Associates of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (RMK), a former governor of Kano State, converged in Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos to celebrate his 61st birthday. The associates were drawn mainly from Lagos and the South-West. Also in attendance were representatives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

Nigerians from all walks of life on Thursday evening, converged on Nigeria House, New York, for a conversation about various issues affecting Nigeria and the future of the country.

Kano State government has renamed its Northwest University as Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano. The Northwest University is one of the two state-owned universities established by Kwankwaso Administration.

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, Enugu Collectives and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB have condemned the call by the former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on Igbo leaders to apologise and disown the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, over their agitation for self-determination, describing the call as “bunkum.”

Former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has advised against call for the arrest of leaders of Arewa youth groups who have given the Igbo a three-month ultimatum to quit the northern part of the country by October 1, 2017.