Tag: Abdullahi Umar Ganduje

Bandits attack Gov Ganduje’s convoy

Aminu Imam

There was a gun duel between security operatives attached to the convoy of Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and some heavily armed bandits along Shema in Katsina State on their way back to Kano from Zamfara State. Although Ganduje was not in the convoy, it came under attack by bandits who blocked Zamfara, Katsina and Kano Road, around Shema area, on Tuesday. Governor Ganduje was reportedly in Zamfara State to attend the formal defection of Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, into the All Progressives Congress, (APC). However, after…

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Nigerian Navy to establish desert warfare institute in Kano

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Navy has announced plans of establishing its Desert Warfare Institute in Kano. The decision was taken after Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, received a request from the State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to ensure the presence and visibility of Nigerian Navy in the State. The Nigerian Navy Chief of Policy and Plans, Real Admiral COR Ezekobe, disclosed this when he led a delegation to Governor Ganduje at his office in Kano, on Wednesday. He and other delegates were reportedly at the Governor’s office…

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Insecurity: Ganduje demands military intervention as bandits convert Kano forests to hideouts

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said yesterday that bandits have taken over the Falgore Forest and others in the State and converted them to hideouts. The governor, who stated this at a meeting with the Service Chiefs at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, urged the military to intervene and save Kano from bandits plotting to wreak havoc in the State. He also condoled with the Nigerian Army over the death of the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other officers in last month’s plane crash in…

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“We protected you during civil war, now we’re subjected to maltreatment in your region”, Ganduje accuses Southern Govs

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has condemned how the Southern Governors banned open grazing in their region, stressed that the North protected them during the civil war, but they are paying back by maltreating the herdsmen in the South. Ganduje stated this while receiving the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, during the Sallah traditional ‘Hawan Nasarawa‘ at the Government House, in Kano State. He further explained that open grazing is an outdated way of rearing cattle which has bread poverty and that it is no longer accepted, but that…

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Kano: Ganduje extends teachers, lecturers retirement age to 65

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has extended the retirement age for teachers and lecturers working with the state-owned institutions of learning to 65 years. Ganduje announced this at the award night marking the 2021 May Day celebration, organised by the Kano State Chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, (NLC), in Kano. According to the governor, “The Federal Government has since approved this for teachers and lecturers working in its institutions, hence, teachers in Kano State are also not left behind. Therefore, our teachers and lecturers from now on will…

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Kano govt. sponsors surgery of 7 patients with intersex problem

Aminu Imam

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday received six patients with intersex problems sponsored by the Kano State government to undergo surgery at the Tetfund Centre of Excellence in Urology and Nephrology, Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto. The patients, who were successfully treated, were received by the governor during the State’s Executive Council meeting yesterday in Kano. The State government had earlier sponsored the surgery of one person, which was also done successfully. An intersex is a group of conditions where there is a discrepancy between the external and internal genitals of a person.…

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Just In: Ganduje reconciles Dangote, BUA in Abuja

Aminu Imam

Chairman of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and Chairman of BUA Group of Companies, Abdulsamad Isiyaka Rabiu have reconciled their differences on Thursday at a meeting convened by Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in Abuja. The meeting was attended by business tycoon Alh. Aminu Alhassan Dantata, who played the role of a father during the meeting; Minister for Commerce, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo, amongst others. The reconciliation meeting took place at Kano Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, which put a stop to all rumours making round that…

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“Kano indigenes should get more federal jobs than other States”, Gov. Ganduje to FG

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to increase Kano’s employment quota in the Federal Government’s employment. The governor stated during a courtesy visit the Executive Chairman of the Federal Character  Commission,  (FCC), Muhibba Dankaka. Specifically, the governor asked the FCC to give the State a much higher consideration in its employment formula due to what he called Kano’s high population. Ganduje noted, “My only observation is that we, from Kano, are equal to three or four States. We know it is very difficult,…

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“My dollar videos were fake”, says Ganduje

Aminu Imam

…Says he’ll punish those behind it Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said several videos showing him stuffing bales of dollars into his pockets in 2018 were fake. According to Ganduje, who disclosed this to the BBC Hausa Service BBC programme: ‘A Fada A Cika‘ on Friday, said, “No doubt the video is fake; we are making some underground plans, which we will not reveal. But I assure you it is fake, and all those behind it will be put to shame”. The governor said he has already sued…

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“Stop making comments that undermine security” – Ganduje to politicians

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has cautioned politicians to refrain from making comments that could scuttle the Federal Government’s efforts at securing the country. This caution was made known by the Kano State while expressing support for the government’s ‘no-fly zone’ order in Zamfara State, describing it as a well-thought-out strategy. In a statement released on Saturday by the State’s commissioner for information, Mohammed Garba, the governor said politicians should at least wait and see how the strategy works before making comments that are capable of undermining the efforts…

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