This followed the recent expiration and subsequent dissolution of the previous Kano Pillars Football Club management board.

The governor stated this in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sunusi Tofa, on Sunday.

The new board members will serve for an interim period of one year, with the potential for renewal, based on the team’s performance in the upcoming seasons.

The new board has Ali Umar (Nayara Mai Samba), as the Chairman, and Salisu Kosawa as an Honorary member.

Others who will serve as members include Yusuf Danladi (Andy Cole), Nasiru Bello, Muhammad Ibrahim (Hassan West), Muhammad Usman, and Muhammad Gwarzo.

Also, Mustapha Dankura, Ahmad Musbahu, Rabiu Abdullahi and Usman Naisa, while Abubakar Yamalash and Ismail Tangalash are to serve as Media Director and Deputy Media Director respectively.

The governor expressed confidence that these individuals will deploy their wealth of knowledge and experiences that will be instrumental in managing and overseeing the affairs of Kano Pillars FC.

The new board is expected to work closely with the state Ministry of Youth and Sports alongside other relevant stakeholders in the sports industry to promote Kano Pillars FC.

Also, the governor approved the appointment of Nigerian Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa, as the Kano State Sports Ambassador.

The Director of Information of the National Judicial Council, Soji Oye, confirmed the invitation to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.

Also, the Nigerian Bar Association demanded an investigation into the conflicting court orders on the Kano emirate throne tussle between the reinstated emir, Muhammadu Sanusi, and Ado Bayero, who was deposed by the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, last week.

The NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, called on the respective heads of the courts to investigate the judges’ conduct and report their findings to the NJC for necessary actions.

Worried by the tension created by the judicial rulings, the Kano State Government has banned protests and public gatherings related to the emirate tussle.

In the aftermath of the removal of Bayero and the four emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye,  four contrary rulings had been handed down by three judges.

On the day of Sanusi’s reappointment, Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano, restrained the Kano State Government from implementing the new emirate law.

Governor Yusuf, however, rejected the court order, arguing that the judge who issued it was in the United States at the time.

On Monday,  Justice Amina Aliyu of the Kano State High Court issued an order restraining Bayero from parading himself as the Emir of Kano pending the determination of a suit instituted by the Attorney General of Kano State, Speaker House of Assembly and Kano State House of Assembly.

The judge also restrained the four other dethroned emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as emirs pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed by the applicants.

The judge gave the order after hearing an ex-parte application dated May 27, 2004, filed by Ibrahim Wangida, the counsel to the applicants.

Twenty-four hours later, Justice S. Amobeda of the Federal High Court and Justice Aliyu issued two contradictory orders on the same Kano emirate tussle.

Amobeda ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Hussain Gumel, to ensure that all rights and privileges of an Emir were given Bayero.

Furthermore, he ordered the eviction of the reinstated emir, Sanusi II, from the Gidan Rumfa palace.

Aliyu on the other hand restrained the police, the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Army from evicting Sanusi from the palace.

The judge barred the respondents from “attempting to hijack” the symbols of authority meant for the Emir of Kano pending the determination of the suit.

The judge gave the interim order in a case filed by Sanusi and four Kano kingmakers.

The respondents include the Kano CP, the IG, the director of DSS, the Chief of Defence Staff, and Bayero.

The Director of Information of the NJC, Soji Oye,  on Wednesday in Abuja confirmed the invitation of the chief judges

Giving details of the invitation, a senior official, who spoke in confidence because he was not authorised to disclose the matter to the media, said, “It’s not going to be an immediate thing. It will take some time because there is a process to it. The Chief Justice cannot act or carry out disciplinary action on the judges alone. The council will set up a committee to investigate the judges. If found guilty, the committee will devise sanctions to be meted out to them.’

The notice of withdrawal of the suit submitted before Federal High Court Kano was contained in a letter signed by the Kano Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi, dated 4th July 2023, and addressed to Sanusi Musa, SAN.

