ADAMAWA Government has declared a three-day mourning in honour of former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, and the late Member State Assembly, representing Ganye Constituency, Musa Abdulmalik. Humwashi Wonosikou, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said this in a statement on Monday in Yola. Mr Lamorde died at the age of 61 on Sunday in Egypt, where he had travelled for medical treatment and buried on Monday in Abuja according to Islamic injunction. The late assembly member of APC also died on Thursday in India and buried on Monday, according to Islam injunction. Mr Wonosikou stated…
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THE Kano State Government has apologised to the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu over the allegation of his involvement in the ongoing emirship tussle in the state. This newspaper reported that the Deputy Governor, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, had accused the NSA of facilitating the return of the dethroned 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, to the state. Ribadu had denied his involvement in the case, threatening legal action against the deputy governor. But at a press conference at the Government House, Kano, late Sunday, Gwarzo apologised to Ribadu, clarifying that the government was misinformed about his involvement in…
TENSION remains high as the leadership of the Kano Emirate took a new twist on Saturday. This comes as the newly appointed Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II and the deposed Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero now lay claim to the throne. Emir Sanusi II has formerly assumed duty at the palace while the deposed Emir Ado Bayero is now at the royal house in Nasarawa, another part of Kano city. Sanusi II appeared at the palace on a horse with the royal umbrella, which signifies him as the emir. On Thursday, the state governor, Abba Yusuf, assented to the Kano State Emirates…
THERE are currently protesters on the streets of Gaya, one of the five emirates affected by the repealed Kano Emirates Council Law. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) controlled House of Assembly had repealed the law which ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje used to dethrone Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II in 2020. While assenting to the law on Thursday, Governor Abba Yusuf announced dissolution of the four extra emirates created by Ganduje. The emirates are Rano, Gaya, Karaye and Bichi. The governor also directed all the monarchs, including Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim Abdulkadir, Emir of Gaya, to hand over to Comrade Abdulsalam Gwarzo, Deputy…
DETAILS of the discussion between Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, and top security chiefs have emerged. This newspaper had reported that amid the crisis which shook Kano on Saturday, the Police Commissioner, Director of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Kano, Army Brigade Commander and National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) commander held separate meetings with Sanusi and Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, deposed Emir of Kano. The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) controlled Kano House of Assembly had repealed Kano Emirates Council law which ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje used to dethrone Sanusi. Yusuf had assented to the…
ALHAJI Aminu Ado Bayero, the 15th Emir of Kano, has said no one is above the law, justice will prevail, calling on the people to remain calm. Speaking at the mini-palace where he has been since his return to the state after his dethronement, he said justice would prevail. The monarch vowed to accept whatever the law states, adding that Kano is an important state in Nigeria. Speaking in Hausa, he said, “I call on the people to remain law-abiding while awaiting outcome of the legal process in this tussle. “We call on the authority to do justice in this…
TOP security operatives in Kano have moved into the mini-Palace where Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero is. This comes amid the development unfolding in Kano. Governor Abba Yusuf had reinstated Emir Muhammadu Sanusi who moved into the palace at Kofar Kudu in the wee hours of the day, but Ado Bayero returned to the ancient city and moved into the mini palace hours later. Governor Yusuf had ordered Ado Bayero’s arrest but the police said they would obey the order against Sanusi’s reinstatement. However, Aminu Ado Bayero seem to be getting the most recognition from authorities as he is reportedly in…
THE Kano State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has vowed to obey the Federal Court order which restrained the Kano State government from implementing the repealed law of Kano Emirates Council. A Federal High Court in Kano on Thursday issued an ex-parte order restraining Governor Abba Yusuf from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. Justice Mohammed Liman who gave the order also halted the implementation of the new law that abolished the four emirates of Bichi, Gaya, Karaye, and Rano. But while issuing a reappointment letter to Sanusi on Friday, Governor Abba Yusuf faulted the order, saying the judge issued…
DETHRONED Kano Emir, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has moved into the Nasarawa palace of the Emirate in the ancient town. This newspaper had reported how the 15th Emir of Kano, returned to the town in the early hours of Saturday. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who sacked Ado Bayero alongside other Emirs appointed by his predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje, had given them 48 hours to vacate their palaces and hand over to the Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affair. He had subsequently announced the reinstatement of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, whom Ganduje deposed in 2020. But in the early hours of Saturday,…
KANO State Governor, Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf has directed the immediate arrest of dethroned Kano Emir, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. News Point Nigeria reports that the directive was communicated to newsmen by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Saturday morning. According to Governor Yusuf, ‘Aminu Ado Bayero’s unprecedented return to Kano is nothing but a move disturb public peace and an attempt to destroy the relative peace the state enjoys. “Therefore, I have directed the Commissioner of Police in the State to arrest Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, wherever he is seen in the state”, the statement read in part.…
