Tag: Kano

Kano: Tribunal reserves judgment in Governorship petition

Aminu Imam

The Kano State election petition tribunal yesterday reserved judgment in a petition challenging the elected Governor Abba Yusuf’s victory in the State’s governorship election on March 18. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Yusuf Gawuna, are contesting the election results due to alleged fraud by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the voting process. The petition named the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kabir-Yusuf, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as respondents. The three-member panel, led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebe, stated that the date for the judgment would…

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Kano: Fear grips emirate councils, as deposed Emir Sunusi’s portrait reappears

Aminu Imam

Fear has gripped the five Kano emirate councils created by the former State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as the portrait of the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sunusi II re-appeared on the main Coronation Hall of the State. There was speculation in the ancient city that the State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, had concluded plans to reinstate Emir Sanusi as the sole Emir of Kano instead of the five existing Emirs. Ganduje had fragmented the State Emirate Councils into five of main Kano, Rano, Karaye, Bichi and Gaya with the…

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Kano: Gov’t revokes licences of all Kannywood actors, Directors, others

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Videos and Film Censorship Board has announced the cancellation of all Kannywood practitioners’ licenses in the State, in what it said is a bid to rebrand and promote the Hausa film industry. The announcement was made on Friday by the censorship board, which serves as the regulatory body for the Hausa film industry. Confirming the cancellation, the newly appointed Director of the Board, Abba Al-Mustapha, stated that the move was necessary for the Board to be able to put the system on track with the industry’s rebranding…

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Kano DisCo gets new owners as Kaduna’s faces license revocation

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC), has extended its threat to cancel the licence of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, (KAEDCO), for another 30 days to fashion out ways to settle its N51billion underpayment to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, (NESI). NERC, in an advertorial signed by one of its commissioners, Dafe Akpeneye, dated July 19, stated that core investors of KAEDCO, Afrexim Bank and Fidelity Bank, did not give a satisfactory note on ways to sustain the financial viability of the company. Recall that the regulator had in May given…

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Kano: “My properties’ demolition not a vendetta mission”- Gov. Yusuf

Aminu Imam

Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has declared that his policies on demolitions of buildings and retrieving government properties was not a mission of vendetta, but a sincere project geared towards developing Kano State. The Governor, popularly known as Abba Gida-Gida, insisted that he has no personal grudges against the immediate-past administration. In a statement released by his spokesperson, Hisham Habib, the Governor challenged critics “to keep records of his work and judge him after he has finished his tenure”. The Governor, who spoke while receiving the Emir of Gaya,…

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Kano: “I have no regrets demolishing properties”, Gov. Abba Yusuf insists

Aminu Imam

Despite public outcry and backlashes on the ongoing demolition of alleged illegal properties in Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf yesterday vowed to sustain the exercise. Although there is a subsisting court order to stay action on further demolitions, Yusuf insisted that more properties would be reclaimed. The governor reiterated his resolve to continue the exercise while receiving the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, alongside the traditional district heads and other members of the emirate council who paid him Sallah homage at the Government House. Besides, the governor categorically…

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Mina: Insufficient Tents inconvenience Pilgrims, We are tackling it – NAHCON, IHR calls for urgent action

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Makkah. As millions of Pilgrims converged on Mina in Makkah where they will spend between three to four nights, insufficient tents is incoveniencing some pilgrims as they have to make do with staying outside. Most affected with the insufficient tents in Mina are pilgrims from Kano, then Kaduna and those who came through t.our operators. Some of the pilgrims were seen staying on the roads outside but beside their tents, though with comfortable sofas. Others have to collapse three tents into one and stretched them to…

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Kano: Court stops Gov. Yusuf from further demolition

Aminu Imam

An ex-parte motion was granted on Friday by a Kano-based Federal High Court presided over by Justice S.A. Amobeda, preventing Kano State Governor Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf from continuing to demolish buildings and other property in the State. A resident of Kano, Saminu Muhammad, filed the ex-parte motion through a lawyer. In response to the motion, the court ordered the Kano State government and its representatives to stop demolishing additional properties along BUK Road. Justice Amobeda specifically ordered the Kano state government to halt plans for demolishing the applicant’s property,…

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Kano: Govt. to rehabilitate ancient walls with demolition debris

Aminu Imam

Kano State government says it intends to reconstruct the original Kano city walls with material from numerous demolitions in the State. Governor Abba Yusuf stated this after inspecting ongoing demolition sites in Kano. According to him, the Police and members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) had already been assigned to protect demolition sites against scavengers. Yusuf said, “We went round the city to inspect the various demolished sites. We have decided to use the debris of the demolished sites to rehabilitate Kano city walls to preserve history,…

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Kano Assembly approves 20 Special advisers for Gov. Abba

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Governor Yusuf Abba of Kano State

The Kano State House of Assembly has approved the request of Gov. Abba Yusuf for the appointment of 20 Special Advisers.This followed the adoption of a motion by deputy speaker, Muhammad Butu (NNPP-Rimingado/Tofa) during plenary on Wednesday in Kano. Alhaji Zubairu Masu (NNPP-Sumaila) supported the motion and was unanimously adopted when put to a voice vote by the speaker Ismail Falgore. Speaking, Falgore read the governor’s letter on the request to the lawmakers. He said that the approval was to enable Yusuf to appoint advisers that would assist in implementing…

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