Tag: Kano State

Emir of Kano’s Bayero’s coronation, Staff of Office presentation holds today

Aminu Imam

…4,000 security personnel slated to cover event The 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero’s Coronation and Staff of Office presentation, is slated to take place today, Saturday. This is as the Vice-President, Professor Yomi Osibanjo and the President’s Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, are slated to grace the occasion. Speaking earlier while briefing the media on the forthcoming epics events, the Dan-Daka of Kano and a member of the Kano Emirate Council, Abbas Dalhatu, said the event is expected to receive heavy security attention to ensure a hitch-free…

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‘Kwankwaso set to dump PDP for APC’

Aminu Imam

Former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is reportedly about to conclude his plans of joining the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC). According to reports, sources close to the former governor, Kwankwaso is not comfortable in the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), since the disrupted Zonal Congress of the Party, which took place in April at Kaduna. The Congress, which was disrupted by members of the Kwankwasiyya movement, happened after they allegedly realised that their preferred candidate for the Zonal vice-chairmanship of the Party would not win the election.…

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Scholar raises concern over Igbo exclusive residential community in Kano

Aminu Imam

A Kano-based scholar, Dr. Abdallah Gadon-Kaya, has raised concern over the emergence of highbrow residential areas occupied exclusively by Igbos in Kano State, noting that such allowance creates a vacuum for disunity. In a video that is being widely circulating in social media, the scholar who noted that the community located in Zungeru Road, behind Kano Airport said, “they have their massive gates, security and other facilities that prevent other people, especially indigenes, from accessing. According to him, “Government should not allow such to be happening when we can’t go…

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Kano APC affirms suspension of House of Reps. member

Aminu Imam

Kano Municipal local government chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has affirmed the suspension of the House of Representatives member representing Kano Municipal district, Sha’aban Ibrahim Sharada. The member was earlier suspended by the Sharada ward of the Party for his alleged affront on Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who is also the leader of the party in the State. The letter affirming the suspension of the lawmaker was signed by the chairman and secretary of the party in Municipal local government, Alhaji Sani Abubakar Maifata and Kamilu Sa’idu Bala,…

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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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Ganduje orders headcount of cattle herders from Kano

Aminu Imam

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has ordered a headcount of cattle herders in the State as well as those who are outside but of the State’s origin. Ganduje announced this at an interactive session during a television programme on Monday.  According to a statement by his spokesperson, Abba Anwar, yesterday, Ganduje said the measure is part of his effort to see that Kano State remains peaceful. “We want to know how many herdsmen we have in Kano; that is why we set up a Fulani and other stakeholders Committee,…

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Violence breaks out at APC mega rally in Kano

Aminu Imam

Violence broke out at the mega rally of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano on Saturday. The rally, which was organised to welcome former governorship candidate of the Green Party of Nigeria (GPN), A. A. Zaura and other decampees into APC, took place at Sabon-Gari area of Kano metropolis. While the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly, Hon Hamisu Chidari, was giving his goodwill message, some of the party members in attendance started exchanging blows. The incident almost disrupted the rally as people fled in different directions.…

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BUK female final year student dies in hostel

Aminu Imam

A final year student of Bayero University, (BUK), Kano, identified as Mercy Sunday, has been confirmed dead. Mercy, a student in the Department of Political Science, reportedly died in the female students’ hostel on Tuesday. According to the deceased’s roommate who pleaded anonymity, said Ms Sunday died in the early hours of Tuesday, shortly after foaming from the mouth. BUK Dean of Student Affairs, Shamsuddeen Umar, who confirmed the sad incident, said she died of natural causes. “She was sick and attended the University clinic where she was taken care…

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Kano: 93-yr-old man who was presumed dead returns to his home after 67 years

Aminu Imam

A 93-year-old man, Sa’idu Abdullahi, who was presumed to have died before Nigeria’s independence in 1960 has returned to his home in Kano State after 67 years. Sa’idu, who left home when he was 26 returned home in the Northwest at the age of 93 after spending 67 years in Ibadan. Sa’idu was said to have left his village, Dakatsalle, in present-day Bebeji local government area, in 1953, during the reign of the Late Emir Abdullahi Bayero. He was said to have moved to Ibadan, in South-West Nigeria where he…

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17 perish in fatal road crash while returning from wedding in Kano

Aminu Imam

No fewer than 17 young men have been confirmed dead from a fatal motor accident along Kano-Zaria highway at the weekend. According to sources, the persons lost their lives when they went to attend a wedding ceremony in honour of their friend in Zaria on Saturday and were on their way back to Kano when the accident happened. Some of the victims, who were said to be siblings were travelling in a Kano Line bus and a RAV-4 car when the fatal accident occurred. Residents of Sani Mainagge quarters, Gwale…

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