Security men had to resort to the use of teargas to disperse rampaging Kano Pillars fans on Sunday at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna.
This was after their team defeated Niger Tornadoes 4-3 on penalty kicks after a goalless draw during regulation time of the men’s competition final match of the 2019 Aiteo Cup.
But there were many after-effects, with dignitaries present for the match having to take cover as the effect of the teargas created a state of pandemonium.
Those affected include the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and the deputy governors of Niger (Muhammed Ketso), Kano State (Nasiru Gawuna) and Nasarawa State (Emmanuel Akabe).
There were many other dignitaries affected by the teargas, as well as an unidentified player who was driven away in an ambulance and several fans who passed out.
The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development, Olusade Adesola, even had the windscreen of one of his official cars damaged during the melee.
NAN reports that it had all started immediately after the match had ended and Kano Pillars fans broke the barricade to enter the pitch in an attempt to celebrate with their players.
In the attempt to stop them and prevent them from disrupting the trophies’ presentation ceremony, the fans clashed with the security men.
But inappropriate crowd control measures, which included manhandling and the use of sticks by members of the local security group, saw the Kano Pillars fans fighting back.
The fans regrouped, with the assistance of many of their colleagues who could not gain entry into the stadium for the match earlier, to attack the security men.
They went on the rampage, destroying billboards, pitch panels, posters and all other objects within sight.
The use of teargas however put them under control, as they were chased out by the teargas and a reinforcement of the security personnel.
However, thousands of spectators who had turned out in their large numbers left the stadium in tears.
Presentation of medals and trophies later took place in a stadium that was by now near-empty after calm had returned to the venue.
It was a sharp contrast to the massive crowd which turned out for the game.
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PANDEMONIUM: Police teargas Ganduje, three deputy governors in Kaduna
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Ganduje releases N2bn tuition fees for foreign students
Kano State Government has settled over N2 billion outstanding fees of its students in El-Razi University in Sudan,
The debt was incurred by the administration of ex-governor Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje made the disclosure when he received the Chairman Board of Trustees of the University, Prof. Ibrahim Ghandour on Tuesday in Kano.
“My government inherited students from the previous administration with a lot of money to be paid.
“And through good mediation between the University and Kano State, we were able to settle this amount so that our students will complete their studies,” he stated.
Ganduje who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Nasiru Gawuna disclosed that his administration had paid almost 80% of all the fees of its students in India, Egypg and Cyprus, which were also inherited from the previous administration.
The governor added that the administration recently paid over N300 million to Cyprus University to enable students sponsored by the state to complete their programmes.
He berated individuals politicizing the issue of education in the state, saying such attitude would not in any way benefit the state or the country.
“What it entails is not the issue of politicizing any aspect of education, whoever has to be a critic, has to be positive in his criticisms as nobody is perfect. Now that we are patient enough, we have paid the money,” he added.
While appreciating the cordial relationship between Sudan and Nigeria, Ganduje assured the management of El-Razi University that Kano state students would continue to be found worthy in learning and character.
On the Doctorate Degree awarded to him by the University, the governor said the honour was to all the people of Kano state.
Earlier, Ghandour said they were in Kano to express their appreciation over the mutual relationship that exists between the two over the years.
” We are purposely here to present the University request to offer His Excellency a Doctorate Degree.
“El-Razi University is now 23 years old, graduated batches from Medicine, Pharmacy, but this is the best Doctorate Degree offered to any personality either nationally personality ” he explained.
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PDP tenders 241 exhibits against Ganduje at tribunal
Abba Kabir-Yusuf, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 23 Governorship election in Kano State, on Monday, tendered 241 exhibits before the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
Kabir-Yusuf and his party, the PDP, are challenging the declaration of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the election.
Named as respondents in the petition are Ganduje, APC and INEC.
The petitioners’ Counsel, Mr Adeboyega Owomolo, SAN, who tendered the exhibits before the tribunal, said his team hoped to bring additional exhibits to prove their case.
Owomolo told the court that amongn the exhibits were certified true copies of results sheets from polling units contained in form EC8As, EC8Bs from Albasu, Bebeji, Bichi, Danbatta, Garun Malam, Gwarzo, Karaye, Kura, Madobi, Nasarawa, Rano, Rogo, Sumaila, Tudun Wada and Warawa Local Government Areas of the state among others.
