Tag: Abba Gida-Gida

Kano: Govt. House security tightened  amid Yusuf’s ‘planned’ APC defection

Aminu Imam
Kano Govt. House

There is heavy security presence around and inside the Kano State Government House, as the planned defection of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), caused tension in the state. According to reports, the massive deployment of security forces is coming as the planned defection of the governor faces severe backlash, especially in the Kwankwasiyya camp. According to security sources, the deployment was aimed at preventing any possible breakdown of law and order in the state. “It’s obvious that this decision has provoked many supporters of…

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Kano Gov. celebrates Emir Sanusi on successful PhD completion at University of London

Aminu Imam
Kano Gov. celebrates Sanusi

Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has congratulated the Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, on the successful completion of his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Governor Yusuf also reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to education, announcing plans to partner with the University of London to strengthen Northwest University, Kano. According to him, the doctorate degree was a well-deserved recognition of Sanusi’s contributions to scholarship, economic thought, family reform, and advocacy for social justice in Nigeria and beyond. He…

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?Kano: ?”I’ll report judge who stopped Sanusi’s reinstatement from US” – Gov.

Aminu Imam
Abba Yusuf

Kano State governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf, yesterday, promised to report Justice Mohammed Liman, of a Federal High Court, for allegedly giving an order stopping the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the 16th Emir of Kano from the United States. He said he would report the judge to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, (NGF). Justice Liman had granted the order in an application filed by the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate, Aminu Babba ?an-Agundi, to stop the Kano State Government from enforcing the Kano State Emirate Council Repeal Law that…

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Wild celebration in Kano, as Supreme Court affirms Gov. Yusuf’s election victory

Aminu Imam

Cover Picture Credit: BBC Residents and supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano erupted in wild celebration yesterday, following the Supreme Court’s confirmation of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s victory. Recall that a five-member panel of justices yesterday unanimously held that the lower court misunderstood the import of the purported deduction of 165,616 ballot papers in favour of Governor Yusuf. The unanimous decision overturned the lower court’s misunderstanding of the alleged deduction of 165,616 ballot papers in favour of Governor Yusuf. The joyous celebration, marked by tricycle displays…

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Kano Governorship Battle: Supreme Court to hear Abba Yusuf’s appeal Thursday 

Aminu Imam

The Supreme Court has fixed Thursday, December 21, to hear the appeal filed by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) seeking to affirm its candidate, Abba Yusuf, as governor of Kano State. Recall that in September, the Kano State governorship election petition tribunal sacked Yusuf as governor of the State. The tribunal deducted 165,663 votes from the 1,019,602 recorded for Yusuf because the ballot papers (165,663) were not stamped, signed and dated as required by law. The tribunal then declared Yusuf Gawuna, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the…

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Kano: Abba Gida-Gida, other Kwankwaso allies dump PDP for NNPP

Aminu Imam

Abba Kabir Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida-Gida, who contested the 2019 governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP). He defected alongside Aminu AbdulSalam Gwarzo, his running mate in the election, along with many other members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement. This is believed to be part of the agenda towards the planned defection of the movement’s leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Announcing their defection at a gathering yesterday at Kwankwasiyya House, at Diso ward in Kano, Abba Gida-Gida said they have…

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