Kano
Breaking: Supreme Court reverses sack of Kano Gov, Abba Yusuf
The Supreme Court has faulted the judgements of the Appeal Court and the Election Petitions which invalidated the election of Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf. The Tribunal had in September overturned the election victory of Yusuf by deducting 165, 663 votes from the total of 1,019,602 that the the Independent National Electoral Commission said he […]
JUST IN: Supreme Court may deliver judgment in Kano, Lagos cases Friday
The Supreme Court had scheduled hearing in 21 appeals in relation to disputes over the last governorship election for this week. The cases relating to Ebonyi, Plateau, Delta, Adamawa Abia, Ogun, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states are to be heard between Monday and Thursday. It was learnt that the court may render judgments in the already […]
Kano Radio GM suspended
Managing director of the Kano State Radio Corporation, Hashim Habib has been suspended. This was made known in a letter dated December 22, 2023 signed by the acting secretary to the state government, Abdullahi Musa, requesting the station’s deputy managing editor, Abubakar Adamu Rano to take over the affairs of the radio station with immediate […]
Supreme Court reserves judgment in Kano guber dispute
The Supreme Court on Thursday, reserved judgment in an appeal brought before it by Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano state challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja which sacked him from office. After hearing the submissions of counsel in the matter and the processes filed had been adopted, the five-member panel of the […]
Kano State Passes N437bn Budget For 2024
The Kano state house of assembly has approved the sum of N437.35bn for the 2024 budget. Recall that the governor of the state, Abba Kabir Yusuf, had presented a N350bn naira to the assembly on October 27, promising to block leakages and ensure transparency and accountability in government businesses. Speaker of the Assembly, Jubril Ismail […]
Just In: Kano government account frozen over “illegal” demolitions
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has granted a garnishee order freezing not fewer than 24 bank accounts belonging to the Kano State government, over N30 billion compensation to Incorporated Trustees of Masalachi Eid Shop Owners and Traders Association, for demolition of their shops in the state. Justice I. E. Ekwo granted the order […]