It read, ”We write to notify you that Kano State Government and the Attorney General of Kano State wish to debrief you of the earlier instructions, given to you to handle the case NO: FHC/ KN/71/2023 between Attorney General of Kano State and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

“You and your team members are therefore instructed not to take any further steps on the matter, either by appearing in court or filing any processes in respect of the case” the Kano Attorney General concluded.

Recall that the Kano state government under the former governor through the Ministry of Justice had issued a fiat instrument to restrain EFCC from investigating the controversial dollar video.

The pioneer first lady died aged 93.

Her daughter, Zainab Bako, confirmed the death to newsmen on Wednesday. She disclosed that the nonagenarian died at Prime Specialist Hospital in Kano after a protracted illness.

It was learnt that her funeral rites would be held at the Emir’s Palace, Kofar Kudu, Kano.

Her late husband was appointed Military governor of the old Kano State from May 1967 to July 1975.

During his tenure, Kano State witnessed massive socio-economic development, which successive governors of the state have been and still building upon.

The commissioner noted that between 2014 to date, the state government had increased the health sector budgetary allocation from a paltry six percent to 17 percent.

He said this was despite the current economic challenges confronting the state.

Tsanyawa said the state had developed the second State Health Sector Strategic plan for 2023 to complete a cancer centre, four Emirate Hospitals, and an ICT centre in the ministry.

The Commissioner disclosed this to journalists during the State’s Annual Operational Planning (AOP) for Health Sector, held at Hotel Seventeen in Kaduna on Saturday.

Tsanyawa noted that with an evidence-based plan, the state might allocate more to healthcare in the 2023 budget to address outbreaks of emerging diseases like monkeypox.

He said, “In 2014, before the coming of this administration, the health sector has only 6% allocation in the state budget. However, with continuous evidence-based AOP development and the political will of the His Excellency, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje OFR, allocation to the health sector in the state budget rose to 15% in 2019 (achieved Abuja Declaration) and sustained in 2020. Despite the current economic challenges, Kano state has achieved above 15% allocation to the health sector in 2021 (16%) and 2022 (17%).

We are hoping that the state will allocate even more resources to the health sector in 2023 to address emerging challenges like health security and various disease outbreaks such as COVID-19, monkeypox, etc.”

On the planned cancer center, the commissioner said, “The key priority areas for 2023 AOP includes completion of cancer centre and four emirates Hospitals, establishment of ICT centre in the Ministry, strengthening
service delivery and quality of care in secondary and primary health facilities, implementation of phase one MSP and increased enrolment of the vulnerable and informal sector by KSCHMA.

“Others include improved efficiency in the implementation of BHCPF, strengthening regulation and integration of private health sector, improved accreditation of courses and migration of certification to OND-HND in health training institutions.”

The presiding judge fixed the date for judgment today June 14 after the adoption of final written addresses by parties.

Late Hanifa was abducted on December 4, 2021, on her way home from Islamiyya School and subsequently discovered to have been killed. After much investigation, Tanko was arrested and he confessed to kidnapping and killing the victim with N100 rat poison before burying her in a shallow grave in one of his schools but he recanted later, admitting only to kidnapping her.

The trio of Abdulmalik alongside his accomplice, Hashim Isyaku and Fatima Jibril Musa, were arraigned before the Kano State High court on five count charges bordering on criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, confinement, and culpable homicide contrary to sections 97, 274, 277, 221 of the penal code.

At the resumed hearing of the case today, the prosecution led by Lamido Abba Soron Dinki, urged the court to consider the totality of the evidence tendered before it to find the defendants guilty of the charges leveled against them and sentence them to death.

“We urge the court to pass death sentence on all the defendants because the punishment of those sections under which they are all charged carried the same punishment of death penalty” he prayed

Bala, who is the president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, went viral in 2020 following his arrest in Kaduna for blasphemy against Allah (SWT) and Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and had been in a correctional facility for about two years.

