Following the Court of Appeal judgment upholding the tribunal verdict, the Kano State Police Command on Monday warned of any move by some party supporters plotting to stage violent protests in the state. According to the Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, who conveyed the warning through the Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa,…
Kano State Public Complains and Anti-Graft Commission, Muhuyi Magaji will stand trialat the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on a 10-count charge of corruption. Magaji, who was earlier arraigned on Thursday, 17 November 2023 at the CCT will be appearing again on January 10, 2024. According to the head, press and public relations, Code of…
The Kano State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Saturday rejected the decision of the Court of Appeal, sacking Governor Kabir Yusuf as the Kano State governor, while describing the verdict as a miscarriage of justice. Abba Ali, the acting National Chairman of the party, while addressing newsmen on Saturday in Abuja,…
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has reacted to the recent Appeal Court judgement, sacking Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the governor, who ran under the platform of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP),…
Following the Appeal Court verdicts on Zamfara and Kano guber disputes, the All Progressives Congress on Friday commended the judgments favouring the party. In a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said the verdicts have rekindled the confidence that the judiciary is still the hope of the common man. The Informant247 had…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State while upholding the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023. The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf, who contested under the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), invalid…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday fixed November 17 for the judgment in the appeal Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf filed to challenge his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay-led three-man panel sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023, by declaring 165,663 of his votes invalid because they were not…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday sacked Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and reinstated Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency election in Kano State. Justice Tunde Oyebamiji Awotoye-led three-man panel, while delivering the judgement, held that Datti’s appeal had…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday, reserved judgment in the appeal by the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, challenging his removal by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. It would be recalled that the Kano State election petition tribunal had on September 20 nullified Yusuf’s election by declaring 165,663 of his votes invalid,…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has fixed Monday, November 6 to hear the appeal of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) against Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressive Congress (APC). It would be recalled that the governor had filed an appeal to challenge the nullification of his…
Abba Yusuf Kabir-led Kano State government has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje left the state with a debt burden of over N500 billion. Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, the Deputy Governor while making this known in Kaduna while chairing the North-West Zonal Meeting of NNPP, maintained that the debt owed…
The imminent attack on Kano by the insurgents on Friday was foiled by the Joint troops of the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services (DSS). The Informant247 gathered according to Brigadier General Nwachukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations that a dawn raid operation was carried out on the terrorists’ hideout, adding that…
Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf of has revealed that the state government is presently sponsoring about 2,600 postgraduate students in various universities, in 14 countries. The Governor made the statement on Thursday at the opening of the First EU Study Fair in Africa, at the Afficent Event Center, Kano. He stated that his administration would partner…
In a twist of an event to a report made around social media, the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, in his reaction to a report by an online news platform that the command recruited criminals into the force, described the story as not only malicious but a calculated attempt to destroy the good…
Contrary to social media reports of its process of conducting interviews for staff recruitment, the management of the Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil (ADUSTECH) says it is not recruiting. The Deputy Registrar, Media and Publications, ADUSTECH, Malam Abdullahi Datti, made this known on Monday in a statement in Kano. “The management of…
Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) during the February 25 presidential election and the National leader of the NNPP, on Saturday, advised the 1,800 couples under the mass wedding scheme against checking their spouses’ phones, saying this is to avoid anything that could lead to the marriage break…
Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Kano State governor, on Monday, flagged off the distribution of 52,000 bags of rice and 52,000 bags of maize palliative to the most vulnerable persons across the 44 local government areas in the State. The governor, while speaking during the flagoff, warned the committee members against benefiting from the food items,…
The Department of State Security (DSS), on Tuesday, confirmed the arrest of a 23-year-old lady, Fiddausi Ahmadu, a resident of the Dandishe area of Dala local government area of Kano state, for threatening to stage a suicide bomb attack on an election Tribunal judge alongside all those she felt were responsible for the victory of…
Abba Yusuf Kabir, the Kano State Governor, has reacted to the recent tribunal judgement, urging his appointee to act like leaders and push through the storm. The governor gave the advice during a meeting with his appointees on Wednesday after the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal nullified his victory under the New Nigeria Peoples Party…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 governorship election in Kano State, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna, has reacted to the tribunal judgement, affirming him as the winner of the election, while sacking the state governor, Abba Yusuf Kabir of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), stati3 that he is not afraid…
