Author: Farida Usman

There is palpable confusion and apprehension in Kano’s political landscape, following conflicting court orders by a Kano High Court and a Federal High Court, all sitting in Kano, over the suspension of the Acting National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje from the party. Recall that the Executive Committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Ganduje Ward, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area, on Monday, suspended Ganduje as a member of APC . On Wednesday, a Kano High Court granted an exparte order restraining Ganduje from parading himself as a member of the party.…

The Zamfara State government has banned all political office holders, and heads of agencies from conducting any interview, issuing statements, or airing programmes on radio, television and social media without seeking permission from the authority. The government also warned media organisations based in the state, to desist from conducting or airing any radio or television programme without the approval of the Ministry of Information. In a statement, the commissioner of information, Mannir Haidara, said the information ministry was highly committed to observing and monitoring all radio stations for compliance. The statement reads: “The Zamfara state government has observed with…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to call the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order over the agency’s persistent disregard for rule of law in an attempt to arrest former Kogi for state governor, Yahaya Bello. Despite a subsisting injunction granted on 9th February 2024 by the High Court of Justice, Lokoja Division in Suit No. HCL/68M/2024 restraining the anti-graft from harassing, arresting, detaining or prosecuting Alh. Yahaya Bello, EFCC on Wednesday invaded the Wuse Zone 4 Residence of the former Kogi state government to effect his arrest. In statement issued by Yahaya Bello media team…

A 20-year-old Urwatu Habibu alias Dandamaso of Kofar Guga Quarters in Katsina metropolis has been arrested by the state police command in collaboration with members of the vigilante. Habibu, a suspected notorious thief and vandal of armoured cables, was arrested on April 4, 2024, at about 12:00 hrs. Nemesis caught up with the suspect and he was arrested with a large quantity of aluminum cables reasonably suspected to be stolen along the Katsina Ring Road. The police spokesman in Katsina Abubakar Aliyu in a Tuesday statement said the suspect, when questioned, could not give a satisfactory account as to…

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has been suspended over alleged corrupt practices. Ganduje’s membership suspension by his kinsmen came a few weeks after the former Governor was slammed with eight count charges bordering on corruption and misappropriation of public funds. Announcing the suspension at a press briefing on Monday legal adviser of the Ganduje ward, Dawakin-Tofa local government area of Kano state, Haladu Gwanjo said the former Governor stands suspended as a member of the ward until he exonerated himself of the corruption baggage. Gwanjo told journalists that executive members…

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted about 900,000 pills of opioid in Sabon Gari area of Kano State. Spokesperson of NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, said that two suspects were arrested on April 9. Babafemi said that another 48-year-old suspect was also apprehended at Essit Ebum area of Calabar with 39.4kg of cannabis sativa on April 9. He said that NDLEA operatives on patrol on Owerri-Onitsha road, Imo, also intercepted a logistics truck, with registration number: JGB 403XB on Friday. Babafemi said that 230 blocks of cannabis sativa,…

Three persons have been killed while an unspecified others injured after a Nigerian Army patrol vehicle hit a Keke Napep rider, causing injuries on the driver and his passengers. An eyewitness, Adamu Hassan, disclosed that the incident happened on Sunday afternoon at the popular Garin Alkali market via Gashua, the headquarters of the Bade Local Government Area of the state. “After the incident happened, the association of the Keke Napep riders mobilised and staged protests in some locations blocking the main road leading to Gashua, the headquarters of Bade local government area. “The Army personnel who became furious returned…

Gunmen abducted Mr. Joshua Rogers, a staff reporter with Channels Television, at his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Thursday night. Rogers, was reportedly trailed from work to his home before he was whisked away, GOODEVENING NIGERIA learnt According to reports, the assailants intercepted Rogers before he could exit his car, brandishing firearms and forcibly taking him, along with his vehicle, to an undisclosed location around 9 pm. Sources, preferring anonymity, disclosed that Rogers had earlier covered an event at a Primary Healthcare Centre inauguration in Ndoni,Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area, attended by Governor Siminalayi…

Sokoto state government has extended the public holiday for the Eid-el-Fitr celebration to Friday. In a statement on Thursday, Abubakar Bawa, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor of Sokoto, said Friday has been declared as a work-free day. Bawa said the extension of the holiday is to enable civil servants in the state to continue to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr with members of their families. “Governor Ahmed Aliyu wishes the entire people of Sokoto State a hitch-free Sallah celebrations,” the statement reads. On Thursday, Dikko Radda, governor of Katsina, also declared Friday as work free day for the Eid-El-Fitr celebrations.…

