Author: Khalifa Muhammad

THE Kano State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed Wednesday for judgement in the petition by the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the victory of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). The tribunal announced the date for the judgment Monday in a hearing notice sent to parties involved in the matter which was sighted by this newspaper late Monday evening. The secretary of the NNPP legal team, Barrister Bashir T/Wurzici, who confirmed the date to Daily Trust, said the team was served with the notice Monday evening. “We are happy that the day is finally…

GOVERNOR Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has sacked the Commissioner who threatened judges presiding over governorship elections petition tribunal in the state. In a video which has gone viral on social media, Commissioner of Land and Physical Planning, Adamu Kibiya, was heard asking the judges to choose between their lives and their work while delivering the judgement. “People voted for us and some people are attempting to do injustice. We want to tell the judges that we will not accept this. Any judge that is willing to deprive us of our rights will regret it. Whatever will happen, we…

THE Kano State Commissioner for Lands, Adamu Aliyu, says judges hearing governorship election petitions – but allegedly collected bribes – should choose between the money and their lives. Aliyu issued the warning to the judges presiding over the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday while delivering during a solidarity protest organised by the ruling New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). During his address to NNPP members, Commissioner Aliyu stated, “Any judge that allows himself to be used and collect bribes and pass judgment that is not right, we want to tell him he must choose between his life and the bribe…

SPANISH police arrested Thursday three unnamed Real Madrid youth academy players for allegedly distributing a sexual video featuring a minor, a police spokesperson said. Officers detained the players, who are between the ages of 21 and 22, at Real Madrid’s training grounds following a complaint filed in Spain’s Canary Islands earlier this month, a Guardia Civil police spokesman said. “They were detained on suspicion of distributing a video with sexual content involving a minor,” he said. Police questioned a fourth Real Madrid youth player over the incident but it was not clear at this point if he would also be…

NIGERIAN Photographer Sani Maikatanga’s photo has won the first prize in the International Wiki Loves Africa 2023 Competition for his photo of a man struggling in a submerged flood water caused by heavy rainfall resulting from weather disturbances, deforestation, and climate change, in Auyo community of Jigawa state, Nigeria. The International Wikki Loves Africa 2023 theme is Climate and Weather. This year’s theme celebrates the prevailing climates and day-to-day weather conditions of various locations on the African continent. According to WHO, climate factors affect the social and environmental determinants of health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food, and…

THE crisis rocking the leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party has taken a new twist following a move by the faction of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso to amend the party’s constitution and logo. The decision to amend the constitution was confirmed during an exclusive interview with the National Auditor of NNPP, Ladipo Johnson. The development is coming three days after the faction of the party under the leadership of Major Agbo expelled the presidential candidate of NNPP for alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of party campaign funds. Kwankwaso’s expulsion was announced in a statement released on Tuesday by the NNPP’s…

THE Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kano upholds the election of Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the elected member of House Representative from Kiru/Bebeji Constituency after dismissing the petition filed by Sa’idu Kiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for lack of sufficient evidence. News Point Nigeria reports that the tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Sa’idu Kiru complaining that his party was disenfranchised during the conduct of Kiru/Bebeji House of Representatives election while challenging the victory of Abdulmumini Jibrin Kofa of NNPP. The three-man panel of judges presided over by Justice…

A KANO State High Court has set aside the suspension of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) from the party. Justice Usman Na’aana on Tuesday granted an interim injunction restraining Boniface Aniebonam, Agbo Major, and 16 other respondents from parading themselves as national officers or leaders of the party pending the hearing and determination of the motion of notice. The judge also set aside “the purported suspension of Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as member of the applicant (NNPP)”. More details shortly…

THE National and State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano, on Tuesday dismissed the petition  by Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the victory of Tijjani AbdulKadir Jobe of the New Nigeria Peoples Party’s (NNPP) for Rimin Gado/Dawakin Tofa/ Tofa/  Federal House of Representatives Election conducted on 25th March, 2023 News Point Nigeria reports that, in a judgement, the three-man Tribunal panel ruled that the petition is lacking in merit. The Tribunal ruled that the petitioner has failed to present sufficient evidence to support the allegation made during the conduct of the election.…

Gives Panel Four-Day Deadline To Conclude Investigation THE acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has instituted a seven-man Panel of Inquiry, headed by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, Abiodun Alabi, with a mandate to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a police cadet, Sulaiman Jika at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State. Other members of the panel include the Assistant Inspector-General, Training and Development, Oyeyemi Oyediran; Force Medical Officer, CP Garba Nzukwen; CP Homicide FCID, Fom-Pam Joseph, CP Training POLAC, CP Patrick Edung;…

