THE majority leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, has been arraigned before a magistrate’s court in Kano for culpable homicide, conspiracy, mischief, unlawful possession of fire arms and inciting disturbance. Others charged at large are Nazifi Asnanic, Nafiu Musa, Hamisu Amadu and Abdulhadi Alaramma. “That Alhassan Doguwa was charged with burning a building that resulted to the burning of Alasan Mohammed and Aminu Malam Amadu to death, while Bashir Yani, Labaran Sule and one Amadu injured by the fire,” one of the charges read in part. The offences are contrary to Section 97, 114, 247, 336 and 221…
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THE police in Kano have arraigned Alhasan Ado Doguwa, the lawmaker representing Doguwa/Tundun Wada Federal Constituency, in connection with the killings in his constituency during the last Saturday’s elections. Doguwa was arrested on Tuesday at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) following the murder of three persons in the area. The Police Public Relations Officer in Kano, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, had said in statement earlier Wednesday that Doguwa was apprehended after he failed to honour police invitation. He said, “Following complaints received on the gruesome murder of three persons, causing grievous injury to eight others in Tudun Wada LGA on…
THE Kano State Fire Service says a fire has razed 80 shops at the popular Kasuwar Kurmi Market in Kano Municipal. A statement on Wednesday in Kano by the service Spokesman, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, said the fire started at about 05.23 a.m. Abdullahi said the service received a distress call from one Aliyu Alkasim that there was an outbreak of fire at the market. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market is famous for trading in perfume, ginger and leather. The spokesman said six permanent and 74 open shops were completely razed by the fire. Abdullahi, however,…
KANO State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has congratulated the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on his election victory, describing him as a master strategist. After a keenly contested race, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the February 25 presidential election. He polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, who scored 6,984,520. Hours after Tinubu’s emergence as president-elect, Ganduje issued a statement through his media aide, Abba Anwar applauding the APC candidate’s hard political struggle. To Ganduje, Tinubu is a “master strategist, a builder of man…
THE New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party to call for the cancellation of the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. The party made this call in a press briefing on Friday, saying that a new election should be conducted as soon as possible. “We must be aware that, no matter the situation in our country all leaders must consider the stability and security of the country as paramount. Our country is bigger than any individual and is certainly more important than any vested interest. “To save our democracy and…
THE Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa has been arrested by the police for his alleged role in the killing of several persons and burning of the secretariat of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) during the just concluded polls. The police had confirmed that at least three persons were killed when the campaign secretariat of the NNPP in Tudunwada was set ablaze. Two persons burnt to death during the crisis that broke out during the collation of the results of the Doguwa/Tudunwada House of Representatives election, which Doguwa was eventually declared to have won. A credible…
THE former member House of Representatives for Gwarzo/Kabo federal constituency, and candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Nasiru Sule Garo, has rejected the election results recently announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He annouced his reaction Sunday night at an emergency press conference in Kano following the declaration of his opponent from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner by INEC after a polling unit in his constituency was cancelled due to overvoting. He complained that the action taken by INEC after it was observed that there was overvoting in the polling unit, when they…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Former Kano State Governor, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) as the winner of Kano Central Senatorial seat. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Tijjani Darma, who declared the results on Monday in Kano, said Shekarau polled 456,787 votes. He defeated his closest rival, Alhaji Abdulkarim Zaura of All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 168, 677 votes and Hajiya Laila Buhari of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who secured 55,237. Shortly after the declaration, NNPP’S agent, Shehu Usman, accused INEC of refusing to replace Shekarau who defected from the party…
THE presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Kano State, beating his closest challenger, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress with 479,938 votes. Kano state, which has about 5,792,848 voters, had a total of 1,769,525 accredited voters, according to the results announced at the INEC collation centre in Kano by Professor Lawan Suleiman Bilbis, the Vice Chancellor of Usman Danfodiyo University. In the final analysis of the votes where a total of 1,746,410 voters exercise their franchise, Kwankwaso polled 997,279 to defeat…
TWO persons died on Sunday in an attack on the campaign office of a House of Representatives candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, who made the disclosure in a statement on Monday, noted that a group of suspected thugs set the office ablaze with two unidentified persons in a stationary vehicle inside the building burnt to death. The Kano State Police Command said it received reports of the incident around 4 pm incident during collation of results at the INEC office in Tudun Wada Local Goverment…
