In a significant move, Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has assented to the Kano State Emirates Council Bill 2024, which was passed by the state assembly today, Tuesday, 16th July 2024. This approval allows for the establishment of three second-class emirates within the state. The governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, made the announcement…
A court sitting in Kano, Kano, has convicted 31 persons over the abuse of naira. The conviction, CONVERSEER gathered was secured by the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in an unprecedented display of regulatory enforcement. According to sources, the 31 individuals were involved in illegal currency trading and the…
The Kano State High Court No.7 has rescheduled the arraignment of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to 5th June 2024. Mr Ganduje is standing trial alongside his wife, Hafsat Umar, his son, Abdullahi Umar, and five others. The defendants in the case included Abubakar Bawuro, Jibrilla Muhammad,…
An All Progressives Congress (APC) influencer, Sadiq Jibrin Gadah (@sadiqsolar), has been arrested by the Police in Kano for allegedly killing his colleague, Bello Bukar Adamu, over a prolonged dispute involving N3 million. Gadah, known on social media for his acerbic vitriol against opposition political commentators online, reportedly killed Adamu for pestering him over N3…
Worried by the controversy surrounding the claims and counterclaims of outstanding payment of street sweepers allowance, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has directed immediate settlement of the casual workers. This was contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Mr Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa and made available to journalists in Kano Subsequently, Governor Yusuf directed…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has laid a N15 billion three-layer interchange bridge at Kofar Dan’agundi in the Kano metropolis as part of the vision to enhance traffic flow in the ancient city. The governor who visited the project site on Sunday in the company of some cabinet members, affirmed his administration’s eyesight to transform the…
Sufiyanu Yahaya and Mudassir Rabiu Idris have been arraigned before Justice Ibrahim Musa Karaye of the Kano State High Court on Monday, 25 March 2024, by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, on one-count separate charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of N20,500,000 (Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) only. While…
By Joe Udo A tragic road crash has claimed the lives of some Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) officers along the Abuja-Kano highway. CONVERSEER learned that the incident involving a bus occurred on Monday morning, November 13, 2023. According to Sen. Shehu Sani, the bus was conveying Immigration officers who just completed their training in Kano….
On Friday (13 Oct 2023), a mass wedding was conducted for 3,600 men and women by the Government of Kano State across the 44 local government areas of the state. CONVERSERR learned that the wedding Fatihah was held at the Aminu Bayero, the Emir of Kano’s palace. According to NAN, the recipients, who were primarily…