Bala pleaded guilty to committing blasphemy, saying that his Facebook posts were not meant to cause violence but he would take caution henceforth not to repeat it.

The court reminded him of his right to religion but warned that where his right stopped, that of others started, and added that there were many people with Bala’s ideology but they did go about insulting other people’s religion.

He was charged with an 18-count charge and sentenced by Justice Faruk Lawan to 24 years imprisonment.

The Minister said ”the strides achieved in that sector made the Government in the Niger Republic dispatch a delegation to Kano on a study tour of its skills acquisition programmes for youths.

Moctar made the remark on Tuesday when he paid a visit to Governor Ganduje at the Kano Government House.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor of Kano State, Hassan Musa Fagge, said the Minister added that the youths empowerment initiative of the Kano State Government is worthy of emulation because of its impact on the lives of Kano people.

Responding, Ganduje, represented by his Deputy, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, said realising that the youths are the backbone of development informed the decision of the State Government to give them priority in its programmes.

“Empowering the youths is very essential to us because it prevents them from idleness, drug abuse and committing crimes,” he said.

While assuring the delegation from the Niger Republic of continued support and cooperation, the Governor, however, described their visit to the youth development facilities in the State as proof of the existing ties between Niger and Nigeria, particularly with Kano State.

The new Emir was appointed following the death of his father, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulkadir, in 2021.

Gaya was among the four newly created emirates by the Ganduje administration. Other newly created emirates were Rano, Bichi and Karaye, in addition to the existing Kano emirate council.

Speaking after presenting the staff of office to the Emir, Ganduje said the state government appreciated the contributions, rendered by traditional institutions in promoting peace and stability in the state.

He urged the Emir and other emirs in the state to continue to assist the government in providing security of lives and property.

The governor urged the Emir to remain a father to all his subjects, without discrimination and to accord priority attention to education and agriculture in his emirate.

In his acceptance speech, the new Emir promised to be just and fair to all people in the emirate. The traditional ruler commended Gov. Ganduje and President Muhammad Buhari for their efforts in providing meaningful projects in the country. His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad II, commended the gathering, saying: “We are grateful to Allah for giving us this chance to be here. We are happy that we are here to congratulate one of our own,’ he stated.

The event was graced by the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero the Emir of Bichi , Alhaji Nasiru Bayero, and other royal fathers from within and outside the state and other top government officials

The $563 million funds would be spent on developing rural roads, transport infrastructure, water, sanitation, and agricultural productivity in Nigeria, The Cable reports.

AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, stating that Kano would get $110 million out of the earmarked amount.

He said, “We are spending $110 million in Kano for our programme on special agricultural industrial processing zone. We are, in all, have about $563 million that will be dedicated to that project in various states of Nigeria. With this $110million that will be used for Kano State, just imagine what we could do. Investing in rural roads, transport infrastructure, water and sanitation, we will also invest in agricultural productivity to raise the production of food. With this programme of hundreds of US dollars, we will help develop consolidated infrastructure in rural areas. That will allow private sector food and agribusiness companies to reduce the number of losses they have, create a more competitive value chain, transform the rural areas from the zones of misery to the zone of economic prosperity and increase the number of resources the state has,”

The governor, on the other hand, commended the assured AfDB president of the government’s readiness to ensure the successful implementation of the projects the fund have been provided for.

Ganduje also stated his desire to develop Kano to the status of a megacity where basic infrastructure is not lacking adding that the fund would help achieve his aim.

Ganduje said “This is what we mean by genuine development when institutions are strengthened and individuals or groups of individuals are directly impacted, this is what we mean by genuine development. My dream is to promote Kano into a megacity, which is not only a collection of the population but also, a collection of an environment where things are working, where traffic flows, where health services are excellent. This is aimed at reducing medical tourism abroad and where you can have security using technology,”