THE Gaya Emirate Council, of Kano State, has removed the traditional title of Wazirin Gaya held by Alhaji Usman Alhaji, a former Secretary to the State Government under Umar Ganduje administration over an alleged of critizing the state governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf’ s administration It will be recalled that Alhaji Usman was last week quoted to have attacked Kano State Government, accusing it of excessive borrowing. He also alleged that the Government of Abba Kabir Yusuf had in its two years in office failed woefully and had nothing to show. He said the government rather infiltrated Kano with thugs…
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The College of Education Academic Staff Union( COESU) at the recently upgraded Kano University of Education,has called on the Federal Ministry of Education,and the school management, to as a matter of urgency called some members of the institution to order over establishing an Academic Staff Union of University ( ASUU), saying it is illegal , because,the College is still in transitional stage and must meet notable requirements before forming an ASUU body However,the Chairman of the institution, Ado Muhammad Abdullahi,while speaking with press therefore disowned some academic staff members who claim to be members of the Academic Staff Union (ASU).…
AN association under the umbrella of the Centre for Human Resource and Developments(CHRD)has called on the Federal government to investigate lukewarm attitude of the firm handling Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the entire northern states of the country The body them condemned in totality the near-absence of CNG in Northern Nigeria, which is indicative of lopsided distribution of the commodity in Nigeria. Based on this, we unequivocally call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajuddeen Abbas to, as a matter of urgency, to investigative this menace as…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urgently called on the Kano State Government to declare a state of emergency on the outbreak of new variants of polio virus,adding that decisive action is necessary to completely eradicate the disease. However,Kano has “recorded four cases of the new polio variants in Bunkure, Warawa, and Kano Municipal,” Speaking during a media dialogue in Kano, the Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Mr. Rahama Rihood Muhammad Farah, warned that disinformation and misconceptions about the disease were undermining the fight against polio. However,the organization then emphasized that Kano must intensify efforts to meet the December 2025 deadline for…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure presided over by Justice Peter Obiorah has dismissed the application by the local government chairmen elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress ( APC)to relist an appeal filed against judgement of the Osogbo federal high given in favour of the Actions Peoples Party. However,Justice Obiorah dismissed the appeal on Friday in a judgement given via zoom. It will be recalled that the APC Chairmen had approached the court to relist the appeal dismissed on January 13, 2025 for want of diligent prosecution. Following the February 10, 2025 judgement of the…
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa(CAPPA) has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s posthumous pardon and conferment of national honours on Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists. However,the group’s position is contained in a statement made available to newsmen by its Media and Communications’ Officer, Robert Egbe, in response to the President’s June 12, 2025, Democracy Day address. Accordingly,the organization, however, notes that “for this long overdue gesture to transcend ceremonial pageantry, it must catalyse full reparations and tangible justice for Ogoni Land and its people.” The CAPPA ,then described the pardons as a historical reckoning that coincides with…
The Federal Government has officially cancelled the annual military parade for this year’s Democracy Day celebration, scheduled for Thursday, June 12, 2025. However,this announcement was made by the Inter-Ministerial Committee coordinating the Democracy Day programme, confirming that the parade typically a central feature of the national celebration will not hold this year. The announcement, however stated that” Instead, the 2025 commemoration will begin with a national broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at 7 a.m. While President is expected to reflect on Nigeria’s democratic journey, examine the current state of the nation, and highlight ongoing reforms aimed at strengthening democratic institutions…
The organizer of President Tinubu Mother’s Qur’an Recitation Competition, organized by Senator Bashir Lado has fulfilled the awards of four new brand Houses to the winners of the exercises. However,the competition, which was said to had been organized as a memorial to the Mother of President Tinubu, Hajiya Abibatu Mogaji Tinubu, was also meant to make young people to read the holy book and memorize it. Speaking while presenting the houses to the winners, Professor Ali Muhammad, Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee, said the aims was to continue remembrance of the President Tinubu Mother’s as well as inculcate the…
Kano state commissioner of information and internal affairs Comrade Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya,in his Sallah message said ” Let us celebrate with moderation and continue to pray for the success of our leaders and for enduring peace in Kano State and Nigeria as a whole. To the good people of Kano State and the entire Muslim Ummah, I wish you all a peaceful and joyous Eid El-Kabir celebration He then congratulated Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on the occasion of Eid-El-Kabjr celebration. Accordibg to a statement he personally signed, Waiya also greets the national leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso…
Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has declared Monday, 2nd June as a public holiday to symphathize with the victims’ families,that loss their relative to accident that lost their lives in a tragic auto accident that claimed 22 lives and left several others seriously injured. While His Excellency is away in Saudi Arabia for the 2025 Hajj Operation, he directed that Monday, 2nd June 2025, be declared as a public holiday for the good people of Kano to pray and sympathize with the families of the victims. He then expressed deep sorrow and extended heartfelt condolences to the families…