Tag: Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

“Join us to rebuild Kano APC”, Ganduje urges factions

Aminu Imam

Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has said he and his predecessor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso are behind the rebuilding of Kano, which has become a source of admiration. Ganduje said he has never been so distressed in his political career before the appeal court judgment that confirmed Abdullahi Abbas as the substantive Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. Recall that shortly after the state’s APC congress, where Abbas emerged as the winner, a faction, led by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, emerged and held a parallel…

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Kano APC: Ganduje defeats Shekarau as Appeal Court dismiss parallel congresses

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Division, has dismissed the judgment of a lower court which upheld the parallel congresses of All Progressives Congress, (APC), conducted by the G-7 faction of the party led by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau. By the ruling of the Appeal Court, the State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has finally retained the supremacy to control the State structure of the APC under the leadership of Prince Abdullahi Abbas. In the judgment delivered yesterday, the Appeal Court insisted that the FCT division of the Federal High…

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Hanifa’s Death: “Don’t extort school proprietors”, PDP cautions Ganduje

Aminu Imam

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kano State has called on Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje not to use Hanifa’s murder as an avenue to extort school proprietors in the State. The State’s PDP Chairman, Shehu Wada Sagagi, in a statement, said despite the need to reform the private education sector, the state government must follow the due process under the law establishing the Kano Private School Board, which regulates the activities of all non-public schools in the State. Recall that the State government had revoked the licence of all private schools…

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‘Why there’s no ethnic or religious crisis in Kano’ – Ganduje

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said there is no ethnic or religious problem in the State because of prayers and the synergy among security operatives. Ganduje stated this at the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, where the ‘National Prayer for Peace and Security’ was held, yesterday. The governor also requested the leader of the Tijjaniyya sect in Nigeria, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, who was among the clerics in attendance, to bring the next Maulid of Sheikh Ibrahim Nyass to Kano. Speaking at the event, President Muhammadu Buhari said the fight…

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“2022, era of reconciliation, peace-building” – Ganduje

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of has said that the New Year 2022 should usher in a new era of peace and reconciliation among political parties’ stakeholders in the State and the country in general. He said the next few months should also be for internal democracy to flourish where political parties are expected to produce more credible representatives at various levels who have the capacity and ability to win elections and subsequently build on laudable programs and policies initiated by the past leaders In a New Year Message…

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“Take your sack in good faith”, Ganduje tells embattled Kano APC Ex-Co

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has told the factional executives of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), loyal to him to accept the recent court judgment sacking them in good faith. Ganduje, who stated this at a meeting with members of his faction in Africa House, Government House, Kano on Sunday, said he would no longer be distracted by party crisis but would rather focus more on developmental projects. Recall that an Abuja High Court had on 30 November sacked the leadership of the APC faction in the state loyal…

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Court affirms Danzago as Kano APC chair

Aminu Imam

…Orders Ganduje faction to pay N1m fine An FCT High Court, presided over by Justice Hamza Mu’azu, has affirmed that the Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau-led faction of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Kano, have conducted ward and local government Congresses in the State. Recall that on November 30, the judge granted all the reliefs sought by Shekarau’s faction, seeking a declaration that the Ganduje-led group did not conduct ward congresses. However, dissatisfied with the decision of the court, the Ganduje-led faction filed a motion seeking the court to stay proceeding,…

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Ganduje vs Shekarau: Appeal Court fixes Dec. 16 for hearing on Kano APC Congresses

Aminu Imam

A Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed December 16, 2021, for hearing in an application for a stay of execution of an FCT High Court ruling that voided the Kano ward congresses conducted by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in the State. The National Headquarters of the ruling party said the Congress Committee members filed a motion before the Abuja Division of the court, on Monday. In an issued statement yesterday, Kano Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, stated that the APC was contesting the jurisdiction of the court to…

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‘Emir Sanusi remains banished’, Ganduje insists

Aminu Imam

…Rejects court judgement Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has rejected the court judgment declaring the banishment of the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, and the award of N10 million to him as compensation. Recall that Justice Anwuli Chikere, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had yesterday awarded the N10 million compensation against the state and other respondents comprising the police, the State Security Service, (SSS), and the Attorney-General of Kano State, and also ordered the State government to tender a public apology to Sanusi in two national…

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Kano: “No camp is excluded from APC Congress” – Ganduje 

Aminu Imam

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, of Kano State, has stated that the forthcoming congress of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), is going to hold as scheduled despite protest by the Joint Stakeholders Forum, led by Senators Ibrahim Shekarau and Barau Jibrin, along with four other members of House of Representatives from the State. The governor, who addressed the APC stakeholders meeting at the Government House in Kano yesterday, dispelled the claims by the Joint Stakeholders Forum who petitioned the National Headquarters accusing the State body of isolating them, stated that it is…

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