allow the five emirates, discontinuing demolition…
THE National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has reminded all and sundry especially the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and the Kano State Governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf that once they defect to the APC, then he becomes their leader. Ganduje, who spoke in a viral audio clip, stressed that when it comes to APC, he remains the number one person who matters the most. He said, “If you are talking about APC we are the leaders of APC. Not in local government, not in state, not zones but national as a…
GOVERNOR Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has reacted to the invitation of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje calling on him and others to join the party. Yusuf, who spoke through his spokesman, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, said Ganduje did not follow the right channel. This newspaper reports that after a stakeholders’ meeting of the APC in Kano on Thursday, Ganduje asked Yusuf to abandon the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) for the APC. He said, “We are appealing to those who want join APC to come. In particular, we are inviting the…
A KANO State High Court presided over by the Chief Judge, Justice Dije Aboki, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced five members of a vigilance group to death by hanging, over the extra-judicial murder of a 17-year-old male, Ahmed Musa. The five convicted persons who were attached to Sani Abacha Youth Centre include Emmanuel Korau, Elisha Ayuba, Irimiya Timothy, Auwalu Jafar and Mustapha Haladu. The prosecution lead counsel, Lamido Dinki, said the convicts committed the offence on January 22, 2022, at Sabon Titi, Panshekara, Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. Also, the lawyer explained that on the same date at…
IN conformity with the global trend of digitalization for accountability and transparency in governance, Kano State Government is preparing to enact digitalization act for full implementation of e-governance and articulate ICT policy throughout the state to ease government operations and develop the state’s potentials in digital economy. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf made this known at the closing of the 11th meeting of the National Council on Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy (NCCID), an event that was held at Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano. According to a statement issued by the Governor’s Spokesperson Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the two initiatives were…
THE Chinese national, Frank Geng Quangrong, accused of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend, Ummulkhulsum Sani Buhari, has denied killing her intentionally and pleaded with Justice Sunusi Ado Ma’aji of the Kano State High Court to temper justice with mercy. In his testimony on Wednesday, Quangrong claimed that he stabbed his girlfriend in self-defence after she allegedly grabbed his testes in September 2022. “I didn’t kill Ummulkhulsum intentionally but stabbed her in self defence after she grabbed my testes,” Ouangrong said. He pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy in its judgment. “I want this honourable…
A MAGISTRATE court sitting in Noman’s land, Kano, on Tuesday remanded popular political commentator, Dan Bilki Kwamanda, in prison custody. The court adjourned to Monday, January 29th for his bail application. This newspaper gathered that before his arrraignment, the Department of State Services (DSS) had arrested Kwamanda, over his alleged threat to mobilise the masses to start an uprising and make Kano ungovernable. A senior official of the secret police in Kano confirmed to this newspaper that the controversial politician, known for his critical takes on issues on local radio in the state, was arrested after a video of one…
THE management of Bayero University Kano (BUK) has described as fake news reports of kidnapping and security breach on its campus. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the University Deputy Registrar, Publicity Affairs, Lamara Garba on Monday. According to the statement, “Bayero University is safe and secure. We therefore, appeal to members of the general public to kindly disregard the purported alarm in respect of any threat to the security in Bayero University and should consider such information as fake, unfounded and maliciously concocted.” See full statement below: THE attention of the Management of Bayero University, Kano has…
SUNDAY, 21st January 2024, marked the beginning of another milestone for Rano Air after starting the airlift of domestic passengers from Katsina to Abuja and Kaduna to Lagos respectively. Rano Air which was inaugurated last year has been ferrying passengers from Abuja to Lagos Kano, Sokoto and Maiduguri. Reports indicates that passengers turn out for the Rano Airline from Katsina and Kaduna today was very impressive as the passengers expressed their happiness for the arrival of the Airline, saying that the era of delays and cancellations of flights by other airlines is over. Rano Airline which has five Embraer Aircraft…
