Umar Ganduje
5 Mar
Across the Northwest region of the country, last week’s Presidential and National Assembly elections served as a litmus test on how the electorate’s resolve to bring about leadership change could not always be discountenanced.
21 Feb
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has issued a strong warning to stakeholders in the pharmaceutical business engaged in sale of wholesale drugs in the open market in Sabon Gari area of the state to relocate to the newly commissioned Coordinated Pharmaceutical Warehouse Centre (CWC) otherwise known as the Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje Pharmaceutical…
30 Jan
The Presidency has not rescheduled today’s official visit by President Muhammadu Buhari to Kano, a reliable security source told The Guardian, yesterday.
22 Nov 2022
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has dismissed any threat by New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general election in Kano. Speaking on Channels TV "politics today" on Sunday, Ganduje who was confident of the overwhelming capacity and control…
4 Nov 2022
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Friday presented an aggregate sum of N245,31,516,94.08 as the proposed budget for 2023 fiscal year before the state house of assembly. Tagged budget of "Consolidated and Prosperity Two", Ganduje dedicated over N144billion representing 59 per cent for capital expenditure while over N100billion amounting 41 per cent for recurrent expenditure. In…
4 Aug 2022
Kano State government has assured the public that it will accomplish all legal proceedings on the conviction of Abdulmalik Tanko and Hashimu Isiyaku, killers of Hanifa Abubakar. Justice Usman Na'aba of Kano state high court recently found the prime suspect and his accomplice guilty of kidnapping the six-year-old pupil and sentenced both to death by…
4 May 2022
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Wednesday apologised for the prevailing acute water shortage and its attendance hardship on Kano residents. Ganduje apologised while addressing the Emir of Kano during the annual 'Hauwa Nassarawa' traditional homage at the government house He, however, assured the perennial challenge would be over soon. Ganduje blamed the scarcity on dilapidated…
19 Apr 2022
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Tuesday rejected the resignation of his Chief of Staff, Ali Haruna Makoda, and three other commissioners in his cabinet. Makoda, alongside the commissioners for Education, Sanusi Mohammad Kiru; Budget and Planning, Nura Daikadai and Health, Aminu Ibrahim Tsangaya who had tendered their resignation earlier to beat the ultimatum…
21 Mar 2022
Former media aide to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Salihu Tanko Yakasai has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Yakasai in a statement noted that he ceased to be a member of the party from 21 March, 2022. He joined the APC in February 2013. "I have therefore reached a point in my life…
17 Feb 2022
The Court of Appeal, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), division dismissed the judgment of a lower court which upheld the parallel congresses of All Progressives Congress (APC) conducted by the G-7 faction of the party led by senator Ibrahim Shekarau. By the ruling of the appeal court, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has finally retained the supremacy…
8 Feb 2022
The National reconciliation team of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has affirmed Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as leader of the party structure in Kano. In a letter released Monday night, signed by Abdullahi Y. Gashua, the Chief of staff to the National Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Committee of APC, Mai Mala Buni, Governor Ganduje is appointed…
5 Oct 2021
Wife of Kano state Governor, Dr. Hafsat Umar Ganduje has regained her freedom from the dragnet of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), a source told The Guardian. Dr. Hafsat Ganduje, who was compelled to report herself to EFCC headquarters in Abuja on Sunday, was quizzed for more than five hours for her alleged involvement…