Day: May 25, 2024

Kano Mosque Fire: Deputy Senate President visits Gezawa, pledges to build modern mosque

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The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, on Saturday, visited Gadan village of Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State to commiserate with the people of the community over the penultimate Wednesday fire incident in a mosque. Penultimate Wednesday, one Shafiu Abubakar Gadan allegedly set the mosque ablaze while worshippers were performing the Subhi prayers. More than 10 worshipers lost their lives, while others sustained various degrees of injuries. Senator Barau and members of his entourage, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and…

Kano Traders Association asks Gov Yusuf to obey court order against deposition of emirs

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The Kano Traders Association has urged Governor Abba Yusuf to comply with the Federal High Court’s order restraining the Kano State Government from repealing the Kano Emirate Council Law 2019. The association, in a statement by its leader, Usman Auwal Nagode, emphasized the importance of respecting the rule of law and urged all arms of government to work together in harmony to ensure peace, stability, and progress in the state. The traders commended the judiciary and security agencies for upholding the rule of law and ensuring peace returns to the…

Democracy, governance and credible elections (2) By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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Let’s come to the issues of recruitment and selection. All over the world, leadership is what changes history. Think of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, aka, Vladimir Lenin, and come to terms with the fact that followership are just extras in a movie! Or, was it ‘the people’ or a determined leadership comprising few people like Awolowo, who made the deserved changes during the Action Group days? Was it ‘the people’ who built Ghana’s Volta Dam as a testimony of tenacity and human…