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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…
Ganduje
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…
Hafsat Gnaduje
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…
21 Jul 2021
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Tuesday granted executive pardon to 136 inmates on civil incarceration at Kano central Correctional Centre. While executing the gesture within his prerogative of mercy, Ganduje cautioned the inmates while regaining their freedom, to avoid all the acts of iniquities that may return them to the correctional center. Speaking to the…
30 Jun 2021
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje narrowly escaped death as deadly bandits unleashed an attack on his convoy on their way back from Zamfara state. A security source, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that three security personnel attached to the governor's convoy sustained varying degrees of injuries. Ganduje had joined other governors of the ruling…
17 Jun 2021
The internal crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano took a fresh dimension on Thursday as the purported suspension of a member representing Kano Municipal Federal constituency, Sha'aban Ibrahim Sharada divided party loyalists at his Sharada ward. Sha'aban, a former special assistant to President Muhammad Buhari on broadcast media and chairman, House…
27 Jan 2021
Kano State Government and Joint Negotiation Council (JNC) have reached an agreement to suspend the deduction of civil servants salaries and pensions in the state. The agreement could neutralise the threat of an industrial action and litigation already instituted against the government. The joint labour unions had warned the Kano State Government to stop further…
19 Jan 2021
Again, Kano state government has directed all civil servants to stay at home till further notice as confirm cases of COVID-19 rise in the state. The government also imposed fresh ban on the activities of viewing and ordered immediate shut down of all event centres across the state as part of preventive measures to curtail…
21 Dec 2020
The chairman, Kano state Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (KPCACC), Muhuyi Magaji Rimi-Gado has revealed how the dogged fight against corruption and other civil matters has inflicted hard hatred on him from political appointees in Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje's administration. The anti-graft boss, who disclosed this while speaking with journalists at the weekend, explained that…

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