Tag: Kano State

Buhari urges new Bichi Emir to emulate father in promoting peace, unity

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the new Emir of Bichi in Kano State, to exhibit good leadership qualities of the Late Emir of Kano,  Ado Bayero, in promoting peace and stability in Nigeria. The President made the call in his congratulatory message to the Emir, on his coronation, on Saturday in Bichi, Kano State. Recall that the new Emir, Alhaji Nasiru Ado-Bayero, received his Staff of Office, from the State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Buhari was represented by his Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. Also speaking, the Sultan of Sokoto,…

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Buhari, Osinbajo, Jonathan, Atiku, Niger Republic President, governors attend Buhari son’s wedding in Kano

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The ancient town of Bichi, Kano State, on Friday went agog as the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf, married the daughter of the Emir of Bichi, Zahra Nasiru Ado-Bayero, as many dignitaries witnessed the ceremony in Bichi local government area of Kano State. Niger Republic President, Muhammad Bazoum joined eminent Nigerian political and business leaders at the wedding ceremony. Also present at the event were Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, former vice president Atiku Abubakar, Senate President Ahmad Lawan, many State governors, ministers and federal lawmakers. The wedding held at the…

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Kano’s First Lady, Goggo, points Murtala Garo as Ganduje’s successor

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The wife of Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Hafsat, has given some hints as to who would be the successor of her husband. The influential First Lady, who popularly known as Goggo, stated this at a function in Ungogo local government area of Kano State on Saturday, saying Murtala Garo is the ideal person. Garo is the present commissioner for Local Governments in the State. Picture caption: Governor Abdullahi Ganduje (right) handing over a document to his commissioner for Local Governments, Murtala Sule Garo Addressing government officials and beneficiaries of…

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Court restrains Dantata, Northern Club from organising 2021 Polo game in Kano

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A Kano High Court has stopped Alh. Tajuddeen Aminu Dantata, the eldest son of a Kano business mogul, Aminu, and his Northern Turf Club Authority from conducting this year’s Polo competition. The High Court, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Umar, restrained Dantata (the Chairman Kano Turf Club) and Northern Turf Club Authority from holding or organising any horse racing in Kano on 14th and 15th August, 2021 or any date pending the hearing and determination of originating summons. According to the order, Kano State Government is included as 3rd respondent.…

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Kano: Village Head suspended by Emir for selling land to Fulani herdsmen

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The Village Head of Butu-Butu, in Rimin-Gado LGA of Kano State, Ibrahim Abubakar II, has been suspended by Karaye emirate for selling land to Fulani herdsmen. Ibrahim Abubakar II is the emir of Karaye, one of the four new emirates created in 2019 by Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The suspension of the Village Head was announced by the spokesperson of the emirate, Haruna Muhammad Gunduwawa, via a press statement released yesterday. According to the statement, “The Fulani migrants built a mosque on the land without following the due…

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Child Scavengers: The Toil for Livelihood Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic

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By Khadija Bawas When 11year-old Usman was brought to Kano as an Alamajiri child the infant may never have reckoned that staying alive is a battle of wits until he started growing into the reality that he must eat to survive and scavenging became the next available option for him. Armed with a gunny bag, Usman, a native of Wudil, who is popularly known as “Alajin leda” at the Aisami solid waste dump site in Kano metropolis, usually rummages through heaps of other peoples garbage, searching for anything salvageable that…

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Dollar video: Court orders Ganduje to pay journalist N800,000 as Gov withdraws case

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A State High Court sitting in Kano, on Tuesday, ordered Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to pay the sum of N800,000 as costs for expenses to Jafar Jafar, a publisher and his company, Daily Nigerian, respondents to his N3 billion defamation suit. Ganduje had filed a suit in November 2018, seeking N3 billion as damages for defamation of character against the respondents over videos they published of the governor allegedly receiving bribe in US dollars. The respondents in the suit were: Jafar Jafar, his company, Penlight Media Limited (Daily…

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Kano Hisbah arrests 20 children for street begging

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The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 20 children in Kano for violating the law against street begging. This is contained in a statement issued yesterday by the Public Relations Officer of the board, Lawal Ibrahim, in Kano. It quoted the Commander-General of Hisbah, Dr. Harun Ibn-Sina, as saying that all the 20 children, who were all boys were aged 12 and 14. “They were arrested on Tuesday evening, during a special raid in markets, motor parks and under the bridge. Most of the children were from Katsina and Borno…

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Aminu Ado Bayero sworn-in as Kano’s 15th Fulani Emir

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The new Emir of Kano and Chairman, State Traditional Council Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has been sworn-in as the 15th Emir of the Kano emirate. Picture caption: (L-R) Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Emir of Kano, Alh. Aminu Ado Bayero and Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. The ceremony, which was held at the Sani Abacha Stadium, in Kano, attracted the roll call of ‘who is who’ in Nigeria. At the commencement of the ceremony, the State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, charged the Emir to cement the relationship between the government…

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Man arrested with $184,800 concealed in a diaper at Kano airport

Aminu Imam

A suspect, Sabo Suleiman, was arrested on June 17, 2021 by a joint operation at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, in Kano, after he came to claim an unaccompanied suitcase that arrived aboard an Ethiopian Air flight ET911 from Saudi Arabia through Addis-Ababa. Upon arrest, it was discovered that a sum of $184,800 (One hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars), SAR 1,723,310 (one million, seven hundred and twenty-three thousand, three hundred and ten Saudi Riyals) was concealed in a diaper pack. The monies were discovered at the screening point when…

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