Tag: Deputy Senate President Jibrin Bara’u

Mass defection in Kano as Senator Barau receives 1,000 Kwankwasiyya members into APC

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Over 1,000 members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and the Kwankwasiyya Movement have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State.   The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, formally received the defectors who operated under the umbrella of Kwankwasiyya One Blood at an event held on Sunday at the Fine Time Events Centre, Kano metropolis.   According to a release signed by Ismail Mudashir, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Deputy President of the Senate, the defectors dramatically dumped their…

Deputy Senate President offers scholarship to 628 students in BUK

Emporium Reporters

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has offered scholarships to 628 students of the Bayero University Kano (BUK). The students, who were selected from Kano North Senatorial District, where the lawmaker is representing, were given N50,000 each. Flagging off the scheme at the School of Continuing Education, BUK, on Monday, the Chief of Staff to the Deputy President of the Senate, Professor Muhammad Ibn Abdullahi, said the scheme was conceived by the Deputy President of the Senate to support his constituents to pursue their studies in…

Deputy Senate President celebrates Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar@67

Emporium Reporters

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I.Jibrin, has felicitated the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar on the occasion of his 67th birthday. Senator Barau, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, described the Sultan of Sokoto as an untiring promoter of peace, unity and national cohesion. The 20th Sultan of Sokoto, was born on 24th August, 1956. He is the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and head of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI). The Deputy…