The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has inaugurated two Judicial Commissions of Inquiry (JCI) on cases of misappropriation of public property, political violence and missing persons between 2015 to 2023, the period during which the current National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje served as Governor of the state. Inaugurating members of the JCI on Thursday, Governor Yusuf vowed to bring anyone found wanting to book adding that it was part of his inaugural pledge to unravel and prosecute those behind cases of political violence recorded in the state before and during the past election.…
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It was an emotional event as tears broke out among the members of College of Arts and Remedial Studies, CAS, Kano, IJMB Class 2002 during the disbursement of cash support to orphans of their deceased colleagues on Thursday. The forum decided to support the families of their 14 deceased members in this holy month of Ramadan to put a smile on their faces during Sallah festivities. However, during the disbursement session, as the orphans were called upon to collect their shares, the situation went emotional as nearly everybody present, including the orphans and widows bursted into tears at the historic…
The Chairman of Kano Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Commission (PCACC), Muhyi Magaji Rimingado has been suspended by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The anti-graft agency boss was arraigned in Abuja on Thursday over alleged breach of the code of conduct for public officers, conflict of interest, abuse of office, false asset declaration, bribery and accepting gifts, among others. The Tribunal granted the Complainant’s application directing the defendant to step aside as the Chairman of PCACC over the allegation of contravening the provisions of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act CAP C15 LFN 2004 pending the hearing and…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved the increase of electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. This was announced on Wednesday by the NERC’s Vice Chairman, Musliu Oseni, at a news conference in Abuja. He said the increase will see the customers pay N225 kilowatt per hour from the current N66, which is about 300 percent increase. However, this increase only affects customers under Band A who enjoy 20 hours of electricity supply daily. Oseni explained that these customers represent about 15 percent of the 12 million electricity consumers across the country. He further stated that…
The Kano state Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has issued warning to the Committee of palliative distribution in the state to desist from any act of sabotage, promising to deal decisively, as provided by the law, with anyone caught diverting the palliative. The Governor issued the warning while flagging off the forth faze of the distribution in the state on Wednesday. “I will like to use this opportunity to call both the Local Government Palliative Distribution Compliance Committee, to adhere strictly to the guidelines stipulated for the distribution exercise, in a transparent manner and with the view that the food items…
Responding to a statement issued by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) seeking the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to retract a flier it sent out and apologize to Christians, the FIRS says as a responsible corporate entity, it would never denigrate Jesus Christ. It would be recalled that FIRS had posted a flier on its social media platforms and got it circulated during Easter with the headline: “Jesus paid your debts, not your taxes”, a post that triggered rage from the apex Christian body in the country CAN. In a reaction last night, FIRS said the message was “our…
Aliko Dangote remains the riches man in Africa and the richest black man in the world. He is worth $13.4 billion this year. The Dangote Group of Companies remains the largest employer of labour in the private sector in Nigeria. This information is released by Forbes this week reporting that the Dangote net worth had risen to $13.4 billion. Other Nigerians listed in the report include Mike Adenuga who is worth a whooping $6.7 billion and Abdussamad Rabiu worth $5.2 billion followed by Femi Otedola that is worth $1.4 billion, all in 2024 despite the global economic downturn. The Forbes…
The Shari’a Police in Kano, called Kano State Hizbah has on Tuesday confirmed arresting seven women accused of stealing fabrics and other textile materials at the popular textile market Kantin Kwari in Kano. The Commandant of the Hisbah Board, Kano Municipal Area Command, said the arrests were made following the apprehension of a constabulary police officer, who was conniving with the thieves to perpetrate the crime. Commenting on the development, Chairman of the Kantin Kwari Market, Hamisu Sa’adu Dogon Nama said the suspects have been terrorizing the market for a while especially due to the congestion. He commended the Hisbah…
Kano State House of Assembly has cleared Mustapha Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, son of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, as commissioner and member of the state executive council despite criticisms by opposition in the state. Among those also cleared is Adamu Aliyu Kibiya, former Commissioner for Land that was sacked in September, 2023 for issuing death threat to Judges of Kano Election Petition Tribunal. for threatening lives of Tribunal Judges. Others include, Abdujjabbar Umar Garko and Shehu Sule Aliyu Karaye. Mustapha is the eldest son of Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in…
A renown Kaduna Cleric based in Zaria, Sheikh Sherif Awwal Zaria, has blasted former Kaduna State Governor Nasiru Elrufai accusing him of mistreating and inflicting sorrow in the lives of various individuals. In a video clip that has gone viral on social media, showing him delivering religious sermon, the cleric also condemned Elrufai for looking down on the holy Quran when he alleged that Elrufai declared that not even reciting the Chapter of Yasin of the holy Quran to seek God’s intervention against him will affect him and boasted that he would even pay for the sacrifice to be done…