THE candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) for Kano south senatorial district, Abdurrahman Kawu Sumaila, has defeated the incumbent senator, Kabiru Gaya of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Sumaila, a former legislative aide for President Buhari and former House of Rep member, defeated Gaya, who has been in the red chamber for 16 years. According to the final results announced Monday morning by INEC returning officer, Professor Ibrahim Barde, Sumaila polled 319,857 votes to defeat Gaya who polled 192,518 and Galadanci Murtal Bashir of the PDP who polled 14,880 while the candidate of the LP, Umar Darki finished…
SENATOR Rabiu Kwankwaso, Presidential Candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), is leading with 270,000 votes in the 38 local government areas of Kano State so far declared at the state collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). With 464,133 votes, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is next to Kwankwaso, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has secured 86,162 votes. Peter Obi of Labour Party trails with 8,926 votes. Out of the 38 Local Government Areas (LGAs) announced so far, NNPP won 29, while APC cleared the…
THE Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in President Muhammadu Buhari’s state, Katsina. Abubakar secured a total of 489,045 to edge out the All Progressives Congress candidate Bola Tinubu who polled 482,283 votes and other candidates. Candidate of the NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, came in at third with 69,386, followed by Labour Party flagbearer Peter Obi who secured 6,376 votes. Mr Abubakar was declared winner of the poll by the Returning Officer of the state, Professor Mua’zu Abubakar Gusau, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau, at the INEC Presidential…
ABBA Umar, son of the governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, has lost the House of representatives election. The governor’s son who contested Dawakin Tofa/Tofa/Rimingado Federal Constituency lost to Tijjani Abudlkadir Jobe, candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), who is the incumbent representative of the constituency at the lower chamber of the National Assembly. Jobe is returning to the green chamber for the fifth time. Jobe was polled 52, 456 votes against Ganduje, who polled 44,809 votes.
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Alhaji Abdulaziz Yar’adua, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Katsina Central Senatorial election. Prof. Aminu Dalhatu-Kankia, the Returning Officer for the Katsina Central Senatorial district election made the announcement after the collation of the results on Sunday in Katsina. According to him, following the election held on Fed. 25, 2022, Yar’adua of the APC has scored the total 153,512 votes, against Alhaji Aminu Sirajo of PDP, who scored 152,140 votes. Dalhatu-Kankia added that Alhaji Gambo Abubakar of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) garnered 16,005, while Alhaji Aminu…
SENATOR representing Kano South senatorial district, Ibrahim Kabiru Gaya, of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has lost his local government area to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila. In the results announced by the returning officer of Nuraddeen Abdullahi, APC scored 10,079 votes while NNPP scored 18,419 votes and PDP scored 747 votes. Results from 10 out of the 16 LGAs that made up the senatorial district have so far been announced with Kawu Sumaila in the lead.
THE Presidential Candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso is ahead of Atiku and Tinubu with 43,625 votes in the seven local government areas of Kano State that have so far been declared at the state collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission. With 69,997, Tinubu, who is the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, is following Kwankwaso with 69,997 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party has garnered 15,896 votes. Garun Malam Total Registered voters: 74,846 Accredited. : 26,692 APC – 8,642 LP – 169 NNPP – 12,249 PDP – 4,409…
SOME thugs attempted to set the local government office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ablaze in Takai local government area of Kano state. A witness, who preferred anonymity, said it happened during a clash between political supporters at the headquarters of Takai town, Sunday morning. “The fire was set up from behind the building but it was quenched before it made serious damage and security operatives disperse the crowd.” “However, some people sustained injuries from the fracas that initially broke out; but they have been taken to the hospital for treatment while four persons have been reportedly killed.”…
KANO elder Statesman and business Mogul, Alhaji Aminu Dantata casted his vote at Safari Figa, Bako Lamido Street in Dala Local Govt Area of the state at about 10:30am. News Point Nigeria report that, the 91-year-old media shy elder also prayed to Allah for a peaceful conduct of elections across the nation and for good leaders that will make Nigeria a better place for all. Dressed in his trademark white babbar-riga with matching white cap and white shoes, Alhaji Dantata was escorted to the polling unit by a warm crowd of family and well wishers in the area.
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested 17 suspects over alleged vote buying in Katsina and Kano states. Farul Dogondaji, EFCC zonal commander in Kano, announced the development in an interview with NAN on Saturday. Dogondaji said six suspects were arrested in Tofa and Ungogo LGAs of Kano state with bags of rice and semovita, while one suspect was apprehended with 60 wrappers in Bakori LGA of Katsina state. He said the suspects were arrested while attempting to share the items during the presidential and national assembly elections, adding that they will be charged to…