Counsel to the respondents, Mr Offiong Offiong, and Ahmad Raji, both SANs, had opposed tendering of the exhibits.
Offiong told the court that the petitioners had brought to court bags and not certified copies of the election results.
“The petitioners did not make the documents available for us to see, they only brought out bags , I am only concerned with the content, ” he said.
However, the Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Halima Shamaki, dismissed the objection and accepted the documents as exhibits and adjourned sitting to July 23, for the continuation of hearing.
NAN reports that no fewer than 785 witnesses are expected to appear before the election tribunal to testify for both the APC and PDP on the conduct of the March 2019 governorship election in the state. -
Ganduje constitutes committee to remodel Almajiri System of Education
Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has constituted a powerful Technical Committee that would review and reposition the Almajiri system of education with a view to pull them out from the street.
The Technical Committee is billed to fashion out ways of integrating the Almajiri system into the mainstream curriculum-based education system that complies with international best practice as manifested in Muslim countries across the globe.
Ganduje noted that the new initiative will checkmate the menace of street begging among Almajiris because more measures would be put in place to bring forth the dignity and resourcefulness of pupils for the overall development of the state.
According to him, “with the recent pronouncement of free and compulsory primary and secondary schools education, this new development would, among other things, integrate Qur’anic schools with mainstream government-controlled schools where English, Mathematics, Hygiene education, among others would form part of the curriculum for the identified Almajiri schools.”
Ganduje constituted the Committee at his office, Government House, Kano, and in attendance as part of the Committee members were some notable Qur’anic scholars like Gwani Yahuza Gwani Saleh Dan Zarga, immediate past Executive Chairman of Kano State Qur’anic and Islamiyyah Schools Management Board among others.
Other members of the committee come from the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Ministry of Education, traditional institutions, Qur’anic teachers of great repute both nationally and internationally, and other critical stakeholders.
Dr Muhammad Tahar Adam is the chairman of the Committee, who assured the governor of their dedication and commitment to the confidence repose in them, assuring that ” We will do our best to deliver in accordance with Islam. Both in practice and application.”
Part of the work of the committee is to go and have deeper discussions with Alarammomi (Qur’anic teachers who have with them pupils under their tutelage for Qur’anic education) and see how to come up with a more proper and acceptable way, as obtained in other Muslim nations on Qur’anic education.
Ganduje said, “they will sit with such Alarammomi and see how we can introduce Western type of education into their curriculum in order to produce children with all types of education to prepare them for good living here on earth and hereafter. They too, need to go with modern time and get all the opportunities other children are getting.”
He disclosed that, according to government statistics, there were many Alarammomi that were not even from Kano, but they bring along with them hundreds of children from other parts of the country, to Kano and settle for Almajiri schools.
“This does not mean we will not help the life of such Almajiri. That is part of the cosmopolitan nature of our dear state. Since they are in Kano, we just have to educate them also. And they must be incorporated into our free and compulsory education initiative. The committee I am constituting today will come up with the modalities for embarking on this great project.
“We have statistics with us that many out of school children as given by different surveys, are not from Kano. They come from other states of the federation. Some are brought in from other neighbouring countries, like Niger Republic, Chad and some from Cameroon.”
He also disclosed that the newly constituted committee would, among other things, set up machinery for organising a Workshop that would bring together Qur’anic scholars, experts in Islamic education system.
Ganduje said he would organize workshops for conventional educationists, traditional rulers, community leaders and other critical stakeholders, to discuss ways, modalities and other technical approaches on how to have a successful take-off of this new initiative.
The workshop is proposed for September when schools will be open for another session.
While appreciating that government does not have enough teachers to sufficiently cater for this new emerging trend, he assured that there would be more and continuous recruitment of teachers.
“Government will also make other provisions for having voluntary teachers that will go a long way in bridging any gaps in the teaching aspect.
“For the learning and teaching materials we are going to redouble or even triple our efforts towards bridging any gaps also in this area. We are not taking anything for granted. All avenues to make this programme a success would be explored,” he added. -
Ganduje inaugurates RUGA committee, invites herders to come settle in Kano
Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Thursday constituted a 16-man committee for the establishment of RUGA and Milk Markets in the state.
