Following the judgement of the election petitions tribunal sacking the state governor, Abba Yusuf Kabir, a 24-hour curfew has been declared in Kano State to ensure normalcy. Muhammed Usaini Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police, in a statement he signed, said a combined team of security operatives have been dispatched across the city to enforce…
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, reacted to the judgment of the Kano state Governorship Elections Tribunal, which affirmed the APC candidate in the 2023 election, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, as duly elected governor of the state. The Informant247 reports that Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay delivered the judgment…
The Kano state election petition tribunal is set to deliver judgment on the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress and its candidate Yusuf Ganuwa to challenge the victory of Governor Abba Yusuf Kabir and his party New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) However, the three-man panel of judges will deliver the judgment via zoom as…
The Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf Kabir, on Friday sacked the commissioner for lands, Adamu Aliyu, for issuing a threat to the judges of the governorship election petition tribunal in the state. In the viral video in which he spoke in Hausa language, Aliyu, at a special prayer session on Friday, held for the success…
As part of preparations for the planned mass wedding by the Kano state government for 1,800 couples, the state chapter of the Hisbah board said it has procured items of furniture, food items, articles of clothing among others worth over N800 million. Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, the Commander General of the Board, who made this…
The Kano state governor, Abba Yusuf Kabir, on Thursday approved a total of N854 million for a mass wedding among vulnerable persons in the state. The state governor, while disclosing this via social media, said the approval was part of the decisions made during the state executive council meeting on Wednesday. “Also from yesterday’s meeting….
The Kano state governorship election petition tribunal on Monday reserved judgment in the petition filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to challenge the victory of governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) The Informant247 gathered that Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay-led three-man panel, said the judgment would come earlier than the 180…
Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Nigerian Senate President, has described the presence of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) at the wedding Fatiha of Amir, the son of Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, as a sign of a united Nigeria. Akpabio, while speaking after the event in Kano on Friday, stated that…
The Kano State Police Command has initiated a manhunt for suspected individuals who were jeering at the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, during a public event on Sunday. The State’s Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, revealed this while addressing reporters on Monday, stating that the disrespectful chants aimed at the emir had the potential…
Following the directive of the military force by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to return normalcy to Niger, some protesters in Kano state have taken to the streets to kick against the imminent use of force to resolve the Niger coup crisis. It was learned that the protesters on Saturday, embarked on…
Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Kano State Governor on Monday, approved the appointment of 15 heads of government agencies and 10 Special Advisers to assist him in the smooth and efficient running of the state. In a statement by Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said 15 Heads of Agencies and…
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) on Thursday, summoned the immediate past governor of the state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, over video clips of him allegedly receiving bribes. In 2018, Daily Nigerian, an online newspaper, published a video of Ganduje allegedly receiving bundles of dollars from contractors, which he stuffed into his “babanriga”,…
The appointment of Dije Aboki, the first female chief judge of Kano state, has been confirmed by the state house of assembly. According to News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, said Aboki’s appointment was approved following a letter sent to the house of assembly by governor Abba Yusuf Kabir. The appointment letter was read by the…
Muhuyi Rimingado, the chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, on Wednesday, stated that a forensic analysis has declared the content of the 2017 viral video, capturing former Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, allegedly receiving bundles of dollar notes as a bribe from a contractor and stuffing them in his…
Abba Yusuf Kabir, the Kano State Governor on Monday ordered the Accountant General to stop the salaries of 10,800 workers employed by the immediate past governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. It could be recalled that prior to his emergence as the governor, he had accused Ganduje’s government of illegal employment of over 10,000 workers when it…
Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission has announced his voluntary resignation. Rasheed confirmed his resignation in an interaction to the correspondent of PUNCH on Monday He noted that he would be returning to the Bayero University Kano to continue his job as a lecturer. The academia was appointed as the…
A federal high court in Kano kn Friday, restrained the state government from further demolition of some structures located along BUK road in the state. The presiding judge, S.A. Amobeda, granted the ex-parte motion instituted by Saminu Muhammadu, a Kano resident, through his lawyer. Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, and agents of the state was…
The Kano State former Commissioner for Information Muhammad Garuba, has said the ex-governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is not concerned by the state government’s decision to reopen the probe of the dollar video which purportedly depicts him receiving bribes. The Informant247 had earlier reported the chairman of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission,…
The reinstated chairman of the Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji, has vowed that the agency will re-open its investigation into alleged corruption by the immediate past governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje. Magaji was in 2022, sacked by Ganduje on allegations bordering on abuse of office. Meanwhile, the Kano State Governor,…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Wednesday, approved the reinstatement of Muhuyi Magaji as the chairman of the Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). Abba Kabir, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanusi Bature, said the decision was to ensure the completion of Magaji’s tenure. The statement added that the…
