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28 Jul 2023
Former National Vice Chairman (North West) of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has insisted that moves to instal former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, as National Chairman of the party is in clear breach of the party’s constitution. Lukman also argued that there are moral issues regarding the appointment of Ganduje as the…
26 Jul 2023
Hearing on the enforcement of fundamental human right, instituted by immediate past governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, against the state’s Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Agency opened yesterday with fresh revelations.
19 Jul 2023
Former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, has faulted stories that his administration collected N10 billion loan for the installation of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in the state’s metropolitan area. Ganduje, through his media aide, Muhammad Garba, described the report credited to a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) as figment of his adversaries’ imagination. He…
14 Jul 2023
Kano State government has described the free education policy of immediate past administration of Abdullahi Ganduje as monumental failure. Ganduje’s administration declared free and compulsory education in basic and secondary education in the state, as part of measures to reduce out-of-school children.
12 Jul 2023
A coalition of non-profit organisations, Good Governance and Change Initiative (GGCI), yesterday, demanded immediate resignation or sack of Kano State Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado for alleged partisanship and ineptitude.
8 Jul 2023
A group, Coalition for Good Governance and Change Initiative (CGGCI), has petitioned the governments of the United States of America, the European Union, China, and others over the recent demolition embarked upon by the Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf-led government in Kano state. The Coalition, in a petition signed by its national coordinator, Okpokwu Ogenyi, demanded…
6 Jul 2023
A forensic analysis has confirmed the authenticity of the viral video that allegedly shows former Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje receiving bundles of dollar notes as a bribe. In a two-minute viral video in 2017, Ganduje was allegedly seen pocketing large wads of American dollars in what is said to be bribe payments from…
5 Jul 2023
A coalition of Northern civil society groups on the platform of Good Governance and Advocacy Group (GGAG) has warned against what it termed as a premeditated attempt by the government of Kano state to ridicule the immediate past governor of the state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The coalition revealed that there is a sinister move by…
5 Jul 2023
Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has vowed to establish the truth in the dollar scandal involving former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
4 Jul 2023
The Kano Commissioner of Education, Umar Haruna Doguwa, has set up a five-man committee for the planned reopening of the boarding schools that were closed. Doguwa in a statement by his spokesperson, Aliyu Yusuf explained that it became necessary considering the importance of boarding schools in Kano state's education system. The Commissioner stated that the…
27 Jun 2023
Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has directed the immediate suspension of salaries of 10,000 workers pending the conclusion of investigation. The affected civil servants were employed by the immediate past administration. Besides, Governor Yusuf ordered demotion of all local government workers converted to state civil service during the tenure of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The…
26 Jun 2023
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Kano early Monday morning to express their displeasure with the government over the demolition exercise being carried out across the state. The protesters gathered in large numbers and called on the Kano State government to reconsider its plan to go ahead with the demolition of properties. New…

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