A 32-YEAR-OLD James Isma’il has been arrested by the Kano State Police Command for allegedly killing his colleague during a fight at the Fas Agro Sacks Company, Sharada Ja’in Quarters, in Kano State. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the state public relations officer, Abdullahi Kiyawa, on Sunday. According to the statement, a distress call was received on January 21, at approximately 8:30 am via the command’s emergency number. The report stated that a fight broke out between two employees of the Fas Agro Sacks Company, which was located in the Sharada Ja’in Quarters of Kano, which resulted…
KANO state governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the sack of eight director of the State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS), ordering them to hand over all duties and responsibilities to their deputies. KIRS Chairman, Sani Abdulkadir Dambo, communicated their removal in a circular. “As part of the ongoing efforts towards achieving the desired objectives of the present government, I am directed to inform you that the undermentioned directors have been relieved of their responsibilities and are to hand over to their deputies immediately,” the circular read. This development comes one week after the Supreme Court affirmed the election of…
A KANO State magistrates’ court sitting at Yan’kaba has again adjourned to February 1, for ruling on the bail application filed by three defendants in the murder case of one Nafiu Hafizu allegedly killed by one Hafsat Surajo aka Chuchu, a housewife. The defendants, Dayyabu Abdullahi (Hafsat Chuchu’s husband), Adamu Muhammad and Nasidi Muhammad, were arraigned for concealment and murder. The prosecution counsel, Lamido Soron Dinki, said the defendants on December 20, conspired with one Haruna Adamu now at large to conceal the cause of Nafiu’s death. This newspaper recalls that Hafsat and her suspected accomplices were arraigned before Magistrate…
IT’s red caps everywhere as Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has returned to the state two days after the Supreme Court affirmed his victory at the March 18, 2023 governorship polls. Earlier, the Court of Appeal and the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sacked the governor, but on Friday, the apex court reversed the decision of the lower courts. On Sunday, people thronged to the streets as the governor arrived in Tamburawa, Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano State. As early as 6am, supporters and well-wishers of Governor Yusuf, trooped out to Chiroma town, a border bordering Kano and Kaduna…
THE Kano State Governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf, has established the Kano Elders Council to serve as an advisory body to the government. This is contained in a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin Tofa, and issued to newsmen on Sunday. He noted that the state has been blessed with numerous elders and former leaders who have achieved the pinnacle of their careers and continue to be active and healthy. The Council of Elders, according to the statement, comprises former Governors, Deputy Governors, Senate Presidents, Speakers of the House of Representatives, Speakers of the State House of Assembly, Deputy…
SENATOR Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has said he did not reach an agreement with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu or anyone else in relation to the outcome of the Supreme Court verdict on the Kano State governorship election tussle. Kwankwaso stated this while responding to the allegation that he had reached an agreement with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu before the judgment during an interview with BBC Hausa. On Friday, the Supreme Court affirmed the NNPP’s Abba Kabir Yusuf as the duly elected governor of Kano State after series of litigations. Kwankwaso said,…
IN a bid to forestall the breakdown of law and order, police authorities in Kano State have heightened security ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Kano governorship election. The Supreme Court had reserved judgement on the exercise for Friday and hours before the delivery of the verdict, the Kano Police Command says it is ready to clampdown on those plotting mayhem before, during, and after the judgement. During a press conference on Thursday, the Kano Police Commissioner Mohammed Usaini Gumel said parties in the case have also agreed to abide by the decision of the apex court. “The…
THE Supreme Court has fixed Friday for judgment in the Kano state governorship election appeals. The secretary of the legal team for the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Barrister Bashir Tudun Wazirci, confirmed the development to this newspaper. “Yes, it is officially confirmed. They have told us to appear on Friday for the judgment. “They told us that each party should not have more than two counsels in attendance. “This, they said is because they will be delivering seven judgments on that same Friday,” he said. Kano state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf had filed an appeal against the judgment of…