Tag: Kano

Diphtheria: UNICEF Nigeria raises alarm over unprecedented outbreak, advocates urgent vaccination

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF Nigeria has raised an alarm about the urgent need for widespread vaccination against the unprecedented outbreak of diphtheria. The outbreak has so far resulted in over 11,500 suspected cases, more than 7,000 confirmed cases, and claimed the lives of 453 people, mostly children. In a statement issued Wednesday in Kaduna, UNICEF said most cases are children aged between 4 to 15 years who have not received even a single dose of the vital vaccine, laying bare the urgency of the vaccination situation in Nigeria.…

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Kano: NNPP drags Judge to NJC over tribunal judgement

Aminu Imam

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has petitioned the Nigeria Judicial Council (NJC) over uncomplimentary comments credited to Justice Benson Anya against the party and its members while delivering judgement on Kano governorship election petition. Justice Anya allegedly said, “Instead of some Kano politicians being allowed to use banditry and violence to abort democracy in Kano State, justice will be used to stop them from destroying democracy in Kano and upward”. Recall that NNPP lost at the governorship election petition tribunal in the petition filed by the All-Progressives Congress (APC).…

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Kano: Tribunal sacks Abba-Yusuf, declares APC’s Gawuna winner, orders a rerun

Aminu Imam

…State govt. imposes 24-hr curfew amid tensions The Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, yesterday, sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), and declared the candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the March 18 governorship poll. The Tribunal said based on the evidence presented by both parties, it found merit in the petition of the APC that there are irregularities and substantial non-compliance with electoral laws during the initial election. The tribunal therefore, ordered a rerun election between the two parties at…

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Kano: Tribunal sacks NNPP’s Abba Yusuf, declares APC’s Gawuna winner

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Wednesday, sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the March 18 governorship poll. Reading of the judgment was transmitted virtually via Zoom, a teleconference service as the panel members were not physically in court. The ruling came weeks after lawyers of both parties made their closing arguments on behalf of their clients on 21 August. Recall the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared that the NNPP polled 1,019,602 votes…

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Kano: Keke rider returns missing ?15m to Chadian passenger

Aminu Imam

A 22-year-old tricycle rider, Auwalu Salisu, has in Kano, returned N15 million that was forgotten in his tricycle, better known as Keke-NAPEP, by a passenger who came from Chad to buy goods, The Good Samaritan, residing in Yankaba, Nasarawa local government area of the State, promptly returned the misplaced money after hearing about the loss on the radio. The money, a combination of 10.130 million CFA and ?2.9 million, amounted to ?15 million when converted. Salisu, recounting the incident to a Kano-based radio station, mentioned that he only realised the passenger…

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Alleged Certificate Forgery: Tribunal sacks Kano NNPP Rep., declares APC winner

Aminu Imam

The National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has sacked Idris ?ankawu, of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for forging his West African School Certificate, (WAEC), which he submitted for election into the Kumbotso Federal House of Representatives constituency of Kano State. Mounir Babba ?an’agundi, of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), who contested against ?ankawu, had filed a petition, alleging that ?ankawu presented a fraudulent Secondary School Certificate to gain admission into Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Kaduna. Following the petition, Justice I.P. Chima delivered a verdict that sent shockwaves…

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Kano: Tribunal reserves judgment in Governorship petition

Aminu Imam

The Kano State election petition tribunal yesterday reserved judgment in a petition challenging the elected Governor Abba Yusuf’s victory in the State’s governorship election on March 18. The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Yusuf Gawuna, are contesting the election results due to alleged fraud by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the voting process. The petition named the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kabir-Yusuf, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as respondents. The three-member panel, led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebe, stated that the date for the judgment would…

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Kano: Fear grips emirate councils, as deposed Emir Sunusi’s portrait reappears

Aminu Imam

Fear has gripped the five Kano emirate councils created by the former State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as the portrait of the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sunusi II re-appeared on the main Coronation Hall of the State. There was speculation in the ancient city that the State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, had concluded plans to reinstate Emir Sanusi as the sole Emir of Kano instead of the five existing Emirs. Ganduje had fragmented the State Emirate Councils into five of main Kano, Rano, Karaye, Bichi and Gaya with the…

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Kano: Gov’t revokes licences of all Kannywood actors, Directors, others

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Videos and Film Censorship Board has announced the cancellation of all Kannywood practitioners’ licenses in the State, in what it said is a bid to rebrand and promote the Hausa film industry. The announcement was made on Friday by the censorship board, which serves as the regulatory body for the Hausa film industry. Confirming the cancellation, the newly appointed Director of the Board, Abba Al-Mustapha, stated that the move was necessary for the Board to be able to put the system on track with the industry’s rebranding…

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Kano DisCo gets new owners as Kaduna’s faces license revocation

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, (NERC), has extended its threat to cancel the licence of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, (KAEDCO), for another 30 days to fashion out ways to settle its N51billion underpayment to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, (NESI). NERC, in an advertorial signed by one of its commissioners, Dafe Akpeneye, dated July 19, stated that core investors of KAEDCO, Afrexim Bank and Fidelity Bank, did not give a satisfactory note on ways to sustain the financial viability of the company. Recall that the regulator had in May given…

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