THE Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations has constitued Annual General Meeting and elelction committees. The chairman of the Chapter Alhaji Aminu Hamza announced this at the end of Local Organising Committee meeting on Sunday. A statement jointly signed by the chairman and secretary of Publicity sub committee Mahmud Ibrahim Kwari and Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim said the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has been appointed as chairman of the contact and mobilisation sub committee while the chairman of NIPR Kano Chapter, Alhaji Aminu Hamza will serve as Secretary. Others appointed are Director of Kano…

A KANO State High Court has issued an ex-parte order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) from interfering in the affairs of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). This newspaper reports that the duo of EFCC and CCB had in separate letters to the PCACC inform of a pending investigation into the affairs of the Kano anti-graft agency, with the former requesting for the PCACC’s Director of Finance and Accounts to avail herself with some documents on Monday…

THE Kano State Government under the able leadership of His Excellency, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf in its laudable resolve to alleviate the compounding financial hardships for the good people of the state, slashes the registration fees for the Indigene students across the state-owned tertiary institutions. According to a statement signed by the Commissioner For Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Ibrahim Kofar Mata, the decision was made during the meeting with the heads of tertiary institutions and the Governor of the state on Monday. The Governor issued the approval for the slash of 50% of the registration fees for all Kano state…

NIGERIA’s Kano Pillars and Egypt’s Al-Ahly football clubs are ahead of Lionel Messi’s new club, Inter Miami in the new Football database ranking. According to the football ranking website on Monday, the soccer club’s ranking was updated after matches played on August 27, 2023. News Point Nigeria’s finding revealed Manchester City as number 1 with 2086 points, Bayern Munich as second with 1950 points, and Real Madrid as third with 1942 points. Others are Victor Osimhen’s Napoli sat at the fourth position with 1924 points, and Inter Milan followed with 1917 points. Liverpool, Arsenal, Newcastle and Manchester United sat at…

POLICE authorities in Kano State have discovered a large quantity of fake and expired drugs in two warehouses at Mallam Kato Market, Kano. A statement from the spokesman of the Kano State Police Command Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa noted that the discovery followed a report from “Good Samaritan”. “On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police Kano State Command, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, FIPMA, PSC drafted a team of detectives to the scene,” the police spokesman added in the Sunday statement. “The following suspected fake and expired drugs were recovered from the two warehouses; (1) Five Hundred and fourteen (514)…

CHAIRMAN of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, says the anti-graft agency will cooperate with the two federal agencies probing him. This newspaper reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) have launched investigations into his activities. The EFCC in a letter signed by its Deputy Director, Cybercrime and other related offences, Muhtar S. Bello, asked the chairman of the PCACC to send the egancy’s director of finance and accounts to appear at its headquarters in Abuja on Monday. In the letter dated August 8 but…

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB have invited the chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCACC, Muhuyi Rimingado, for questioning over the commission’s finances. Mr Rimingado recently said he conducted forensic analysis on videos showing the immediate-past governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, allegedly collecting wad of dollars believed to be a bribe. Mr Ganduje had obtained an interim order restraining the anti-corruption agency from investigating him, his family and any of his political appointees. But in what appears a fight back by Mr Ganduje, the EFCC and CCB…

VETERAN actor, Ali Nuhu, has said it is unfair for anyone to call him Ahmed Musa’s ‘errand boy’ as they are nothing but good friends with the Super Eagles footballer. The actor said this during a chat on a popular talk-show, Gabon’s Room, hosted by established Kannywood actress, Hadiza Aliyu Gabon. The host, Hadiza, had asked Ali Nuhu that a lot of people think he is Ahmed Musa’s boy because of what they see on social media, their difference in age and Musa’s wealth. But According to the FKD boss, “I have been an established actor in Kannywood for over…

THE Kano State Executive Council has approved the release of N700m for the payment of school fees for 7,000 indigenes of the state studying at Bayero University Kano (BUK) and N854 million for the Auren Zaurawa Mass Wedding Initiative.  Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf disclosed this on Thursday via his verified X page, formerly known as Twitter. The governor stated that the N700m for Kano students at BUK was approved during the state executive council meeting on Wednesday due to the country’s economic crisis. “As part of our efforts to cushion the biting effects of our current economic reality; The Kano…

THE Kano State Government said it requires six million doses of vaccines for massive immunisation to combat the outbreak of diphtheria across the 44 Local Government Areas of the state. This is contained in a statement by the Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Ibrahim Shuaibu, a copy of which was made available to newsmen on Wednesday. According to the statement, the governor, Abba Kabir, made the disclosure during a meeting with the representatives of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The statement said that the state government, at the meeting, reaffirmed its dedication to strengthening the 11-year partnership between…