Tag: Kano State

Finally, Kwankwaso decamps, exit PDP to NNPP

Aminu Imam

After weeks of speculations, former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, finally announced his exit from Nigerias main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), yesterday. Kwankwaso had, for weeks now, been linked with the New Nigerian Peoples Party, (NNPP), but he reportedly told former Senate President Bukola Saraki that he was still a member of PDP during a recent visit. The former governor had reportedly become aggrieved after he lost control of the Kano chapter of PDP to forces said to be loyal to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, of Sokoto…

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Kano: Abba Gida-Gida, other Kwankwaso allies dump PDP for NNPP

Aminu Imam

Abba Kabir Yusuf, popularly known as Abba Gida-Gida, who contested the 2019 governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP). He defected alongside Aminu AbdulSalam Gwarzo, his running mate in the election, along with many other members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement. This is believed to be part of the agenda towards the planned defection of the movements leader, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Announcing their defection at a gathering yesterday at Kwankwasiyya House, at Diso ward in Kano, Abba Gida-Gida said they have…

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2023: “No presidential aspirant surpasses Tinubu” – Ganduje

Aminu Imam

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, of Kano State, has said that the people of the northern part of the country have no other presidential aspirant to support than the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Ganduje made the remark at the inauguration of an office for the ‘Northern Youth Professionals for Tinubu’, (an organisation that Supports Tinubus presidential ambition), which was held along Hadeja Road, in Kano yesterday. The Governor, who was represented at the occasion by the Managing Director of Kano Road Traffic Agency,…

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“Join us to rebuild Kano APC”, Ganduje urges factions

Aminu Imam

Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has said he and his predecessor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso are behind the rebuilding of Kano, which has become a source of admiration. Ganduje said he has never been so distressed in his political career before the appeal court judgment that confirmed Abdullahi Abbas as the substantive Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. Recall that shortly after the states APC congress, where Abbas emerged as the winner, a faction, led by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, emerged and held a parallel…

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Kano APC: Ganduje defeats Shekarau as Appeal Court dismiss parallel congresses

Aminu Imam

The Court of Appeal, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Division, has dismissed the judgment of a lower court which upheld the parallel congresses of All Progressives Congress, (APC), conducted by the G-7 faction of the party led by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau. By the ruling of the Appeal Court, the State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has finally retained the supremacy to control the State structure of the APC under the leadership of Prince Abdullahi Abbas. In the judgment delivered yesterday, the Appeal Court insisted that the FCT division of the Federal High…

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A’isha Buhari demands justice for Hanifa

Aminu Imam

Nigeria’s First Lady, A’isha Buhari, has joined calls for justice for Hanifa Abubakar, who was killed and buried in a shallow grave in a private school in Kano State. Recall that 5-year-old Hanifa, who was a student of Noble Kids Comprehensive College, was abducted late last year and one of those involved in the operation was her teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko. The abductors demanded a ransom of N6 million but went ahead to kill her after receiving the money. Mrs. Buhari, on Monday, posted a short video of a sermon…

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Kano APC Crisis: Shekarau insists on equal power-sharing

Aminu Imam

Leader of the G-7 faction of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has said the recent reconciliatory moves between his group and the one headed by the State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, can only end when fairness and justice is guaranteed in the party. The APC National Headquarters led by the acting caretaker chairman, Mai Mala Buni, had on Saturday held another round of meetings with the warring factions where it said a sharing formula and template would be evolved and a committee mandated to…

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Kannywood actress, Sadiyya Haruna, sentenced to 6 months in prison

Aminu Imam

A Magistrates court, sitting at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, has sentenced Kannywood actress, Sadiyyah Haruna, to six months in prison without an option of a fine. She was charged to court for defaming her ex-boyfriend and singer, Isa A. Isa. In a viral video, Sadiyyah was seen calling Isa a homosexual, bastard, and an unrepentant womaniser. She claimed the actor demanded anal sex from her and she shared videos of him all over social media as she continued with the accusations.

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2023: ‘We2geda’ political movement to be unveiled in Kano

Aminu Imam

A political movement, we2gedaNg, is planning an official launch of the forum, where the modus operandi as well as the nationwide representatives of the group will be unveiled. The movement, which was set up two years ago, has been engaging millions of Nigerians through radio, TV and on-line platforms. In an issued statement, signed by the National Convener of the movement, Ibrahim Hussain AbdulKarim, it said the event will be held on Friday, February 4th, at the Bristol Palace Hotel, Kano by 3p.m prompt. The event, which will be strictly…

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Kano: Emefiele inaugurates Gerawa Rice Mill

Aminu Imam

Urges millers to embrace CBNs backward integration The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has urged Nigerian rice millers to embrace the banks backward integration initiative for paddy production. Emefiele, who gave the urge while inaugurating Gerawa Rice Mill in Kano yesterday, emphasised that achieving food security remained critical for any developing economy. Food security remains a cardinal deliverable for every developing economy as it serves as the fulcrum of many other economic development indices, he said. The governor noted that revamped Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX)…

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