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Wednesday cautioned against any avoidable incident that may lead to the killing of innocent persons during the traditional Sallah festival in the state. Besides, Governor Yusuf who reminded his administration’s zero tolerance to any form of reckless driving and hooliganism insisted any person found guilty of the unwholesome act would be punished. The Governor issued the warning immediately after observing the two ‘raka’ prayers at the central Eid prayer ground, marking the end of the 30-day Ramadan fasting period. Governor Yusuf disclosed that “it is worthy to caution against reckless driving and other social…

On Wednesday, there was chaos in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, after members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) allegedly shot and killed a lady while attempting to apprehend robbers. The terrible occurrence, which occurred as Muslim faithful were gathered for Eid prayer, provoked resentment and unrest among people, escalating tensions in the area. According to an eyewitness, the NSCDC officers opened fire indiscriminately while pursuing suspected hoodlums armed with hazardous weapons, resulting in the unfortunate murder of an innocent woman. In response to the shooting, an angry mob gathered and vented their frustration by…

Muslims in Nigeria joined their counterparts around the world on Wednesday to mark Eid-El-Fitr, signalling the end of the Ramadan fast. President Bola Tinubu joined other Muslim faithful at the prayer ground of the Dodan Barracks Mosque in Lagos to mark Eid-El-Fitr. Some of the dignitaries that observed the Eid-El-Fitr prayer with the President include the deputy governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, among others. The Chief Imam of Lagos, Shiekh Suleiman Abdussallah, in his message that the festivity promotes a culture of sacrifice, unity and tolerance among Muslim faithful. Speaking to…

Popular Kannywood actress, Saratu Gidado Daso is dead. A family source told SOLACEBASE that the well-known actress died in the early hours of Tuesday. She would be buried later this evening, according to the source Saratu born on 17th January 1968 had featured in several movies.

The Federal Government has extended the Eid-El-Fitr holiday to Thursday April 11, 2024, to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Dr Aishetu Gogo Ndayako, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. According to Ndayako “The Honourable Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, while congratulating the muslim Ummah for a successful completion of a month of spiritual rejuvenation, reiterates President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s (GCFR) firm commitment to providing a safe and prosperous Nigeria for all to thrive,” the statement said. The Federal government had earlier declared Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th…

Chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Alh. Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso has appealed to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to drop the plan Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) targeted to investigate the immediate past Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje . Ilyasu Kwankwaso in a statement in Kano on Monday said “The move to probe the former governor is a smokescreen of a hidden agenda designed to humiliate the national chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.” The former commissioner for rural and community development explained that the “intention of probing Dr Ganduje’s administration is a political vendetta that…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Wednesday, April 10, as the day of Eid-Fitri. Sultan, who is the President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, said the decision followed the report of National Moon Sighting Committees across the country confirming no sighting of the new moon A statement signed by the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to the Sultanate Council, Prof Sambo Junaidu, and made available to newsmen in Sokoto on Monday evening, said the council accepted the report and accordingly declared Wednesday, April 10, 2024, as the first day of Shawwal 1445A “His Eminence,…

A rare total solar eclipse plunged the Pacific coast of Mexico into complete darkness at 11:07 am (1807 GMT). The “path of totality,” where the Moon completely obscures the Sun’s light, will streak across Mexico and the United States, before returning to the ocean over Canada’s Atlantic coast, in a celestial spectacle witnessed by tens of millions of people. AFP

President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the National Health Fellows Programme, with young Nigerian fellows to be engaged in all the 774 local government areas in the country. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Monday. He said the President approved this in his determination to comprehensively upgrade existing primary healthcare centres and construct over 8,800 new primary healthcare centres across all local government areas in the country for accessible and qualitative healthcare delivery with the provision of new social accountability mechanisms. According to…

Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has accused some Sharia law-implementing governors of stealing their state funds and using the same to construct a hotel in Lagos. The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) also said social disorder arises in the land when Muslims forget that they have to account for their deeds before God, even when they observe prayers and fast. Sanusi gave these account during a virtual Ramadan lecture on Sunday, where he further stresses that selfishness, envy, and greed are worse sins than illegal sexual acts, homosexuality, and gambling. Sanusi blamed some…

Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has directed Muslims to observe the crescent of Shawwal 1445AH starting from Monday. This instruction was conveyed in a statement on Sunday by Prof. Sambo Janaidu, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council Sokoto. The statement also requested Muslims to report the sighting of the new moon of Shawwal 1445AH to their nearest District or Village Head for onward communication to the Sultan. The new month of Shawwal marks the end of Ramadan and signal celebration of Eid-el-Fitr…