The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has announced a new Emir for the Rano Emirate Council. On Tuesday evening via Twitter the state government said the governor appointed Kabiru Muhammad Inuwa as the new Emir of Rano Alhaji Kabiru Muhd Inuwa has emerged Inuwa before his appointment as the Emir was the former District head…
COVID-19: Danger Looms in Kano
Fear has gripped the residents of Kano, a state Governor Abdullahi Ganduje says is the most populated in Nigeria, after Lagos. As at Tuesday night the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed that Kano State’s COVID-19 cases had ballooned to 73 with additional 14 new cases. Kano recorded the first case on April 11.…
Wike Set to Battle Ganduje
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he is ready to meet his Kano State counterpart, Abdullahi Ganduje, in court over the mosque demolition saga in Port Harcourt. Ganduje had said he would sue Wike for allegedly demolishing the Rainbow Town Central Mosque in Trans-Amadi area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. But in a…
Kano Emirs’ Appointment: All Eyes on the Court
Two days after Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano State presented the staff of office to four new first class emirs he recently appointed, a Kano State High Court sitting in Ungogo Local Govt Area has reversed the appointment and the installation of the emirs. Justice Nasiru Saminu, the Presiding Judge, ordered a return to status…
Court Mediates between Ganduje and Emir of Kano
It was an indication of how delicate and emotional issues surrounding the Kano Emirship is for many that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje quietly presented the staff of office to the four First Class Emirs he newly appointed after signing into law a bill breaking the Kano emirate into five. No pomp, no pageantry and the festivities…
Kano Governorship: No Victory Dance Yet
After a controversial victory at the polls, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano faces tough battles ahead Kano, usually a hotbed of ethno-religious violence, has been calm in the last few years. But residents of kano are no longer sure whether things would stay the way they had been, no thanks to a governorship election that…
