The Kano state government has broken it’s silence over the recent allegations against the state governor’s Director General on Protocol, Abdullahi Rogo, accused of diverting N6.5 billion by the federal anti-graft agencies. Following recent reports in the media calling on the state government to come clean on the matter and dismiss and prosecute the official involved, the Kano state government on Monday issued a statement through the office of the Director General, Media and Publicity, Sanusi Bature describing the matter as a blackmail. The statement also described the rigorous duties as well as financial functions of the office of the…
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The League of Civil Society Organizations in Kano has called on the state government to immediately suspend and prosecute officials implicated by the federal anti-graft agencies, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in recent weeks. In a statement signed by leaders of 19 CSOs including Comrade Bala Abdullahi of Wuro Development Concerns (WDCN), Yushau Sani Yankuzo of Center For Human Rights and Social Development (CEFSAN), Muhammad Bello of African Centre For Innovative Research and Development (Afri-CIRD) and Adeniyi Aremu of Civil Society Organization for Conflict Resolution (CS-CRIN), among others,…
By Abdussalam Musa Hassan, Kano The Nigeria Police Academy hosted a strategic security lecture series, featuring former Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, Dr. Ahmad Abdulrahman, as the guest lecturer. The event, held at the CBN Auditorium of the academy, brought together senior officers, directors, heads of departments, and cadets to discuss the challenges of policing in modern Nigeria. The lecture series, inspired by the vision of the 22nd Indigenous Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, provided a platform for AIG Dr. Ahmad to share his wealth of experience and expertise on the challenges facing the Nigeria Police…
By Auwalu Anwar “The only thing Kwankwasiyya has in common with NEPU and the PRP is mimicking wearing the red cap.” – An Anonymous Elder of Kwankwasiyya. From Radical Idealism to Commercial Politics In this month, seventy-five years ago, a momentous event unfolded in Sabongari, Kano: the founding of the Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU) by eight radical young patriots. On 8 August 1950, Abba Mai Kwaru, Bello Ijumu, Baballiya Manaja, Musa Kaula, Abdulkadir Danjaji, Garba Bida, Mudi Sipikin, and Magaji Dambatta convened at Ijumu’s house, No. 9, Ibadan Road, to inaugurate a movement that would challenge the oppressive foundations…
Professor Bashir Al-Bishak, a renowned African literary scholar, theorist and Egyptologist with the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, has joined the call on the Eurasian countries to return the African historical artefacts including Khemetian manuscripts stolen from Africa by Eurasia (Europe and Asia). He made the call in Copenhagen, Denmark, when he spoke as the Distinguished Speaker at the Professional Development Workshop (PDW) on Egyptological Methods for Management and Organization Scholars organized by the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM) at the recently concluded annual meeting of the global Academy of Management (AOM). Al-Bishak lamented the absence of ancient…
Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, the renown Nigerian businessman and philanthropist, has died at the age of 94. He died Saturday morning after a prolonged ailment. However, burial arrangements are yet to be announced as at the time of the announcement. His death was confirmed by his Principal Private Secretary, Mustapha Abdullahi Junaid saying he died in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he was receiving treatment. Dantata who was born on 19th May 1931, hails from the family of Alhassan Dantata, the renown Kano international businessman, is a renown business mogul in Nigeria. He had served as a commissioner for planning…
By Rabi’u Ahmadu Garkuwa, Kaduna The Coalition of Northern Security Watch, Youths Accountability and Transparency Advocate Network has come to the defense of Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police Ahmad Abdulrahman,how is currently serving as Chief Security Adviser to Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad. “AIG Abdulrahman has been subjected to baseless allegations by Abdullahi Ishaq Jibrin, a dismissed EFCC staff member and former Personal Assistant to AIG Abdulrahman. According to a statement by Alhassan Abdullahi President of the Coalition, AIG Abdulrahman has vast experience in security and governance, making him an asset to the Bauchi State Government and…
Dangote Foundation along with Bill Gates Foundations and the Community Re-orientation Women Network (CROWN), have facilitated the vaccination of 20,000 Children in 3 States . Similarly, they have linked about 50,000 pregnant women to Antenatal services in six states across the north. The Managing Director and Chief Executive officer, Dangote Foundation, Zouera Yousouffou told newsmen on Thursday that CROWN has galvanized over 5,000 Ambassadors to provide the women with key messages and identify children and women needing services including skills and start up skills. Zouera Yousouffou stated that the Group has already conducted a pilot outreach in 39 wards across…
By Adamu S Ladan Nairobi, Kenya – May 31, 2025 Diplomatic shuttles are ongoing at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) following contentious deliberations over the draft 2026 Strategic Plan. The debates, which came to a head during the Africa Group’s internal consultations at the ongoing UN-Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, have exposed deep ideological and geopolitical fractures over the future direction of the agency. The issue at stake is the proposed inclusion of expansive language on gender identity and human rights—provisions that some member states argue fall outside UN-Habitat’s traditional mandate of sustainable urban development, housing, and infrastructure. Nigeria’s…
The chairman of Rano local government area of Kano state, Muhammad Ya’u, has confirmed that the police actually tortured a youth, Abdullahi Musa, a mechanic to death, a situation that led to breach of peace in Rano town on Monday. The chairman, who addressed a press conference in Kano, Tuesday night, confirmed to newsmen that the young man died in the process of torture and was crying until he stopped crying and gave up the spirit. Confirming that normalcy has returned to Rano after the recent unrest also said that so many things have been said about the unrest in…