The contest for royal supremacy between Muhammad Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero took an explicitly ethnic turn a few days ago when Hashim Dungurawa, the Kano State chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), said President Bola Ahmed … Read the rest
When I sat down to write my column this week, I was overwhelmed by the multitude of issues I wanted to address: the presidency’s pushback against New York Time’s factual reporting on the unprecedented economic crunch in Nigeria that was … Read the rest
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general elections, visited victims of Kano mosque arson.
Obi, who arrived Kano, on Sunday, went straight from the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist … Read the rest
As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan of 2024 begins, traders in Kano have continued to complain about poor patronage by customers.
Some of the traders who spoke to NAN on Sunday in Kano attributed the situation to the low … Read the rest
The Supreme Court has validated the victory of Abba Kabir Yusuf in the last Kano state governorship election.
Earlier today (Friday) a five-member panel of the apex court held that the tribunal and the court of appeal erred by sacking … Read the rest
The Kano State Police Command has arrested seven persons for participating in Wednesday’s protest following the reported contradiction in the judgment of the Court of Appeal sacking Governor Abba Yusuf.
As a result, the Concerned Yoruba Community in Kano expressed … Read the rest
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State.
The panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023 and declared Nasiru … Read the rest
The Appeal Court in Kano has suspended the judgment of a Federal High Court also in Kano, purportedly nullifying the primaries that produced the Labour Party (LP) candidates in Abia State.
The court presided over by Justice Mbaba further granted … Read the rest
The police and the Kano State Ministry of Justice, Department of Public Prosecution (DPP), have reportedly cleared Alhassan Ado Doguwa, House of Representatives majority leader, of murder charges.
The reports said there is no substantive evidence found from the police … Read the rest
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it is making efforts to arrest Abdulsalam Zaura, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Kano central senatorial district, over alleged $1.3 million fraud.
Council to EFCC, Ahmad Rogha, said this … Read the rest
