Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has commended Supreme Court Justices for standing on the part of truth and law to entrench justice in the country. Governor Yusufu gave the commendation on Saturday while addressing party supporters in Kano after about an unprecedented 8-hour peaceful return rally to the...
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The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has congratulated Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State on his victory at the Supreme Court on Friday, after losing at lower courts. Aniebonam, in his congratulatory statement on Saturday, said the Supreme Court’s ruling had restored Nigerians’...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) National Secretary, Dipo Olayoku, has described the Supreme Court judgment affirming the election of Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State as the restoration of hope for the people of the state. Olayoku in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Joint Action for Good Governance (JAGG) and a Chieftain of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have applauded the Supreme Court’s ruling reinstating Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano. The Supreme Court reinstated Yusuf’s election on Friday, after loosing at the lower courts. In separate interviews on Friday with the...
The Supreme Court upholds election of Abba Yusuf as duly elected governor of Kano State. The apex court set aside the verdicts of the Court of Appeal and election petitions tribunal, which nullified the victory of Yusuf in the March 18, 2023 governorship poll. The judgment was delivered...
Governors of Kano, Bauchi, Plateau, Zamfara and Ebonyi on Friday arrived the Supreme Court complex for judgment billed to be delivered in their respective legal battles. They are Abba Kabir Yusuf for Kano, Bala Mohammed for Bauchi, Caleb Mutfaang for Plateau and Dauda Lawal for Zamfara and Francis...
No fewer than seven children from Bauchi State have been reunited with their parents by Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police in Kano burst an inter-state child abduction and trafficking syndicate and arrested nine suspects after...
The All Progressives Congress (. as raised an alarm over over alleged plan by the Kano State Government to spend N8 billion local government councils’ funds without justification. Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, the state’s APC Chairman said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Abbas urged the local...
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) seeking to affirm its candidate, Abba Yusuf, as governor of Kano. Justice John Okoro who led the five-member panel of justices reserved the judgment after counsels involved in the matter...
The Kano State Government says it has blocked leakages that might led to the misuse of public funds by those in authority in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Gov. Abba Yusuf disclosing this at the commemoration of the 2023 International Anti-Corruption Day on Saturday...
Founder, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has appealed to forces within and outside the party to allow Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State to face governance in a peaceful atmosphere. Aniebonam, also the chairman, NNPP Board of Trustees, stated this on Tuesday in Lagos, following...
No fewer 200 private legal practitioners from the 19 Northern States have volunteered to assist Gov. Kabir Yusuf of Kano State to win his Gubernatorial election appeal case at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. They spoke under the banner of ‘Abba Kabir Yusuf Volunteer Lawyers Forum For The...
Kano State Government has uncovered a warehouse where food items meant for palliatives were being diverted in the state. The Press Secretary, Malam Bature Dawakin-Tofa, who made this known in a statement on Sunday in Kano, said the warehouse was at Sharada Industrial Estate Dawakin-Tofa said Gov. Abba...
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Tasiu Al’amin-Roba, a Senior Special Assistant (SSA), to Cabinet office and one Abdulkadir Muhammad for alleged diversion of the state’s palliatives. The Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Saturday inaugurated the payment of about N6 billion of the backlog of gratuities to pensioners in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yusuf stated this during the take-off of the payment to some categories of retirees at Coronation...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Friday, nullified the directive of Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State to review the state Attorney-General (A-G)’s legal advice on the alleged murder case earlier preferred against Rep Alhassan Doguwa (APC-Kano). Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, also awarded a N25...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday destroyed 15.7 tonnes of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances seized in Kano State. The NDLEA Chairman, Brig.-Gen. (rtd) Buba Marwa, said the drugs were seized by state Command and Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Special Area Command, between...
Supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have continued to protest the Appeal Court’s judgment that sacked Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State. But this time, it was the women supporters of the party who took their agitation to the police headquarters in Kano to...
Kano State Traders Association on Sunday dismissed rumours that it was planning to stage protests against the Appeal Court judgment that sacked Gov. Abba Yusuf. The Secretary of Kano State Traders Association, Usman Nagoda, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Kano. He...
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...