Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Kano state, has confirmed his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).On Tuesday, Sule Ya’u Sule, spokesman of the former governor, had said discussions were at a conclusive stage on the return of his principal to the All Progressives Congress (APC).He left the APC in 2014.Sule said the move was triggered by the dissolution of [...]
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Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, has accepted the resignation of Hafiz Abubakar, his former deputy.In the acceptance letter dated August 6, Ganduje said he had appealed to the members of the state house of assembly to drop plans to impeach Abubakar.The ex-deputy resigned on Saturday after he was said to have been tip off on the impeachment plot.An ally [...]
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, says three million children are out of school in his state alone, stating the need to curb Africa's population explosion.Speaking at Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, UK, on Thursday, the governor said population explosion in Africa is a reality and education is not matching up with population growth."One important factor that divides [...]
Governor Yahaya Bello does not need to jump into the fire, yet. The Kogi State governor who had, in fact, sprained an ankle in what might have been a practice match for the big leap, was saved the trouble after President Muhammadu Buhari finally gave the hint that he would run for a second term in office. The governor had said [...]
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, says President Muhammadu Buhari will be sued if he does not seek re-election in 2019.Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday, Ganduje said all the governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) want Buhari to continue in office.The governor explained that there is nothing wrong in the president seeking a "constitutional [...]
One week after 22 governors stormed Kano, several political bigwigs converged on Oyo state for the second part of the wedding of Idris Ajimobi and Fatima Ganduje.Fatima is the daughter of Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano state governor, while Idris is the son of Abiola Ajimobi, his Oyo state counterpart.Yemi Osinbajo, Vice-President; Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congres (APC); Aisha [...]
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, says the state will give President Muhammadu Buhari five million votes if he contests the 2019 election.Speaking at the swearing-in of 44 new local government council chairmen and 484 councillors on Monday night, Ganduje said the victory recorded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the local government polls shows that the "party is Kano"."The [...]
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, has called on herdsmen across the country to relocate to Kano.Speaking during the monitoring of the state’s vaccination of over one million cattle and other animals at Kadawa Artificial Insemination Centre in the Garum Malam local government area of Kano, Ganduje said had vast grazing land to accommodate herdsmen and their cattle.The governor said [...]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, held a meeting with Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, and Muhammadu Sanusi, the emir of Kano, on Saturday.Osinbajo visited Kano to attend the wedding of Hafizu Ibrahim, one of his aides.The vice-president arrived the Mallam Aminu Kano international airport around 11:30 am amid fanfare.From there, he proceeded to Umar Ibn Kattab mosque, along Zaria Road, where the [...]
The Kano state police command has asked Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former governor of the state, to suspend his visit to Kano.Rabiu Yusuf, commissioner of police in the state, who gave the warning on Friday morning, said failure to comply with it might attract "stiffer implication".Kwankwaso and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) under the leadership of Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, [...]
Supporters of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano state, on Sunday clashed with those of Abdullahi Ganduje, the incumbent governor.Six persons were injured in the incident which took place at a wedding fatiha in Kano.The clash is coming a week after a commissioner in the state called on residents to attack Kwankwaso.In a video that trended online, Abdullahi Abbas, [...]
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano state have vowed to sue President Muhammadu Buhari if he does not seek reelection.Speaking at a meeting which took place at the Kano government house on Thursday, Abdullahi Abbas, the state chairman, and members of the executive committee of the party in Kano, promised to procure the nomination forms for Buhari.They [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari, who is currently on a working visit to Kano state, says Nigeria is his problem.Buhari said this at a dinner which the state government organised in his honour on Wednesday.He promised to remain focused in order to restore the “lost glory” of the country.Buhari said his administration would continue to accord priority attention to education so as to [...]
Kashim Shettima, governor of Borno state; Abdullahi Ganduje, his Kano counterpart; and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, briefed President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja before he left for the US.Imam Imam, spokesman of Tambuwal, commented about the meeting on his Facebook page but did not go into details.However, a source told TheCable that the meeting centered on national issues, including [...]
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), has endorsed Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, for a second term.Tinubu said this while condoling with Ganduje over the demise of Maitama Sule.The APC national leader said Ganduje is a straight forward and a dependable individual.He said Ganduje is an individual that would not break his promise.“We are with him [...]
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, says all residents in his state, inclusive of the Igbo, are indigenes.Speaking with journalists at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, Ganduje said Kano would be an example of national integration.The governor said in the bid to achieve this, the state government has abolished the terms "indigenes" and "settlers" as [...]
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