[responsivevoice] Says He Tried to Create Parallel Govt, Destroy Traditional Institution. Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has come out clean on the real reasons Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was deposed as the Emir of Kano last year. Ganduje said Sanusi, being a social critic, did not understand the responsibilities of a traditional ruler, “especially for…
Edo Guber Debate: Ganduje Thumbs Up for Ize-Iyamu
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has commended the scintillating performance of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Osagie Ize-Iyamu at the recent governorship debate between him and the incumbent governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Godwin Obaseki. Ganduje, in a statement by his chief press secretary, Abba Anwar, commended Ize-Iyamu “for…
The Emperor Strikes Back
Nigerian governors are powerful. If you don’t know, think of what Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, told those unruly students in 2017 in Ibadan, when they dared to heckle him while he was addressing them: “We (that is himself) are the constituted authority”. As the ‘constituted authority’, governors can do and undo anything. Many of…
Ganduje Shuts Sani Abacha Stadium Ahead PDP Rally
With less than five days to the presidential campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Kano, the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has ordered a two-week shutdown of the Sani Abacha Stadium. Although many Nigerians consider the action of the governor as outrageous, Ganduje, who has been in the eye of the storm…
