The Kano State Government has filed criminal charges against the immediate past governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, over alleged $413,000, N1.38bn bribery. The state said it had assembled 15 witnesses to testify against Ganduje. Joined as co-defendants in the charge sheet dated April 3, 2024, sighted by our correspondent on Thursday, were Ganduje’s wife Hafsat, and…
The Commander General of Kano State Hizbah, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, has resigned. The Commander announced this on his Instagram page, stating that he has tried his best to uphold the morality of Kano people including TikTokers but to no avail. He made the statement on Friday morning from Kaduna, where he was attending a…
Qatar has rejected a business and investment forum trip of President Bola Tinubu to the Arab country. The Embassy of the State of Qatar in Abuja stated this in a letter dated February 22 2024 and addressed to the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nigeria. The visit of the President to…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for the alleged missing N40 trillion federal allocations meant for local governments in the states and the FCT.” The suit followed the damning revelations by…
The Economic Community of West African States on Saturday lifted economic sanctions on Niger, Mali and Burkina-Faso with immediate effect. This followed hours-long deliberations by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at an extraordinary summit on the political, peace, and security situation in the region at the State House, Abuja. Announcing the…
Tinubu meets governors over rising hunger, inflation President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting all 36 state governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum at the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock Village, Abuja. READ ALSO: Access Holdings appoints Bolaji Agbede as acting GCEO The meeting began after the President arrived at the chamber…
Heads may roll as Kano gov begins cabinet evaluation Comissioners who failed to tick the boxes of the key performance index, set by Kano State Governor Abba Kabir, may be relieved of their jobs after the elapse of a six-month probation. This was disclosed on Tuesday during the state council meeting, a statement signed by…
INEC suspends violent marred rerun polls in Kano, Enugu, A/Ibom The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has suspended Saturday’s rerun election in some constituencies of Kano, Enugu and Akwa Ibom States, citing violence by political thugs. According to INEC, the process was suspended due todisruptions, irregularities and abduction of election officials the affected areas as…
The immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yayaha Bello, has dissociated himself from the campaign posters linking him to the position of the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress. A statement issued on Tuesday by the media office of the former governor blamed such a campaign on the “handiwork of some opposition leaders and…
Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso withdraw from ECOWAS The governments of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have withdrawn from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, citing threat from the regional body. In a joint statement read out on Niger’s national television, the three countries said it was a “sovereign decision” to leave the West…
