Kano South Senatorial District lost two commissioners in the state Executive Council following the replacement of the five commissioners sacked by Governor Abba Yusuf on Monday. The governor submitted the names of six commissioner-nominees to the state House of Assembly for confirmation. The governor reshuffled the cabinet on Thursday, firing Abdullahi Baffa, the secretary to … Read more
On Thursday, Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf sacked the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Baffa, and five commissioners in a cabinet reshuffle that observers described as long overdue. The changes followed allegations of corruption and favouritism in the administration. Announcing the development, the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, said the governor scrapped the office of … Read more
The Kano Central senator, Rufai Hanga, said the appointment of Yusuf Ata as Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development will threaten his re-election to the Senate. Mr Hanga, a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), said the minister-designate, who is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), may oppose his … Read more
The special adviser on Investment to Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has resigned from his appointment and joined the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Sani Dambo also resigned from the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) alongside Rabiu Durun, another NNPP chieftain, who joined the APC on Monday. The politicians were received … Read more
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has arrested the headmaster of Gaidar Makada Special Primary School in the Kumbotso Local Government Area. The headmaster, whose name was withheld, was accused of unlawfully auctioning government assets. PCACC’s spokesperson, Kabir Abba, said the arrest followed a complaint that the headmaster was selling the school’s … Read more
The tussle for the Kano emirship raged on last week as the two men fighting over the stool, Aminu Bayero and Lamido Sanusi, made public appearances outside their palaces for the first time since the crisis began. The reinstated emir, Mr Sanusi, attended the state government’s distribution of fertilisers to small-holder farmers at the Government … Read more
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, has vowed that judges involved in issuing conflicting court orders on the same subject matters would face sanctions. “We have already activated the process of reining in such errant judges with a view to making them face the consequence of their despicable and odious conduct,” the CJN … Read more
The Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhuyi Magaji, who was suspended by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), on Friday, has appealed against the ruling.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Danladi Umar, had on Thursday in Abuja, ordered Mr Magaji’s suspension following … Read more
No fewer than seven children from Bauchi State have been reunited with their parents by Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police in Kano State busted an inter-state child abduction and trafficking syndicate and arrested nine suspects after months of tracking across seven states. … Read more
