Tag: POLO

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

Aminu Imam

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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Senate President seeks support for community policing

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, on Sunday in Abuja called on Nigerians to give community policing adequate support. Lawan made the call at the finals of a Community Policing Awareness Polo Tournament. He expressed the hope that with community policing the security situation in the country would be further enhanced. The senate president urged communities to cooperate and partner with the police, adding; “the police is your friend.” He said that if a policeman contravened a law it was not enough for the entire Police Force to be…

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Army set to reinvigorate interest in Polo, says Gen. Momoh

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

 Major General Haruna Momoh, the Deputy Chief of Policy and Programmes at the Nigerian Army Headquarters says the Army plans to re-invigorate and revive its full-time participation in the game of polo. Momoh said this in an interview on Sunday, while representing the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai at the ground breaking ceremony for a proposed club house for the Guards Polo Club. The ceremony took place on the side lines of the ongoing 11th edition of the Nigeria National Carnival Polo tournament in Abuja, in which…

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