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  Commander General of the Kano Hisbah Command, Harun Muhammad Sani Ibn Sina, has been accused of hijacking the 2022 Hajj slots for his family and associates, depriving other government officials from embarking on the holy trip. Rabi’u Baba Usman, an aide to Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Hisbah Board, said his name had been unlawfully replaced by the Commander’s wife and brother on the Hajj slots despite his office making provisions for the trip. “I am one of the seven people who first submitted their passports for the Hajj visa. However, during a meeting on Monday, when a list of officials who will be embarking on the holy trip was called, my name was suspiciously missing,” Usman disclosed in an interview with 'The Historica Nigeria'. Upon enquiry, the Governor’s aide learnt the Commander had initially included his name on the Hajj slots but later removed it to favour his wife and brother. “When I enquired about his, I was told by a Director that the Command...

  Umar Idris Shuaibu - Kano Manajan daraktan hukumar zuba hannayen jari ta jihar Kano Dr. Jibrila Muhammad, ya ce matakin gina gidaje da Gwamnatin Kano tayiwa al’ummar Fulani makiyaya, zai taimaka wajen dakile fitintinu tsakaninsu da takwarorin su manoma. Dr. Jibrilla Muhammad wanda kuma shi ne Shugaban kwamitin gina Ruga ta zamani da aka yi a Dajin Dansoshiya dake dake karamar hukumar Kiru, ya bayyana hakan ne yayin da yake tattaunawa da wakilin 'The Historica Nigeria' Umar Idris Shuaibu . Ya ce idan aka yi duba akan rayuwar Fulani makiyaya suna taimakawa tattalin arzikin Najeriya, wajen samar da madara da nama daga dabbobinsu. “Albarkatun da makiyaya kan samar a kasar nan ba zai misaltu ba, kasancewar a kowacce rana ana yin amfani da nama a kowane bangare na Najeriya, wanda suke samar da kashi 85 cikin dari na dabbobin da ake yankawa don amfani da su a mayankun mu. “Haka zalika idan ka dauki madarar shanu da Kindirmo da Nonon da matan Fulani ke shigo da shi garuruwa ...

  The management of Pen Resource University, Gombe appointed Alhaji Umaru Maigari Gombe, FNIM as the pioneer Board of Trustees (BoT) chairman of the newly establishment. The decision was announced by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the University, Dr. Sani Jauro as contained in a press release by Abdulazeez Sani Labaran, and made available to journalist in Gombe, recently. Alhaji Umaru Maigari will serve as the Chairman of the seven member Board, while Auwal Babayo Shehu and Dr. Muhammad Bose Ahmed MNI as Members. Other Members of the board are Hon. Justice Aisha RD Muhammad (Rtd), Professor Sani Abba Aliyu (mni), Alhaji Aminu Malami Muhammad, and Alhaji Tanko Isiyaku Gwamna. Dr. Sani Jauro assured the general public including the host community the council, carefully selected the BoT members for their track records and selfless service to humanity and that the University will tap from their wealth of experience in providing a qualitative education, tha...

  All the political parties in Nigeria have conducted their presidential primary elections. June 9, 2022, was the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for completion of primaries and submission of presidential candidates. The ruling All Progress Congress, APC, chose its candidate, in the person of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who emerged winner of the presidential primaries held at Eagles Square, Abuja. Tinubu defeated his closest challenger and former Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and was handed the party’s flag by President Muhammadu Buhari. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had a week earlier, elected former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate. The Labour Party, LP, also has former Anambra State Governor, Dr. Peter Obi, as its candidate. This is the list of all presidential candidates so far in the country after completion of presidenti...

    After weeks of intrigues and uncertainty, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) elected a former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate. The 70-year-old politician was able to get northern governors behind himself and handed crushing defeats to other younger and agile aspirants, including the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Some weeks before the national convention, Tinubu, Osinbajo and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi was neck in neck, even though the odds favoured Tinubu. Simon Lalong, the governor of Plateau State, Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna and Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State were some of the governors that backed Amaechi publicly. However, three days before the election, the governors had closed ranks and aligned with the former Lagos State governor. DAILY POST findings revealed that the governors considered the emergence of Amaechi against the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, with the conclusion that it was s...

