Author: Khalifa Muhammad

THE Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal, Hasan Bala Abubakar has applauded the support of Kano state government under the stewardship of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf towards strengthening its operational mandate in the state. In a statement issued by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature, Air Marshal Abubakar made the commendation on Thursday when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf at Government House, Kano. The Chief of Air Staff disclosed the joint force of his troops with sister security agencies in combating internal security in Kano yielded tremendous successes and maintained peace and stability in the…

MARYAM Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN) has congratulated Dan Dicko Dankoulodo University Maradi, Niger Republic for successfully organizing International Scientific Colloquium with the theme, Migration, Climate Change, Food Security and Resilience in the Sahel The Secretary General, MAAUN Maradi, Salissou Mamadou, who represented the university made the commendation during the seminar. The symposium was organized to discuss and to exchange ideas on the major challenges undermining the development process and the importance of building the resilience of Sahelian communities and ecosystems. The aim of the symposium was to mobilize professors, researchers, PhD candidates, government agencies, extensionists, and communities to…

A FEMALE student at Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Aisha Yahaya, has been found dead in her off campus apartment. Aisha, a 300-level female student of Food and Science Technology, was found dead after she retired to her room. The student was said to have written her first examination in the ongoing first semester examination in the university. Some of her colleagues attributed her sudden death to examination pressure. In a condolence letter, the university management expressed great sadness over Aisha Yahaya’s ‘untimely passing.” The statement said, ” Aisha was not only a bright student but also…

AN unidentified number of workers are currently trapped at a building which collapsed in the Kuntau area of Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State. According to sources, at least 11 persons are trapped under the rubble. Two persons who were rescued have been rushed to the hospital by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Excavation is currently ongoing while some corpses have been recovered. The number is yet to be ascertained. More details shortly… DAILY TRUST

REFEREE  Nasiru Idris of the Nigerian Referees Association, NRA Kaduna state council have been suspended by Nationwide League One (formerly called Nigerian Amateur League), which is the third-tier level of club football in Nigeria. According to a statement by the NLO Media Officer II, Abdulgafar Oladimeji, Thursday, the suspension is as a result of his alleged  poor handling of the match between Green Beret vs Kaduna Utd  played on 24th April, 2024 in the on-going NLO 2024 competition. The suspension notice stated that ” Please be notified that the Referee of the match, Nasiru Idris (KD) is herewith suspended indefinitely…

KANO State Governor, Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf has arrived United States of America for high powered symposium organized by US Institute of Peace. The three days conference being attended by Governors of Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger, Sokoto, Kebbi, Jigawa,and Plateau states, was designed to address insecurity in Northern Nigeria and better option to mitigate the challenge. The intensive executive engagement will enable the Governors of some of the trouble state deep understanding on the dynamics of security threat, it’s socioeconomic dimensions, and near-term opportunities to drive stability in Northern Nigeria. The US Institute of Peace would also broaden knowledge…

TOMATO scarcity looms in Kano State as big tomato farms have been hit again by the deadly tuta absoluta pest. The pest infested tomato farms at Bagwai, Shanono, Kura, Garin Malam, Bebeji, Bunkure, Rano, Kibiya, part of Tudun Wada and Dawakin Kudu local government areas of the state, where the product is reportedly farmed in large quantities. Kano State chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Abdullahi Maibreadi, in an interview with this newspaper, lamented the recurring infestation of tuta absoluta. He said for almost 12 years, it had become a concern to many farmers, a development, he said,…

A KANO State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Na’Abba has vacated the order suspending ex-Kano governor Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Na’Abba vacated his earlier order upon reading a Motion Ex-Parte together with an affidavit and a written address dated the 22nd day of April, 2024 sworn to by one Glory Adah, a litigation secretary in the law firm of lawyers to Ganduje. The judge reversed itself by granting an interim injunction staying the order earlier slammed on the APC national chairman. The interim injunction order was for stay of…

CRISIS rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano has taken fresh dimension as new ward executives emerging from Ganduje ward, issued fresh suspension on acting National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The new group from Ganduje ward, Dawakin Tofa local government area of the state claimed to be the legitimate ward excos, legally and validly elected on 31st July, 2021. Addressing journalists in Kano, on Sunday, secretary of Ganduje ward, Ja’afar Adamu Ganduje who spoke on behalf of 11 other executive members explained the suspension of former Governor of Kano is necessited on allegation of…

MUSTAPHA Rabiu Musa, son of the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has been sworn in as Commissioner of Youth and Sports of Kano State. The governor also swore in three other commissioners who were recently cleared by the State House of Assembly. The four new commissioners are Mustapha Rabiu Kwankwaso, Abduljabbar Garko, Shehu Aliyu Yarmedi and Adamu Aliyu Kibiya. After the swearing-in ceremony, Yusuf assigned portfolios to the new state executive cabinet members. While Mustapha heads the Youth and Sport Ministry, Garko is to be in charge…

