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  • Shekarau back in Court over N900m money laundering charges

    Shekarau back in Court over N900m money laundering charges

    The Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday adjourned the case of alleged money laundering against former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau.
    Shekarau was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside former external affairs minister Aminu Wali and one Mansur Ahmad on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N950 million.
    When the case came up for hearing, the Judge, Justice Lewis Allagoa, who was just assumed duty at the Court, adjourned the trial till Nov. 19, 20, and 21, 2018.
    The judge replaced Justice Zainab Bage who was transferred.
    Counsel to the EFCC, Mr Johnson Ojogbane, had earlier told the court that the defendants, between March 26 and 27, 2015, conspired among themselves and received the said amount without going through financial institutions.
    He said that the money was issued to the defendants by the Peoples Democratic Party and former petroleum minister Diezani Allison-Madueke.
    The prosecutor said that the offences contravened sections 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (prohibition) Act 2011 as amended and punishable under section 16 (2)(b) of the same Act and Section 15(1) of money laundering Act.
    The trio had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
    Before the adjournment, the defense counsel, Mr Jibrin Okutekpa (SAN) prayed that the court to extend the bail granted to his clients by the former judge in line with Section 163 of the Criminal Justice Act 2015.
    The judge acceded to the request to extend the bail before adjourning to Nov. 19, 201 and 21 for continuation of the trial.
    Recall that Bage had granted the defendants bail in the sum of N100 million each with two reliable sureties in like sum.
     

  • Buhari specialist hospital commences full operations in Kano [Photos]

    Buhari specialist hospital commences full operations in Kano [Photos]

    The Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital at Giginyu in Kano state has been said to commence full operations.
    TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Salihu Tanko Yakasai, Special Adviser Media, Government House, Kano, made this known on Friday.
    “This is to inform the general public that Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital Giginyu & Sheikh Khalifa Isiaka Rabiu Pediatric Hospital Zoo Road have commenced 100% operations this week.
    “Patients can now be attended to in both hospitals and receive full services,” read a tweet by the media aide that was endorsed by Bashir Admad, Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media.
    See photos shared by Salihu Tanko Yakasai:




     

  • Ganduje clinches APC Kano governorship ticket with 2.7m votes

    Ganduje clinches APC Kano governorship ticket with 2.7m votes

    The Kano state governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has clinched the All Progressive Congress (APC) 2019 governorship ticket with 2,740,847 votes at the just concluded primaries in the state.
    The Chief Returning Officer for the election, Dr Pius Odubu announced the result of the election at the state party secretariat in Kano on Monday.
    He said: “after collating all the results in the just concluded gubernatorial primary election conducted by the All Progressives Congress (APC), the total votes secured by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje is 2,740,847.”
    The system of direct primaries was employed in electing the sole candidate.
    In his remarks, Ganduje expressed satisfaction with the result and commended the peaceful conduct of party members during the exercise.
    “Our dear electorate have faith in what we are doing in our effort to strengthen democracy and sustain the development projects, programmes and policies.”
    The exercise was generally considered to be peaceful in all the 484 wards of the 44 local governments in the state.
     

  • Eid-El-Kabir: Emir Sanusi leads Eid prayer, preaches peace, love

    The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II on Tuesday called on Nigerians to continue to live in peace with one another so as to foster peace, love and unity in the country.

    The Emir made the call while addressing the people of the state shortly after he led the Eid prayer at the Kofar Mata Central Eid ground in Kano metropolis.

    He stressed the need for all Nigerians irrespective of their political and religious inclination to promote peaceful co-existence to ensure economic growth and development in the country.

    The monarch also called on wealthy individuals to support the less-privileged in the society to alleviate their sufferings.

    He said there was need for the people of the state to continue to pray for peace and progress of the state in particular and the country at large as the 2019 general elections draw nearer.

    While praying for bumper harvest in the state and the country, the monarch charged unemployed youths to engage in useful and meaningful ventures to enable them become self-reliant and contribute to the development of the country.

    He charged the people of the state to ensure that they obtain voter cards to enable them exercise their civic responsibility during the forthcoming general elections.

    The monarch also urged Muslims to fear God in all their activities as according to him each and everyone of them must give account of his deeds in the hereafter.

    The Eid prayer was attended by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, Senators Kabiru Gaya, Barau Jibrin, Commissioners, some members of House of Representatives and members of the Emirate Council, among others.

    Also in attendance were members of the state Assembly and traditional rulers from across the 44 Local Government Areas of the state

    Security was tight during the prayer as armed policemen and other security personnel were deployed to various Eid ground and other strategic places in the city.

     

  • Birth registrations: Borno dusts Kano, Lagos, others

    Borno is leading other states of the federation in the number of birth registrations conducted nationwide in the last five years, the National Population Commission (NPoPC) says.

    Mr Emmanuel Mark, Head of Department, Vital Registration Department, National Population Commission (NPoPC) in Borno, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday.

    He was speaking at the sideline of a Media Dialogue on Birth Registration in Kano, convened by the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) in support of the Child Right Information Bureau, Federal Ministry information, Culture and Tourism.

    The meeting had in attendance over 40 participants to tackle limitations hindering birth registration in the country.

    Borno is ahead of others in the chart of birth registration in Nigeria with 83 per cent under-one registration, and 20 per cent under-five registration within the period.

    Mark noted that the organisation in realising its dream, through the support of the UNICEF which engaged its staff with the business of registering children within the local government areas of the state.

    According to him, other organisations also give their support to Borno in ensuring that children were registered at birth.

