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  • Bribery video: Kano Assembly ‘not equipped’ to probe Ganduje – Sagay

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), says the Kano State House of Assembly is not equipped to investigate Governor Abdullahi Ganduje who was allegedly caught on camera collecting bribes from contractors. A video had gone viral on the Internet purportedly showing Ganduje collecting dollars as kickbacks from contractors, a development…

  • Kano Assembly summons Gov Ganduje over viral bribe video

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The investigative committee set up by the Kano State House of Assembly to investigate video clips showing Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje receiving bribe, has summoned the governor to appear before it on Friday. Daily Nigerian, an online newspaper, published the video clips. Mujtafah Adamu, the secretary of the seven-man ad-hoc Committee, disclosed this in an interview…

  • Ganduje reacts to Kano Assembly Speaker’s impeachment

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said on Monday that he had no knowledge of what happened at the state’s assembly. Ganduje who described the episode as an internal democracy said that, such development is good for any progressive democracy. The Governor made the assertion at the Kano State Government House when the new speaker,…

  • BREAKING: Kano Assembly impeaches Speaker

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    Femi Ajasa
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    Kano State House of Assembly’s Speaker, Abdullahi Attah, has been impeached. A new speaker, Alhassan Rurum, has since been elected and sworn in. Other principal officers of the house were also sacked with successors, elected and sworn in immediately. Attah was accused of incompetence and failure to protect legislators’ interest in May’s All Progressives Congress…

  • Police seal Kano Assembly over plots to impeach Speaker

    Police seal Kano Assembly over plots to impeach Speaker

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Officers from the Kano State Police Command on Monday sealed state assembly complex over attempts by the lawmakers to impeach the Speaker, Alhaji Abdullahi Yusuf. It was gathered that as at Sunday night, 21 lawmakers had duly signed in support of the speaker’s impeachment. “We have already impeached the principal officers by having 21 lawmakers…

  • Sanusi’s probe: Kano Assembly Speaker, Kabiru Rurum resigns

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    Olaotan Falade
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    The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Kabiru Rurum, has resigned. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Rurum’s resignation is coming after he was alleged to have collected N100m bribe to suspend the probe of Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, an allegation he blatantly denied few weeks ago. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Sanusi was accused…