Tag: Gov Abdullahi Ganduje

2023: Twenty-three persons slump at Tinubu’s one-million march rally in Kano

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No fewer than 23 persons were reported to have slumped among the crowd that generated gridlock during the one-million march rally for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Kano state.     The one-million-man march, which took place in Kano on Sunday, November 21, 2022, started from the Emir’s palace in the ancient city and reached its climax at the Government House cenotaph roundabout where Governor Abdullahi Ganduje received the support group.   It was led by Seyi Tinubu, the son of the presidential candidate…

Ganduje, Okorocha, Fashola, others to discuss Nigeria’s sustainability in Abuja

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Following the recent agitations for separation by some groups and individuals, the calls to discuss he sustainability of Nigeria as a united nation has became imperative, hence some Nigerian leaders will gather in Abuja to discuss its reality or myth. At the one-day conference, Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is billed to give a keynote address which thereafter be discussed by a five-man discussants which include; the former Governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, incubent Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Raji Fashola (SAN), Senator Peter Nwaboshi,…

NCC’ ICT PARKS : Gov Abdullahi Ganduje commends Danbatta

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The Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has been commended for the ongoing initiative in building Information and Communication Technology (ICT) parks across the six-geo political zones of the country.   The latest commendation came from the Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, when he visited the site of an ongoing construction of an ICT Park by the Commission for the North-Western zone located in Kano State, recently.   The governor acknowledged the efforts and commitment of the Danbatta-led NCC in ensuring increased digital access for…

Abdul Jabbar Kabara: MURIC hails Kano Govt over ban

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The government of Kano State has banned a controversial Islamic scholar, Shaykh Abdul Jabbar Kabara over his erratic and provocative sermons. His mosque in Gwale area in the heart of the city of Kano was also shut.   The government of Kano State also reportedly promised to arrange a debate between the Shaykh and other Islamic scholars.   “Meanwhile the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has hailed the government of Kano State for taking the action. MURIC, an Islamic human rights organization, commended the Kano State government in a statement issued…

COVID-19: Ganduje sets conditions for Eld fitr prayer in Kano

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COVID-19: Ganduje sets up conditions for observing Eld fitr prayer in Kan Kano state Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has hosted a meeting with Imams, Clerics in the state,said the meeting was aimed to rub minds on the Islamic jurisprudence governing any kind of worshipping during a trying time like this of Covid-19 pandemic. Part of the conditions enunciated to the juma’at Imams was that, Old aged and highly sick persons should not attend the eid ground, People should stay in their Towns to perform their eid prayer, No body would be…

JUST IN: Ganduje Fires Commissioner Over Comment on Abba Kyari

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Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has relieved the appointment of the commissioner of Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Mu’azu Magaji with immediate effect. According to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, the commissioner was removed following his unguarded utterances against the person of the late Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. He said as a public servant, the commissioner ought to have respected the office by refraining from any act capable of rendering it to disrepute. “The action of a public servant, personal…

Ganduje is a monster, but Sanusi not a victim, by Farooq A. Kperogi

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Governor Abdullahi “Gandollar” Ganduje is no doubt a contemptibly philistine monster of avarice and debauchery who dethroned Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano because he couldn’t stomach the former emir’s disapproval of the electoral fraud that brought him to power. There is also no doubt that Sanusi’s unrelenting public censures of the rotten, if time-honoured, cultural quiddities of the Muslim North discomfited many people who are invested in the status quo, and this became one of the convenient bases for his ouster. But Sanusi isn’t nearly the victim he…