Author: Khalifa Muhammad

THE Founder of Maryam Abacha American University of Niger and Nigeria, Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has expressed his deepest condolences to Hajia Maryam Abacha, the widow of late General Sani Abacha over the demise of her son, Abdullahi Abacha. Aged 36, Abdullahi Abacha, the second to the last son of the late Sani Abacha, died peacefully in his sleep at the family’s residence in Abuja on Saturday, 4th March, 2023. Prof Gwarzo in a condolence message he  personally signed and issued to newsmen in Kano on Saturday, described Abdullahi’s death as shocking and devastating. Prof Gwarzo, who is the Chairman…

A WOMAN, Aisha Ishaq, and her six-month-old son, have been discovered dead inside their bedroom in the Yan Awaki area of Unguwa Uku, Nasarawa LGA of Kano State. News Point Nigeria gathered that the corpses were discovered three days after the woman was not seen in the neighbourhood. A leader in the community, Alhaji Ali Abdullahi Usman, said the woman, whose husband was a tanker driver, died on Saturday but that people didn’t notice until Monday morning. He said her neighbours alerted other residents when they didn’t see her for almost four days and that they perceived odour oozing out…

FORMER Senator representing Kano Central, Senator Basheer Garba Lado has congratulated the president-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Asiwaju Tinubu over his election as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement signed by the former Honourable Federal Commissioner, National Commission For Refugees, Migrants And Internally Displaced Persons, Senator Lado said Nigerians have voted a leader that is determined, decisive and dependable. According to the former NAPTIP Boss, “In Leadership, experience matters and In Tinubu and Shettima, Nigerians have experience they can trust. Their actions will speak louder, that I am sure of. Now, a better tomorrow is…

Senator Basheer Garba Muhammad Lado congratulates the President-Elect, Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the presentation of Certificate Of Return to the President and Vice President Elect in Abuja. – The publication of this picture is supported by Senator Basheer Garba (Lado).

THE Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed Muhammad Abacha’s appeal, challenging the victory of  Sadiq Aminu Wali, as Kano governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. Recall that the Kano division of the Court of Appeal on February 10, 2023, sacked Mohammed Abacha, as the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state. In its ruling, the court set aside the judgment of a High Court that recognized Abacha, as the PDP standard bearer in the state. Also, the court ordered that Sadiq Wali, who was earlier recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission, remained the valid governorship candidate. In a…

THERE was jubilation in Kano on Wednesday, over the emergence of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s President-elect. Some members of the All Progressives Congress took to the street from Kano Government House to the Emir place to celebrate the victory. The Tinubu Support Group members who were dressed mostly in T-shirts designed with the images of the president-elect were seen in their large numbers around the Kano Government House roundabout to Emir of Kano Palace, celebrating the victory. They were joined by other residents who were obviously elated over the election of Tinubu. The jubilation was organized by the…

THE police in Kano have detained a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Ali Madaki over trending pictures of him moving around the town with a firearm. Madaki, who was announced as the winner of the House of Representatives election for Dala federal constituency earlier this week, was alleged to have carried the firearm around last week when the presidential candidate of the party, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso arrived in the state. At least seven persons were reportedly killed and several vehicles and other property were said to have been set ablaze in the violent clash that broke out…

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…

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…