Tag: Kano State

Emir of Kano set to wed new wife

Aminu Imam

The Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, is reportedly set to marry his heartthrob simply identified as Hajiyayye, in Dorayi area of Kano metropolis. The 60-year-old monarch has been married to only one wife for over three decades and they have four children together. According to reports, plans have been on top gear between the representatives of the royal family and the family of the fiancee. The report says there wont be pomp and pageantry, as “the emir is reclusive’ and the family of his fiancee are ‘ordinary people’. It…

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Court affirms Danzago as Kano APC chair

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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 Shekaraus 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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Kano Crisis And The Pre-eminence Of Personal Post-mortem

Aminu Imam

By Bala Ibrahim Pursuant to the thorny issue of factional control of the ruling party in Kano, and the distressful situation the state has found itself in today, a call is coming for the rapid rescue of the state from the hands of the politically insensitive, who seem to be showing the feeling of no concern for the future of the state. Yes, no evident concern, but apparent appetite for the aggrandizement of wealth, through the exploitation of situations that came not by reputation, but unmitigated opportunity. I know a…

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‘Emir Sanusi remains banished’, Ganduje insists

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…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: Dozens, including many children, die in boat mishap

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An overloaded boat carrying dozens of passengers, mostly children aged eight to 15, has capsized on Bagwai River, in Kano State, according to rescue officials. The spokesman for Kano States Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, said the incident took place late on Tuesday. We have recovered 29 bodies and rescued seven passengers. The search for the remaining 13 bodies is ongoing, Abdullahi told the AFP news agency yesterday. Abdullahi said the boat was meant to ferry 12 adults but the skipper packed such a number of children onboard. The children,…

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Kano: Dozens, including many children, die in boat disaster

Aminu Imam

An overloaded boat carrying dozens of passengers, mostly children aged eight to 15, has capsized on Bagwai River, in Kano, according to rescue officials. The spokesman for Kano States Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, said the incident took place late on Tuesday. “We have recovered 29 bodies and rescued seven passengers. The search for the remaining 13 bodies is ongoing, Abdullahi told the AFP news agency on Wednesday. Abdullahi said the boat was meant to ferry 12 adults but the skipper packed such a number of children onboard. The children,…

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Kano: Court declares deposed Emir Sanusis banishment as unlawful, orders Ganduje to pay him N10m as damages

Aminu Imam

Another court quashes APC leadership in State Two separate court verdicts by an Abuja High Court, on Monday, unsettled Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his 2023 political permutations. Justice Hamza Mu’azu, of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, had earlier in landmark ruling nullified the congresses of the Kano State All Progressives Congress, (APC), conducted by the Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led faction yesterday. Justice Mu’azu upheld the congresses conducted by the Senator Ibrahim Shekarau-led faction of the party. The Judge ruled that the Shekarau-led faction, tagged: “G-7, conducted…

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Kano beats entire South-East region in VAT collection – Report

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Kano State has thrashed all five South-eastern States in value-added tax (VAT) collection for the first eight months of 2021. According to a report published yesterday, the VAT revenue records of the federal tax agency, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS), indicate that Kano raised N24.4 billion, ahead of the five States that have accumulated a collection of N20 billion. The report is coming in the wake of a raging VAT dispute, legal fireworks and political negotiations between the Federal government and some States across the country. The data further…

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FG launches Digital Switch-Over in Kano

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Launches LibertyTV, 24 other channels on FG’s FreeTV platformDeploys 500,000 Decoders The Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, yesterday launched the Digital Switch-Over, (DSO), in Kano while announcing that 500,000 units of decoders have been deployed to the State for the commencement of the switchover from analogue TV to digital TV in the State. This is just as the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, disclosed that the State government will purchase and distribute additional 100,000 units of the decoders. Ganduje noted that 10,000 out of the units will…

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