Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has declared Monday as a public holiday to honour the memory of the 22 Kano athletes and officials who died in a road accident while returning from the National Sports Festival. A statement issued in Kano on Sunday by the Governor’s spokesperson, Mr Sanusi …
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KANO State governor, Abba Yusuf, has reinstated Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Aliyu Abdulkadir Gaya, and approved the appointment of two other second-class Emirs for Rano and Karaye. In a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Tofa, Yusuf noted that emirs in the new emirates would serve as second class emirs …
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THE governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf has claimed that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and immediate-past Kano governor, Abdullahi Ganduje pressured President Bola Tinubu to influence the Supreme Court verdict of the Kano governorship election. Yusuf made the claim via a statement issued by the Director General, …
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THE Supreme Court has affirmed Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, as the duly elected Governor of Kano State. Yusuf’s victory in the 2023 Governorship Election was challenged by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its governorship candidate in Kano State, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna. …
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THE Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf has approved the appointment of additional 94 Senior Special Assistants. This is contained in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, in Kano on Tuesday. Only five women were among the 94 newly appointed aides announced by the Governor. They include …
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GOVERNOR of Kano State has sacked the Commissioner who threatened judges presiding over governorship elections petition tribunal in the state. In a video which has gone viral on social media, Commissioner of Land and Physical Planning, Adamu Kibiya, was heard asking the judges to choose between their lives and their …
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Kano Governor Abba Yusuf has placed his newly-inaugurated commissioners on a six-month probation period. The Governor stated this during the maiden State Executive Council meeting (SEC) he presided over at the Government House on Wednesday. Yusuf’s decision has attracted applause and criticism. During the SEC meeting, the Governor announced that, …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered Governor Abba Yusuf to stop demolishing structures and property. The government, upon assumption of duty on May 29, embarked on demolition of buildings approved by former Governor, Umar Ganduje, branding them as illegal structures. The demolition is causing disturbances in the …
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