Teeming supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) booed the Emir of Kano Aminu Ado Bayero, at the Sani Abacha Stadium, the venue of the inauguration ceremony for the new governor. Immediately, the first-class monarch arrived at the venue, angry crowd started shouting at the top of their voices….
The Governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has disclosed that he directed for a review of scholarship allowances for indigenous students studying in tertiary institutions across the country. The governor made the disclosure to increase student scholarship allowances on Saturday while delivering an address during this year’s International Youths…
Kano state Executive Council approves for the establishment of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Computer-Based Testing Centres (CBTCs) in the five Emirates Councils as zonal offices and 44 local government areas in the state. The commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammadu Garba states this while addressing newsmen on the outcome…
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has approved the appointment of Abdurrazak Datti Salihi ACTI, ACA, MBA, as the new Executive Chairman of Kano Internal Revenue Service (KIRS), commending the outgoing Acting Executive Chairman Bala Muhammad Inuwa for a job well done. According to the statement made available by…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for the Edo governorship election, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, as a barefaced treasury looter, who has no moral rectitude to speak on corruption. The PDP in a statement released on Monday 6th July…
Kano state government has reported that COVID-19 samples collection in the state has surpassed the benchmark given by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), as cases in the states keeping dropping. In a statement released on Friday 3rd July 2020, by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of…
Governor Ganduje of Kano State has on Thursday due to the drastic drop of COVID-19 pandemic threats in the state and other progress in the response against the dreaded pandemic, the efforts of all the frontline workers and other stakeholders, has directed for the removal of lockdown, the opening of…
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has assured that the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Graft Agency would go on with the process of probing the former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, because the effort to stop the probe was quashed by a competent court of law. “When we…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 276 new cases of the novel coronavirus across some states of the federation, taking total figure so far in the country to 8344. According to the report published on the official social media handle of the specialist centre, the 276 new…
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has ordered the release of 293 inmates across the Custodial Centers in the state. The order to release the inmates, follows the directives given by the Federal Government for the decongestion of Custodial Centers nation-wide due to the global COVID-19. The decongestion is done to…
Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano State, understanding major reasons behind agitations by COVID-19 patients across Isolation Centres in the country, has proposed better strategy to help put that outcry to rest, as he launched a female-only Isolation centre in Kano State. According to the statement released by the Kano State…
Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has released N285 million to the Kano COVID-19 Fund Raising Committee to be used for palliatives. This, he said will enable it to complete distribution of Kano COVID-19 palliatives to over 300, 000 households targeted in the state. The chairman of the Committee, Muhammad Yahuza…
Impressed by the response of the Kano state governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, in the fight against COVID-19 in the state, the Envoy of the Minister of Health on COVID-19 to Kano State, who was also the pioneer Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Prof. Abdussalam Nasidi, said,…
The Kano state government has announced the extension of the COVID-19 lockdown imposed by one week, to help further combat the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the state. In a statement signed by the Kano state commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba on Monday 11th May 2020, said…
Kano state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje will on Monday perform the official flag-off of the free distribution of one million face masks and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) as part of efforts aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the state. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad…
The Kano State Governor, Governor Ganduje has approved the appointment of Alhaji Kabiru Inuwa as the new Emir of Rano Emirate. This comes a few days after the death of the former Emir,Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila Auta Bawo. The Kano State Governor in a statement released on Tuesday 5th May…
Kano State Governor, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has declared total war against Coronavirus in the state, as he confirmed that the state has concluded plans to engage in house-to-house testing of residents. This move for house-to-house testing was inspired by high-profile donations made by two sons of the soil, Alhaji…
President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with Kano State Government and Council of Chiefs over passing of Emir of Rano, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila Auta Bawo. President Buhari in a statement released by Garba Shehu who is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, said: “The President joins the…
Kano State Commissioner for Information, Mohammed Garba has accused a Ex-NHIS boss, Prof Usman Yusuf of playing politics with Coronavirus by his allegation that Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was planting the disease across the North. He accused the professor of trying to dent the image of the governor and…
The newly constituted Kano state lockdown mobile courts established to enforce compliance during the state’s stay at home order have revealed that 135 violators have been so far been convicted as of Wednesday 29th April. This was disclosed by the Kano State Judiciary, Public Relations Officer, Baba Jibo during a…