The Court of Appeal on Wednesday, restated its order that sacked Abba Yusuf as governor of Kano State. The Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Mr Umar Bangari, made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja. The appellate court dismissed as a clerical error, a portion in...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that trending Court of Appeal Certified True Copy (CTC) judgment affirming the governorship election of Abba Yusuf of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the duly elected governor of Kano State is an error. The APC National Legal Adviser, Prof....
A certified copy of the Court of Appeal judgment on Kano State governorship election has affirmed the victory of Kabiru Yusuf as the duly elected governor of Kano state. The state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Haruna Isa-Dederi, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen on Tuesday in...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has said it plans to appeal the judgment of Court of Appeal which upturned the victory of Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State at the Supreme Court. Alhaji Abba Ali, the NNPP acting National Chairman, said this at a news conference...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Saturday announced his intention to appeal against Friday’s dismissal of his election by the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court. “I hereby inform the people of Kano State and well-meaning Nigerians that based on consensus of our stakeholders we have instructed...
A Lagos-based constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst, Mr Jide Ologun, has said the sack of Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State by the Appellate Court on Friday is in accordance with the constitution. Ologun, while reacting to the Appellate Court’s ruling, told the News Agency of Nigeria...
Founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has said the Appeal Court ruling sacking Gov. Abba Yusuf, the Kano state governor, came as a rude shock to the party. Aniebonam, while reacting to the Appellate Court’s ruling on Friday invalidating Yusuf’s victory at the...
The Founder of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, says the party will not lose its governorship seat in Kano State. Aniebonam made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Kano State Governorship Election Petitions...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked report on the purported withdrawal of the commission against the decision of governorship election in Kano state. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it will appeal against Wednesday’s judgment by the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal that upturned the election of its Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf. Acting Deputy National Chairman of the party, Prince Nwaeze Onu told a news conference on Thursday in Abuja...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has rejected the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that voided his election and declared his opponent the winner. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal on Wednesday declared Dr Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the...
The Kano State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday nullified the election of Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Delivering judgement, the three-man panel, led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay, held that the margin of votes scored by NNPP was invalid and was not...
A faction of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Tuesday expelled the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, and several other national officers over alleged anti-party activities. The National Publicity Secretary, Mr Agbo Major, and a host of other officials were affected by the sweep. Its...
By SUNDAY AYAMI, Abuja – Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has disclosed that he inherited an empty treasury when he assumed office as governor in May 29, 2023. The governor said, civil servants and pensioners were being owed several months of salaries as well as pensions. ...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthen the 11-year-old partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This is contained in a statement issued by the Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shuaibu, on Wednesday in Kano. Yusuf spoke through...
Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has closed his defence against the All Progressives Congress (APC), with the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdullahi Baffa-Bichi, as a sole witness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the petitioner, APC is challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
The Kano State Government has spent N1.5 billion on payment of National Examination Council (NECO) registration fees of 57,000 students of various secondary schools in the state. This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Ibrahim Shuaibu, the Press Secretary to the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Aminu Gwarzo, in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has mourned the death of late Sani Kanti Ranka, the Chairman of Bebeji Local Government Council. Late Ranka died on Friday night after a brief illness and has since been buried according to Islamic rite The governor in a...
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State says the first batch of foreign scholarship policy will commence academic activities in various universities by September. This is contained in a statement issued by his Acting Press Secretary, Mr Hisham Habib, in Kano on Saturday. Yusuf announced this at the Government House...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has approved the appointment of 14 personal aides. The governor’s approval was contained in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Bature Dawakin Tofa, on Thursday in Kano. According to the statement , Dr Sani Danjuma has been appointed...