THE anticipated arraignment of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has been stalled due to the Kano State Government’s inability to serve criminal charges against him. Ganduje; his wife, Hafsat Ganduje; his son, Abdullahi Umar; and five others, were slated to face eight counts including $413,000 bribery allegation, as well as the diversion and misappropriation of funds amounting to ₦1.38bn. In the court on Wednesday, counsel for the Kano State Government, Y. A. Adamu, informed the court of the plaintiff’s inability to serve the respondents personally, thereby halting the proceedings. Adamu attempted to move an…

THE Kano State High Court has issued an ex parte order affirming the suspension of ex-governor Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC). This development followed a tumultuous period of internal strife within the APC. Justice Usman Malam Na’abba, presiding over the court, granted the order in response to an exparte motion filed by two executive members of the APC from the Ganduje ward, Laminu Sani and Haladu Gwanjo. The motion, filed on behalf of the ward, sought the suspension of the APC chairman alleging misconducts and breaches of party regulations. The court’s ruling mandated…

THE National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has been suspended as a member of his ward in Kano. News Point Nigeria reports that the Executive members of Ganduje Ward In Dawakin-Tofa Local Government Area of Kano state announced the suspension of Ganduje over alleged corruption on Monday. Addressing newsmen in the state capital, the legal adviser of the Ganduje Ward, Haladu Gwanjo said the former Kano state governor is alleged to have committed gross misappropriation of public funds during his time as governor of the state. According to him, the members decided to…

JOURNALISTS under the auspices of Association of Kano Online Journalists (ASKOJ) congratulates the Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf on successful completion of this year’s Ramadan and wishing him happy Eid-Al-fitr. This was contained in a statement signed by the Chairman of the Group, Yakubu Salisu on the occasion of 2024 Eid-Al-fitr Sallah celebration. The group wishes the Governor, Emirs and people of Kano, Nigeria as well as the entire muslim communities worldwide a blissful celebration and pray that the blessings of the holy month continue to radiate in our lives through the remaining months of the year. ASKOJ…

THE Kano High Court will on April 17, 2024, arraign the immediate past governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, on charges bothering on allegations of bribery, diversion, and misappropriation of funds, including the purported acceptance of $413,000 and N1.38bn in bribes. The Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi, who confirmed the development, said Ganduje would be arraigned alongside his wife and six others. The accused individuals, as listed in the writ of summon, include Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Hafsat Umar, Abubakar Bawuro, Umar Abdullahi Umar, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Ltd, Safari Textiles Ltd, and Lesage General Enterprises.…

KANO State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf,  has  replied  his predecessor,  Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, over his claims of failure in governance in the current administration, insisting that Ganduje’s eight-year tenure represented failure  and maladministration, following massive records of corruption, diversion pf piblic funds and sale of government properties that characterized it. Governor  Yusuf, in a  statement issued by his spokesperson,  Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, and made available  to  journalists  on. Sunday, regretted that  Ganduje shamelessly spoke about  non-existent  failure in the New  Nigeria  Peoples. Party (NNPP) government,  instead  of facing  the nemesis  of corruption  and political violence  hanging around  his …

A MEMBER of the Kano State House of Assembly, Halilu Kundila, is dead. Kundila, a member of the All Progressives Congress representing the Shanono/Bagwai State Constituency, died on Saturday at the age of 59. A family source who confirmed the death said that the lawmaker died at his residence on Saturday night following a brief illness. According to the source, the funeral prayer for the deceased lawmaker was held on Sunday morning at Kundila in the Shanono Local Government Area of the state. “The lawmaker died on Saturday night after a brief illness and had since been buried in his…

PROMINENT personalities including the President MAAUN Group of Universities, Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo attended the funeral prayer of Hajiya Aishatu Abduljalil, mother of Dr. Ado Muhammed Sani, Director Kaduna liaison office of Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN). Late Hajiya Aishatu died at the National Hospital Abuja on Monday, 1st April, 2024, and was buried in Nasarawa town, Nasarawa State after the funeral prayer at the Emir’s Palace in Nasarawa. Condoling the deceased’s family shortly after the funeral prayer, Prof. Gwarzo described the passing away of Hajiya Aishatu as a great loss not only to her mmediate family but…

THE Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Yusuf, has inaugurated two judicial commissions of inquiry into cases of misappropriation of public property, political violence and missing persons between 2015 to 2023. Inaugurating members of the commissions on Thursday, Yusuf vowed to bring anyone found wanting to book. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Sanusi Bature, on Thursday, the governor reminded all that investigating the misappropriation of the public asset was part of his inaugural pledge to unravel and prosecute those behind cases of political violence recorded in the state. He said, “Political violence is a major setback to democracy…

THE Code of Conduct Tribunal has suspended Muhuyi Magaji as Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission.  This newspaper gathered that Magaji was arraigned on Thursday over alleged breaches of the code of conduct for public officers, conflict of interest, abuse of office, false asset declaration, bribery, and accepting gifts, among others. The Tribunal granted the complainant application directing the defendant to step aside as the Chairman of the Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission of Kano state over the allegations that centred on contravention of the provisions of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act CAP…