The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Barau Jibrin, has stressed the need for synergy and collaboration among stakeholders to achieve meaningful reform in the 1999 Constitution. He stated this on Friday, during the opening ceremony of the retreat for the Senate Committee on Review of the Constitution, held at Bristol Palace Hotel Kano. Senator Jibrin then called on participants to consider desirable amendments with utmost care and consideration, keeping in mind the far-reaching implications for generations to come According to him, the Key Objectives of the Retreat was to Review and amend the…
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No fewer than 1,331 members of the All Progressive Congress ( APC) believed to be loyalists of the National Chairman of APC,Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje defected to the ruling New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) at home town in Kano. However,the decampees who are mainly from 11 wards of Ganduje’s Dawakin-Tofa local government area of Kano state vowed to work against the return of APC in Kano. While receiving the decampees,the former APC leaders now embrace NNPP include former Vice Chairman, Dawakin-Tofa local government area, Malam Isyaku Dahiru Kwa; former state House of assembly aspirant, Hon. Audu Magaji Tumfafi; Bashir Musa…
National Chairman of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), Comrade Abdulmajid Yakubu,has declared October 1, 2024 as “Protest Day for National Survival ” This was contained in a statement signed by NPFM, chairman,Comrade Yakubu ,a copy made available on Thursday to press in Kano According to him,”This move is a response to the growing economic pains being influenced on the people by the Tinubu regime”, He however stated that ” The nationwide protest will be peaceful and will last for a day, making it a warning for the government to speedily address the cost of living crisis before all hell break…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Kano state chapter,has said that the agency,has received six rescued street children in the state. Mr Abdullahi Babale, the Kano Zonal Commander of the agency,made this known on Thursday,to press,while addressing Journalists in Kano He hinted that the children aged between 7 and 9 were males, adding that, “four are from Katsina, one from Azare in Bauchi State and one from Niger Republic”. He then disclosed that the agency also reunited four rescued victims of child trafficking with their families. Mr.Babale however disclosed that a good samaritan, Hon. Kabir Abdulhamid, rescued…
A Pan Arewa sociocultural association Northern Reform Organization (NRO) has appealed to philanthropists and state governments,who announced donations ,to victims of Maiduguri flood ,to redeem their pledges, to enable those victims received their good gesture and cushioned the present predicament they were passing through. Making the appeal on Thursday,when speaking with press conference in Kano,the Secretary-General of the NRO, Abdulkadir Yusuf Gude said such donations would go along way in alleviating the suffering of the victims. However,it will be recalled that the catastrophic flood that submerged the northeastern city was as a result of breakage and overflow of Alau Dam.…
A Kwara state high court,presided over by Justice Haleemah Salman has found the five suspects involved in the Offa robbery incidents guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide. The convicts are Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salahudeen Azeez, and Niyi Ogundiran. While there were six, one of the suspects Michael Adikwu died in custody. Accordingly,the judge, has pronounced that the offences are punishable by death. It will be recalled that the incident happened in April 2018. However,while delivered the judgement which lasted three and half hours, the judge said all evidence submitted by the prosecuting team…
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has urged government at all levels to scale up investments in ICT infrastructure so as to enhance, and encourage responsible utilization of ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI )by the citizens for self -empowerment, and the well -being of the society. This was just as the body however called on the Federal Government to put in place an adequate national policy, legislative, regulatory, and administrative instruments that would be all inclusive, and capable of guiding the deployment of AI for national development, especially, as it concerns the conduct of elections, and governance. However,this was contained…
A Federal high court sitting in Kano has rejected the All Progressive Congress (APC) application to stop the State Independent Electoral Commission from conducting the local government election. However,in a motion ex parte filed on 20th September before Justice Simon Amobeda, by the APC and one Hon. Aminu Aliyu Tiga against the state electoral umpire, Kano State House of Assembly, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and 11 other defendants, the plaintiffs urged the court to grant interim injunction to stop the conduct of the council election across the 44 LGAs. Also,the plaintiffs equally sought the leave of the court for interim…
The war against armed banditry, kidnapping and other social ills ravaging the north , especially,the north west ,will only be successful,when politicians from the regions,shunned unnecessary political bickering, campaign of calunmnies and pull him down syndrom,an outspoken politician, Alhaji ( Dr) Ilyasu Musa kwankwaso,has said This was just as he hailed the minister of defence Alhaji Bello Matawale, for his boldness to declared his intention to swear by the Holy Quran in order to exonorate himself over alleged allegation levelled against him by the Zamfara state governor Dauda Lawal,that he have hands on banditries tormenting the North West Kwankwaso…
The National Chairman of the Nigeria Elders Forum For Peace and Stability(NEFPS), Ambassador Bature AbdulAziz, has urged the military to sustain the high tempo of fighting bandits in the country, saying the relocation of defence ministers , Bello Matawale and Abubakar Badaru,to Sokoto,has been yielding positive impact in fighting the act of banditries Making the assertion on Tuesday,in Kano, when speaking with press , Ambassador AbdulAziz ,shortly after a meeting of the body said that The Chairman Elders Forum, notes while talking to Media in Kano said that the fighting strategy of having the two defense Ministers closer to the…