    As the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, savours his victory at the presidential primary, the party is said to be in a dilemma over who to pick as his running mate for the 2023 election. Various caucuses in the party are reportedly behind the push for eight names as likely preferred choice as running mate. No fewer than six camps in the APC in the North are backing separate individuals, including serving and former state governors, as well as ex-ministers who played key roles at the conventions that produced the current APC national officers and the just-concluded presidential primary in Abuja. The eight names that have so far emerged included a leading critic of the APC federal administration. All the names that have been thrown up are Governors Babagana Zulum (Borno), Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (Kano) and Samuel Lalong (Plateau); former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shetti...

Umar Idris Shuaibu - Kano The  longest serving Emir in Zamfara, Emir of Kwatarkwashi in Bungudu Local Government Area, Alhaji Ahmad Umar (Mai-Kwatarshi), died yesterday Thursday at 93, having been on the throne for 61 years. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe, who disclosed this in a public announcement, said the Emir died after a protracted illness. Balarabe said his funeral prayer was conducted at 6:30 p.m.  in the historic town of Kwatarkwashi according to Islamic rites. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mai Kwatarkwashi was crowned by Sultan Abubakar III on March 17, 1961 and died in his palace. Until his death, he was the oldest Emir in Zamfara State having spent 61 years on the throne. (NAN)

  No fewer than 1,800 prospective corps members have been mobilised to Bauchi State for the 2022 Batch B, Stream 1 orientation exercise. Alhaji Namadi Abubakar, the Bauchi State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said this on Thursday in Bauchi in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the orientation would be held from June 15 to July 5, 2022, at the state’s permanent orientation camp, Wailo in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state. According to him, prospective corps members will only be allowed into the camp after being certified COVID-19 negative by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The state coordinator also said that anyone that tested positive would be referred to the NCDC isolation centre outside the orientation camp. He also said that only 200 corps members would be registered per day, adding that registration would begin on June 17 while the swearing-in would hold on June 21, 2022. “Registration date has been ...

  Atiku, a long-term politician, imbued to rule, only Buhari managed to defeat in the past is likely to win even the general election, also seen as the most popular in the country, with fortified structure but he lacks any spirit of the critical and deteriorating north as seen by most. He’s too secular ultimately seen by both faithfuls of the major religions. Tinubu is also a powerful statesman who performed tremendously in Lagos State as a governor (he’s more than just a politician in the country). He is undoubtedly the most popular in the South-western Nigeria. He may win due to the party incumbency even without the rigging. Again, if Atiku of PDP and Kwankwaso of the ANPP stand and must divide the northern votes, is another edge for the ruling party hence Tinubu. His health condition or senility discourages both the voters and the party. His other issue with the doubtful study certificates is an albatross to both party and the supporters. For the north, Kwankwaso maybe the b...

Umar Idris Shuaibu - Kano NNPP Presidential Candidate, Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso waving at supporters at a rally. Former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso has on Wednesday emerged as the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) at the party’s presidential primary election. Kwankwaso, in what could be seen as an affirmation of his candidacy, was unanimously elected by 774 party delegates of the party from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja through voice voting method.  The NNPP is currently holding its Presidential primary election in the Velodrome of the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, same day the ruling APC elected it's National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmad Tinubu as it's Presidential flag bearer.

  Umar Idris Shuaibu - Kano The former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu has been announced winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary elections. The Asiwaju of Lagos garnered half of the total votes to beat his major opponents, the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi. About 2,322 delegates from across the country had stormed Eagles Square, Abuja, to elect the flagbearer of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. While Tinubu, who doubles as the National Leader of the party, got 1,299 votes, his major opponents, the former Governor of Rivers State and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo secured 316 and 235 votes respectively. The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan got 152 votes while the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello scored 47 votes. Among all the aspirants who procured the N100 million nomination forms, 23 were successfully screened to participate in the primary. With the current development, Tinubu will fac...

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has dismantled 14 illicit drug joints and arrested 100 suspected peddlers in the last four weeks in Kaduna State. The State Commander, Mr Umar Adoro, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kaduna. He said operatives of the agency dismantled 14 drug joints in a series of raids conducted in Kaduna and Zaria city in May 2022. He said operatives of the agency dismantled 14 drug joints in a series of raids conducted in Kaduna and Zaria city in May 2022. Adoro listed the 14 dismantled drug joints to include Abakwa; Malali, Tirkaniya, Rigasa, Romi, Filin Minister, Chikaji, Sabon Gari among others. He said the apprehended peddlers comprised 93 males and seven females, adding that the Agency also seized drugs and other narcotic substances during the operations. The commander said the drugs included Cannabis Sativa 192.549kg, Cocaine 0.008kg, Heroin 0.002kg, Tramadol ...