Tag: Kano State Government

Kano: Govt. to rehabilitate ancient walls with demolition debris

Aminu Imam

Kano State government says it intends to reconstruct the original Kano city walls with material from numerous demolitions in the State. Governor Abba Yusuf stated this after inspecting ongoing demolition sites in Kano. According to him, the Police and members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) had already been assigned to protect demolition sites against scavengers. Yusuf said, “We went round the city to inspect the various demolished sites. We have decided to use the debris of the demolished sites to rehabilitate Kano city walls to preserve history,…

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Kano: Gov. Abba Yusuf appoints 14 personal aides

Aminu Imam

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has approved the appointment of 14 personal aides. This was contained in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Bature Dawakin-Tofa, on Thursday in Kano. According to the statement, Dr. Sani Danjuma has been appointed as Senior Special Assistant (SSA) Administration; Bello Nuhu Bello, SSA Administration II; Najeeb Bashir Nasidi, SSA Domestic I; Dr. Abdurraman Kirare, SSA Domestic II and Safwan Garba, SSA Special Duties. Other appointees include: Abdulkadir Balarabe Kankarofi, SSA Protocol-I; Salisu Yahaya Hotoro, SSA Social Media; Special Assistants (SA) Salisu Muhammad Kosawa,…

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Kano: Demolition of illegal buildings continues despite presidential intervention

Aminu Imam

Despite the presidency’s intervention, the Kano government continued demolition of illegal buildings in the state yesterday. The most recent demolition was of shops built alongside the fence of Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofar Mata, and GSS Kofar Nasarawa opposite IBB road, as well as buildings by GGSS Dukawuya and Goron Dutse. According to an eyewitness, the exercise was carried out in the early hours of yesterday by State’s Urban Planning Development Agency, (KNUPDA), in accordance with the governor’s directive, Abba Kabir Yusuf. Recall that the immediate-past governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje on…

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Kano: PRP warns Governor against personal vendetta

Aminu Imam

The People’s Redemption Party, (PRP) has urged the newly sworn-in Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, to use his office to prioritise the collective interest of the state and not for personal vendetta. Members of the 2023 Kano PRP candidate forum made the call in a statement issued yesterday. The Party also warned the governor against being influenced by any individual, group, or political interest. As a result, the Forum stated, “Election is the only legal and acceptable way of producing leaders under Democratic rule in Nigeria; and there must…

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Kano: Governor Yusuf makes first appointments

Aminu Imam

The former Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Abdullahi Baffa Bichi has been appointed as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Kano State. The State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, who made the appointment, also appointed Shehu Wada Sagagi as Chief of Staff. Dr. Farouq Kurawa emerged Principal Private Secretary to the Governor, while Abdullahi Ibrahim Rogo was appointed the Chief Protocol. Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa retained his position as Chief Press Secretary (CPS). Meanwhile, the Governor has dissolved members of Kano Pilgrims Welfare Board and appointed new…

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Kano dismisses 4 civil servants for selling public landed properties

Aminu Imam

Four staff of the Bureau for Land Management in Kano state, have been dismissed for allegedly selling public landed properties. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr Muhammad Garba announced their dismissal on Tuesday, March 1. The dismissed civil servants, identified as Abdulmuminu Usman-Magami, a Senior Survey Assistant on Salary GL-06; Abdullahi Idris, a Senior Land Officer on Salary GL-10; Audu Aliyu, a Press Attendant on Salary GL-05, and Baba Audu, an Assistant Chief Land Officer on Salary GL-13, were accused of forging documents, issuing false cadastral information and falsifying official…

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Ganduje warns herders against banditry

Aminu Imam

…Says anyone caught will get death sentence Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, of Kano State, has warned herders in the State against banditry. Speaking at the launch of a state-wide mass vaccination for cattle and small ruminants, held in Kadawa, Garun-Mallam LGA of the State on Saturday, Ganduje, noted that his administration has provided modern alternatives to improve the businesses of herders. The Governor said any herder found involved in banditry would get the death sentence, while those involved in cattle rustling would be sentenced to life imprisonment. He said, “I call…

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Police arraign Ganduje critic, Mu’azu Magaji in Kano

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Police Command, yesterday, arraigned a former Commissioner of Works and Infrastructure in the Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led government, Mu’azu Magaji. Magaji was docked before Justice Aminu Gabari, of a Senior Magistrate Court, No-mans-land, on a 4-count charge. The charges, according to the Police First Information Report, nFIR), borders on defamation of character, injurious falsehood and others. The Police spokesman, SP Haruna Kiyawa, said, “We are currently investigating charges of defamation of character, intentional insult, injurious falsehood and inciting disturbance against Muzazu Magaji”. However, reports have it that…

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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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Insecurity: Kano bans movies on kidnapping, hooliganism

Aminu Imam

…As Nigerians spent N3bn in cinemas in 6 months Worried by growing insecurity in the country, especially in the Northern region, the Kano State government has announced stringent measures to stem the tide of criminality and restore some sense of orderliness in the State.  Among the new measures is the banning of movies at cinemas promoting kidnapping, hooliganism, drug abuse and phone-snatching. The Executive Director, Kano State Censorship Board, Isma’ila Afakalla, announced the decision to ban and prosecute filmmakers and television stations who show movies with kidnapping and related crimes.…

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