He said the project will be carried out in collaboration with Islamic Development Bank.
Inaugurating the Committee at Government House, Ganduje said Kano RUGA settlements will accommodate not only Kano herders, but cattle breeders across the country as well as neighbouring West African countries, pointing out that, “this is a very important Committee, considering the fact that RUGA has become a contemporary issue. We are all aware of the security and social conflicts it is creating across the country.
“We have three types of herdsmen—those rearing their cattle around their houses who do not pose a problem because they don’t move around. We also have herders who are Nigerians from the northern part of the country, but will move across to the Middle-Belt and the southern part of the country during dry season in search of water for their cattle; they come back to their base in the North after a while.“Then, going by ECOWAS protocol, we also have herdsmen who travel from neighbouring countries of Chad and Cameroon to the northern part of the country, from where they also move to the South in search of grazing land for their cattle. So, this is where the issue lies.”
Ganduje, who said the RUGA settlements would be designed in such a way that it will expand the economic base of the state, added that infrastructures such as schools, hospitals, livestock clinic, houses, markets and other relevant infrastructures and social amenities that would make life comfortable for them will also be provided in the RUGA settlements.
According to him, the Committee will also look at the possibility of creating Milk Market for the teeming wives of Fulani herders who face difficulties selling their milk, because of lack of storage facilities, adding that already some private investors have indicated interest to partner with the state government on the establishment of the market.
He further stated that terms of reference of the Committee include, “to identify areas/locations for the establishment of milk (Nono) market; identify areas suitable for establishment of RUGA for the resettlement and improvement of nomadic cattle breeders; production of master plan of RUGA settlement.
“To determine the type of social services and infrastructure to be provided at the RUGA settlement such as veterinary hospitals, market stalls, bore hole; and identify any other issue incidental to the assignment.”
The Committee, which includes representatives of all security agencies, is billed to submit its recommendations within three weeks from the date of inauguration.
Speaking on behalf of the Committee, its chairman, Dr. Jibrilla Mahmoud who is also the Managing-Director of Kano State Investment and Property Company (KSIP), thanked Ganduje for the confidence reposed on members of the Committee and promised to complete their assignment in good time. -
Kano guber: Tribunal orders Ganduje, Abba to appear in court
The chairman of Kano Governorship Election Tribunal Justice Halima Shamaki on Tuesday told Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, (APC) and Abba Kabiru Yusuf, (PDP) to desist from sending their representative before the court, to witness the ongoing state governorship election proceedings.
The judge on two sittings declined to recognize the representatives sent by the duo to witness the court process.
At the last court session, chairman, All Progressive Congress, (APC) Kano state chapter, Abdullahi Abbas informed the court that he is in court to represent Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
In the same vein, a former aide to Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Yunusa Dangwoni announced his appearance on behalf of PDP Governorship candidate, Abba Kabiru Yusuf.
The tribunal judge noted that the duo of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and Abba Kabiru Yusuf are not allowed to appear before the court by proxy.
Justice Shamaki said “ they can not be represented, if they want to come they should come, I said it and I expect counsel to guide them properly.”
Delivering the tribunal pre-trial report Justice Shamaki urged counsels to the parties involved in the matter, to be ready to work within the set out time frame, Shamaki cautioned lawyers appearing before her to be weary of time, stressing that election proceedings are time-bound.
She disclosed that star witnesses would be accorded 20 minutes to testify, while other witnesses would be accorded 10 minutes to testify.
According to her, 253 PDP witnesses will all testify within the period of 14, disclosing that, INEC, Ganduje and All Progressive Congress, APC would be allotted 10 days each to present their witnesses.
She further reiterated her commitment to respect of time by saying “ I am like a moving train, I cannot be stopped, I do not allow waste of time, I said it.”
“I will not entertain request for adjournment from any junior lawyer, all of you in your team have more than one SAN, we must move fast, because of time .”She cautioned. -
90% of people kidnapped in Kano rescued – Ganduje
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje says his state is the most peaceful in the federation.
