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Kano Dissuade On Beer, Despite N40.6b Disbursement

Kano Dissuades On Beer, Despite N40.6b Disbursement

November 11, 2020 3:30 am

In the face of benefitting from proceeds of alcohol sale through the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), Kano State Government, for religious reasons, destroyed 1,975,000 bottles of beer worth over N200 million last weekend. The products were confiscated within Kano metropolis and destroyed publicly.

Read Also: Court Dismisses Sack Of Seven Councillors In Kano State

The value of destroyed alcoholic beverages represents 7.5 per cent of the State Government’s September Gross VAT allocation.

While Kano might have openly destroyed the products, many Northern states have penal codes prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in line with the Sharia law.

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Ganduje thanks President Buhari over power upgrade in Kano

Ganduje Thanks Buhari Over Power Upgrade In Kano

July 12, 2020 3:40 am

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has commended the Federal Government for the installation of a power sub-station at the Bichi Local Government Area of the state to boost power supply.

This is contained in a statement issued by the Director-General, Media and Public Relations to the Governor, Malam Ameen Yassar.‎

Ganduje gave the commendation while receiving the Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Alhaji Sule AbdulAziz, who visited him at Government House in Kano.‎‎

The governor said that the project would trigger a post-COVID-19 economic recovery in the state.‎

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Police rescue 126 workers held hostage for 3 months in Kano

Police Rescue 126 Workers Held Hostage For 3 Months In Kano

June 24, 2020 4:33 am

The Police Command in Kano State has rescued 126 workers allegedly forced to spend three months in a factory called ‘popular farm rice’ in Challawa industrial area.

It was gathered that the labourers were forced to work under hard condition despite the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown order.

It was also learnt the company promised to add only N5000 to their meagre pay for working day and night during the lockdown.

According to some of the workers, the firm managers threatened to sack them should they go home to see their families.

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Ganduje Approves Eid Prayers Amid lockdown

Ganduje Approves Eid Prayers Amid lockdown

May 19, 2020 8:04 am

Governor Umar Ganduje, of Kano State on Monday extended the lockdown imposed by the federal government on the State by another two weeks.

The state government also approved Friday Prayers to hold, as well as Eid Prayers at the end of Ramadan.

According to a statement by the Governor’s spokesman, Tanko Yakasai, the development was the outcome of a meeting the governor had with religious leaders.

Read Also: Ganduje In Closed Door Meeting With Clerics Over Lockdown

He noted that Ganduje “accepted and approved recommendations by a selection of 30 Islamic scholars in Kano for the Government to allow Friday …

Ohanaeze Almajiris With COVID-19 Being Sent To S'East - Ohanaeze

Almajiris With COVID-19 Being Sent To S’East – Ohanaeze

May 5, 2020 12:24 pm

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, Worldwide, OYC, has reacted to the interception of Kano State Almajiri children at Enugu State border by the State COVID-19 task force.

OYC described the move to bring in Almajiri children into Enugu as a collaborative rogue operations and nefarious activities of notorious Islamic extremists and Northern Elders.

According to the apex Igbo youth organization, it was a deliberate move to bring in Almajiris with index coronavirus cases to the South East with the evil intent to infect Igbos and make the region suffer what is being witnessed in Kano today.

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Emir Of Kano Reacts To Mysterious Deaths

Emir Of Kano Reacts To Mysterious Deaths

April 27, 2020 7:05 am

The new Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has revealed that mass deaths recorded in Kano State are not connected to Coronavirus outbreak.

Scores of people, including elites and prominent indigenes of the state, have died in Dala, Fagge, Tarauni, Nasarawa, Gwale and Kano Municipal within one week.

Among those already buried are academics, administrators, bankers, media practitioners and businessmen.

However, the new Emir of Kano in a statement personally signed maintained that the deaths were not COVID-19 related.

Read Also: Deaths: Have Mercy On Kano People – CUPP Begs Buhari

“We have been informed by the ministry that

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Nigerians React To Mysterious Deaths 600 Persons In Kano

Nigerians React To Mysterious Deaths 600 Persons In Kano

April 26, 2020 7:53 am

Nigerians have expressed concerns over the suspicious deaths of renowned persons and other 600 people in Kano State.

Reports on Saturday had it that several prominent residents dropped dead in the state within the last 24 hours.

DAILY POST reported that while some had Coronavirus symptoms, what killed others is still unknown.

There are speculations of meningitis but residents and government are yet to explain the real cause.

Recall that the National Coordinator, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu had in one of the PTF’s daily press briefings said that the Federal Government presently does not know

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Sanusi Paying Price For Calling Jonathan Corrupt - Eedris

Sanusi Paying Price For Calling Jonathan Corrupt – Eedris

March 10, 2020 3:48 am

Veteran singer, Eedris Abdulkareem has mocked Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi over his dethronemnet by the Kano state government.

Following Sanusi’s dethronement, the Kano state government immediately named one of the sons of late Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, Aminu Ado Bayero as the 15th Fulani Emir of the state.

Reacting to the development, Abdulkareem making reference to bribery allegations against Ganduje, described Sanusi’s situation as unfortunate and a proof of real corruption in Nigeria.

Read Also: Sanusi Whisked Off Kano State Amid Tight Security

He further stated that Sanusi was paying the price for championing the propaganda that Former President …

What You Need To Know About Kano’s New Emir, Bayero

What You Need To Know About Kano’s New Emir, Bayero

March 10, 2020 3:46 am

With the dethronement of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, by the Kano State Government on Monday, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero was announced as the new Emir of the ancient city.

Not many people know who Bayero is. The new Emir was born in 1961 and he is the 15th Emir of Kano from the Fulani Sullubawa clan.

Bayero is from Kano State and is the second son of Ado Bayero, the 13th Emir of Kano. the new monarch attended Kofar Kudu Primary School and preceded to Government Secondary School, Birnin Kudu. He studied Mass Communication from Bayero University, …

Residents Disown Petition Against Emir Sanusi

Residents Disown Petition Against Emir Sanusi

March 7, 2020 10:10 am
Residents of Ja’en community in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State where two petitions against Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II emanated from have disowned the State Assembly saying the petitions and the said petitioners never came from them.

The Ja’en community dissociated themselves from the alleged petition against the Emir. The petitions had accused Sanusi of violating the culture and tradition of Kano people.

Kano State House of Assembly had initiated a probe against Mr Sanusi over two petitions it said to have received from one Muhammad Mukhtar, a purported resident of Ja’en Yamma quarters and another group called Kano

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We’re Weighing Options Against Sanusi – Corruption Agency

February 25, 2020 5:01 am

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission says it is Weighing  options against Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi.

Justice O. A. Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Kano, last Friday, quashed the preliminary report of the commission which recommended the suspension of Sanusi pending investigations into alleged financial misappropriation of the emirate’s account.

Read Also: Emir Sanusi To Beggars: If You Must Beg, Beg Government

On Monday, a statement by the Commission Chairman, Mr Muhyi Magaji-Rimingado, confirmed that the body was in receipt of the ruling.

He recalled that Sanusi approached the Court to seek the nullification of

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Rice Production Hits All Time High In Kano – Ganduje

February 24, 2020 12:53 pm

Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has disclosed that his administration boosts local rice production to 3 million tonnes a year to meet the people’s demands on rice consumption.

Dr. Ganduje was speaking during the indigenous rice value-chain promotion programme organised by the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in partnership with R CONNECT, held at Africa House, Kano.

He attributed this progress to the Agricultural policies being introduced by his government, which he said had created significant impacts on farmers’ production capacity especially on local rice production.

” Today, I am proud to state that because of the

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