    “Apart from UNICEF, there are other organisations like the UNHCR and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that supported us in the birth registration processes.

    “What we also did to earn the glory was to assign our registrars not to only register at designated centres but also register in private hospitals and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.

    “So we have to take advantage of the IDP camps across the state and register the children,” he said.

    Mark explained that traditional rulers and Religious Organisations were not involved in this registration but added that in the subsequent process they would be involved.

    He insisted that if the traditional and religious institutions were brought in earlier, the birth registration in the country within the five years would have skyrocketed.

    Mark, therefore, called on parents and stakeholders to ensure that new born babies were registered as this was the only way to show the true picture of a child’s identity and as well be included in the population of the country.

    The National Demographic Health Survey (DHS) revealed that Borno tops the birth registration rate with 172,878 boys and 190,438 girls totaling 363,316 within the period.

    The state tops Lagos, Ibadan Kano, FCT and Oyo states, which have more population with an aggregate of 83 per cent and 20 per cent registration under one and five years respectively.

    Kano came second on the chart with the registration of 172,925 boys and 166,023 girls totaling 338,948.

    Also, Lagos state registered 117,586 boys and 113,998 girls totaling 231,584 while Oyo State registered 86,615 boys and 86,522 girls which gave a total figure of 173,137 registration.

    The state with the lowest birth registration is Bayelsa with 7,567 boys and 7,309 girls registration with total figure of 14,876 which translated to an aggregate of 15 per cent and three per cent under one and five years registration respectively.

    Birth registration is the continuous, permanent, compulsory and universal recording of the occurrence and characteristics of birth.

    However, birth registration is free, which means that children aged between 0 and 17 can be registered free at any healthcare facility centre across the country.

     

  • Auto crash claims 2, injures 4 others in Kano State

    Two people died on Tuesday evening while four others sustained injuries when two vehicles collided on Kano-Gwarzo road, an official of Kano State Fire Service said on Wednesday.

    Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, spokesman of the fire service told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano that the accident occurred at about 05:35pm.

    “We received a distress call from one Malam Wada Alhassan at about 05:35pm that there was an accident on Gwarzo Road.

    “On receiving the information, we quickly dispatched our personnel and vehicle to the scene of the incident at about 05:41pm to rescue the victims,” Mohammed said.

    He said two vehicles, a Truck, with registration number XF 375 FG and a Golf car with registration number KZR 421 ZT, from opposite direction, had collided.

    Mohammed attributed the accident, which involved six persons, to speed limit violation which led to loss of control by the drivers.

    He said the fire personnel took the victims to the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano where the doctor on duty confirmed two dead while the remaining four victims were receiving treatment.

    He appealed to motorists to obey traffic regulations so as to stay alive and minimise accidents on the road.

     

  • Committee reveals Globacom owing Kano govt. N47 million

    The Kano State House of Assembly ad-hoc Committee on Outstanding Taxes and Liabilties by GSM Service Providers, said that Globacom Ltd. owed the state government N47 million tax.

    The Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Bello Butu-Butu disclosed this while presenting the ad-hoc committee’s report before the House on Tuesday in Kano.

    Butu-Butu said that during the investigation, the committee discovered that the service provider had not paid their tax for three years.

    He said that the N1 million earlier published by some newspapers was not the correct amount owed by the company.

    The chairman explained that after failure by the service provider to pay the pending tax and levies, it was charged to pay additional amount of N15 million as fine.

    “During our investigation, we realised that the number of mast mounted by globacom across the state is 145 not 175 as earlier stated by the State Government,“he said.

    He said that both Globacom and the Kano Internal Revenue Services (KIRS) have agreed with the committee’s findings.

    The legislator said that in spite of the globacom agreement with the finding, the committee had written to the state government to slash the pending tax to an affordable amount.

    The report was adopted and the members urged the government to take more drastic action against tax defaulters in future.

    They also called on the State Government to direct all revenue offices to be more proactive in carrying out their duties.

     

  • Kano Govt. to construct underpass with N4 billion

    Kano state government has confirmed the construction works on the underpass at Dangi Roundabout by Zoo road will cost a total of N4 billion.

    Special Assistant, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, to Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on New Media made this known today in Kano.

    According to the Governor’s aide, the construction of the N4 billion underpass at the Dangi Roundabout by Zoo road will commence next week on Monday 2nd April.

    “Motorists are advised to use alternative routes in order to control the inflow of traffic,” he said in a statement.

    In a recent development, the Kano state government donated N13.5m to 41 Nigeria Nationwide Football League One clubs in the state.

    A statement signed by the Director General, Media and Communications, Government House, Ameen K. Yassar, said Seven Division One clubs were given N500 thousand each, 15 Division two clubs got N350 thousand each, while 19 Division three clubs went home with N250 thousand each.

    Presenting the donation at the Government House in Kano, the state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said the gesture was part of the government’s determination to motivate the clubs to strive for excellence in national and international competitions.

    “I am happy that your clubs are doing well and as a government, we should encourage you to do better. We share your passion for the game and we will do our best to create the enabling environment for you to do better.

    “Not too long ago, we donated money and a variety of football kits to 1,206 football clubs in the state as part of our commitment to the development of sports,” he said.

    He noted that football was not just a game but a major instrument of promoting peaceful co-existence, bridging cultural gaps and a critical factor in international relations.

    The governor, therefore charged football clubs in Kano to sustain their zeal, assuring that his administration would not relent in supporting them to win accolades for the state.

    In his remarks, the Special Adviser to the governor on Sports, Kabiru Baita, told the clubs that with the support of the state government, the sky was their limit in terms of football.