The city of Kano has erupted in celebrations after the Supreme Court reversed judgements by the Court of Appeal and Election Petitions Tribunal sacking Governor Abba Yusuf. Some of the residents were seen marching around the streets of the state capital, jumping in joy and singing praises of the governor. In a viral video sighted […]
Major roads in Kano State are currently deserted over the gubernatorial dispute between Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and Dr Nasiru Gawuna. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Yusuf of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) as winner of the March 18 2023 election, but the All Progressives Congress (APC) under which Ga...
The Supreme Court has fixed Friday, January 12, for judgment in an appeal filed by the Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf challenging the ruling of the Court of Appeal. This is contained in a notice issued by the apex court to all the parties in the suit yesterday, reports The Nation. According to the […]
The Kano State Upper Shari’ah Court, today, issued an order for the arrest of an officer of the Nigerian Customs Service, Yusuf Ismail Mai Biscuit, over his failure to attend court proceedings concerning a property ownership case filed against him. However, the presiding judge, Garba Hamza Malafa, gave the order in respect to the prayer [&hell...
•Hisbah officers The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested a truck loaded with over 24,000 bottles of assorted alcoholic beverages confiscated from smugglers at midnight. The board’s Director General, Alhaji Abba Sufi, disclosed this today at the board’s headquarters while inspecting the truck confiscated from smugglers along Zaria Road last ni...
•Barau Jibrin The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau has distributed 60 Sharon cars to some residents of Kano State. The distribution ceremony was witnessed by members of his senatorial districts, supporters and well-wishers on Sunday, reports Daily Trust. According to Barau’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Ismail ...
•Governor Yusuf The Forty-four Local Government Areas of Kano State have dragged the state government before a Federal High Court in Abuja over moves by the state government to use their allocations to jointly finance a N27 billion interchange projects in the state capital. Listed also as defendants in the suit that is currently before [&helli...
•Abba Kabir Yusuf Kano governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, yesterday unveiled construction of two critical projects, Tal’udu Interchange (Clover Leaf Flyover) and Dan Agundi Interchange (Flyover and Underpass) at the cost of N27billion. The unveiling of the projects, being funded under state and local government joint account, came under public critic...
•Nasiru Gawuna Yusuf and Gov Abba Kabir Yusuf Ahead of Supreme Court judgment on Kano governorship tussle, the former state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has called on the incumbent governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, and his opponent, Alhaji Nasiru Gawuna Yusuf, to accept the ruling of the apex court whether it favours them or not. [&hellip...
•Kwankwaso prays The leader of the Kwankwasiyya political camp and the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, today Monday, December 25, held a special prayer session at his Kano residence. It was earlier reported that the Supreme Court led by a five-member panel of justices presided by Justice In...