According to him, “90 percent of the people kidnapped in Kano were rescued. Cattle rustling has become history in the state drastically and armed robbery has reduced drastically.”
Ganduje spoke weekend while receiving a delegation Rano Emirate who visited him to appreciate his support for the majority leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Alhassan Doguwa.
The governor disclosed that the army had pledged to convert the Falgore forest to a military training ground.
He said: “When I lodged my complaint about Falgore forest to President Muhammadu Buhari, he directed me to meet with Chief of Army Staff, General Yusuf Buratai, who, in turn, promised to convert the forest into a military training ground.” -
Kano guber: Ganduje lines up 500 witnesses to testify at tribunal
Over 500 witnesses are to appear before Kano state Governorship Election tribunal presided by Justice Halima Shamnaki in defense of the March 2019 governorship elections won by Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The counsel to Ganduje, the second respondent, Barrister Offiong Offiong(SAN), on Saturday at a pre hearing session informed the tribunal that 203 witnesses have been enlisted to testify before the tribunal in support of the governor.
According to him, the witnesses have undergone all the pre requisite requirements laid down by the law that permits the witness to testify before the court.
Counsel to APC Barrister Christopher Osiomole also averred that the ruling party would equally align 300 witnesses to testify in justifying the victory recorded by the candidate of the party in the governorship polls.
The first respondent, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC through its counsel, Barrister Ahmed Raji(SAN) notified the court that the electoral umpire would drag 29 witnesses before the tribunal to give testimony on the conduct of the Kano governorship elections.
Counsel to the petitioners , Barrister Adegboyega Awomolo(SAN) disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has enlisted 203 witnesses, who are expected to testify against the victory been claimed by Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, APC.
Awomolo prayed the tribunal to struck out the contempt charges filed on form 048 and 049 against INEC.
He told the court that INEC has availed the petitioners with almost all the documents needed for inspection, remainder only two documents are yet to be released to the petitioner by INEC, the tribunal heard.
Responding, Counsel to INEC, Ahmed Raji requested that the documents released by the commission to the petitioner should be inspected at the court premises, noting the court complex is a neutral ground
Delivering her ruling, chairman of the tribunal , Justice Halima Shamaki struck out the contempt charges filed against INEC.
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Again court orders Ganduje, Emir Sanusi to maintain status quo
A High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday, again ordered Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi ll to maintain status quo in respect of the interim order issued against the governor on May 10.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on May 10, the court through the ex-parte application by the applicant, Rabiu Gwarzo restrained Ganduje and all other respondents in the case from appointing or recognising any purported emir under the Kano state Emirs Appointment And Disposition Amendment Law 2019, pending the hearing of motion on notice.
In his ruling, Justice Nasiru Saminu, ordered that all the parties in the suit should still maintain status quo pending the hearing of motion on notice.
Saminu adjourned the matter until July 15 for hearing.
Earlier, the Counsel to Ganduje, the former Attorney-General of Kano State, Mr Ibrahim Mukhtar, urged the court to vacate the order since it was issued over 20-days-ago and has expired.
“An exparte order has seven days life spam under, Section 39 sub section III and Section IV grants the court power to extend the life seven days life spam of the exparte.
The Counsel to the applicant, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, objected to the oral application to vacate the order, by informing the court that the application should be accompanied with a written address.
“On preliminary urge the court to allow the motion to keep it cause ,it is not ripe for hearing”
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Alleged misappropriation: Court restrains Ganduje, others from taking action against Emir Sanusi
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday granted an order restraining Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and the State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission from acting on the preliminary report on alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion by the Kano Emirate Council.
The order followed a suit filed on June 7, by Muhammad Mannir-Sanusi, Dan Buran Kano, seeking an order to restrain Ganduje, the Commission and the state Attorney General or their agents from acting on the preliminary report of the investigation.
Justice Obiara A. Egwuatu, issued the restraining order and directed that the respondents be served through a publication in the Daily Trust newspaper and the Attorney General of the state.
He adjourned the case to June 28, for hearing of the motion on notice.
The anti corruption commission had on June 14, forwarded the preliminary report of the investigation in which it indicated the Kano Emirate Council, to the Secretary to the State Government for appropriate action by the state government.