ALHAJI Aminu Ado Bayero, former Emir of Kano, arrived the ancient city. The whereabouts of the monarch has been unknown since he was sacked by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Thursday. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) controlled House of Assembly had repealed the law which ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje assented to on December 5, 2019. After assenting to the law, Ganduje split the emirates into five and appointed Emirs in charge of each. But while signing the repealed Kano Emirates Council Law, Yusuf gave all the Emirs affected by the law 48 hours to vacate their palaces and hand…
THE Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II has ascribed his reinstatement as God’s will, thanking the state government for the “rescue mission”. Sanusi was reinstated on Thursday and received his appointment letter a day after following Governor Abba Yusuf’s signing of the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law. The move led to his reinstatement four years after the immediate past governor of the North-West state Abdullahi Ganduje deposed him. At an event to receive the appointment letter from Governor Yusuf, Emir Sanusi said his reinstatement was divine. “The Arabians used to say that in everything we witness,…
KHALIFAH Muhammadu Sanusi II has been reinstated as the Emir of Kano four years after was deposed by the immediate past governor of the state Abdullahi Ganduje. He received his letter of appointment from Governor Abba Yusuf at the Government House in Kano on Friday. “By the powers conferred on me by the Kano Emirate Council Law of 1984 and 2024, and supported by the recommendation of the kingmakers, I have the singular pleasure to confirm the reappointment of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano and the head of the Kano Emirate Council,” the governor said. He received…
THE politics of the ancient and prestigious Emirate of Kano has thrown up some controversial twists and turns in the last ten years. While not as dramatic and shocking as the popular American fantasy drama series, ‘Game of Thrones’, its latest twist is the stuff of a movie script where either a centuries-old tradition or politics wins. Two royal families have been in a supremacy battle in the ancient city: the Bayero and the Sanusi families. Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II beat Aminu Ado Bayero to succeed the latter’s father, Emir Ado Bayero, in 2014. Three months shy of six years…
FOUR years after Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II was deposed as the Emir of Kano, Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has reinstated him to the throne. “With the full support of the kingmakers, I have approved the reappointment of Malam Sanusi Lamido,” the governor said to cheers at the Art Chamber of the Kano State Government House around 5:16 pm on Thursday. He announced the decision right after signing the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law. The new law replaces the Kano State Emirates Council Law, 2019, and dissolves the emirate councils created by Governor Yusuf’s predecessor…
ALHAJI Muhammadu Sanusi II has been reinstated as the Emir of Kano and is on his way back to the throne News Point Nigeria can authoritatively report. The 14th Emir of Kano, who fell out with ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje was dethroned in 2020. Ahead of his deposition, the Kano State Emirs (Appointment and Deposition) Law was amended by the Ganduje administration in 2019, and four additional emirates were created – Rano, Karaye, Gaya, Bichi. However, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) controlled Kano House of Assembly repealed the law on May 23, 2024, paving the way for the abolishment of…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has appointed Assistant Corps Marshal Mohammed Shehu as the Corps Marshal/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). This was disclosed in a statement Director of Information & Public Relations for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen on Wednesday. According to Imohiosen, the appointment is for an initial period of four years with effect from 20th May 2024 in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act establishing the Commission. He also stated that President Tinubu has tasked the appointee to bring his wealth of experience to bear in…
THE Second Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will be held in Kano from May 20. A statement signed by Ismail Mudashir, Special Adviser to the Deputy Senate President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, said the Second Extraordinary Session will be held at the Bristol Hotel in Kano, between the 20th and 25th May, 2024. The statement said president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, attended the inaugural session of the Sixth Legislature…
THE Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will reconvene on Tuesday, May 23 to further negotiate a reasonable new minimum wage for workers, after the organised labour walked out of the negotiation on May 15. An invitation letter sent to the labour leaders by the chairman of the committee, Bukar Goni, states that the other members of the committee have agreed to shift grounds from the N48,000 proposal which was made on Wednesday. The letter appealed to the labour leaders to speak to their members and attend the reconvened meeting next Tuesday. The organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)…
THE military has declared Halilu Buzu wanted for terrorist activities, illegal arms supplies, illegal mining, and cattle rustling. Announcing this in Abuja at the bi-weekly media briefing of the Defence Media Operations, the Director of Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said Halilu Buzu, who is an indigene of Niger, resides in a forest in Zamfara State, and often escapes to the Niger Republic after striking in Nigeria. General Buba, however, said the military is working with its counterparts from the Niger Republic, to ensure the arrest of the terrorist, who has a lot of boys working for him. Buba also…