The former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari was the one who gave the Governor of Kano State the order to remove Muhammadu Sanusi as Emir of Kano. He also lamented that President Buhari “doesn’t interfere where his intervention is needed, but interferes on issues he is supposed […]
The deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has accepted his sacking from the throne in good faith, describing his dethronement as the will of God. Sanusi, who was deposed by the Kano state government spoke in Hausa Language in a video released at the wee hours of Tuesday, where he called on Kano people […]
The dethroned Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi 11, who was taken to Loko town in Nasarawa State on Monday, has been moved from that town. Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed Sabo, the traditional ruler of Loko, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in a telephone interview on Tuesday, that Sanusi “has been relocated from my […]
The Presidency has reacted to the dethronement of Muhammed Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano, saying that sitting governors could exercise powers over royal institutions within their jurisdiction. Sanusi was unanimously deposed on Monday by the Kano State Government led by Governor Umar Ganduje, who immediately announced a replacement for the former Governor of the Central Bank while […]
The Kano State Executive Council has approved the immediate removal of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, announced the unanimous decision of the council at a news conference on Monday in Kano. He said the removal of the monarch followed alleged disrespect to lawful […]
There was a mild drama on the floor of Kano state House of Assembly as two petitions were brought before it on Wednesday, against the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11, accusing him of violating traditional, cultural and religious values. After the reading of the petition by the Speaker, AbdulAziz Gafasa, a member representing Dala […]
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission says it is exploring suitable options at its disposal following the ruling delivered by a Kano Federal High Court. The ruling is on the commission’s interim investigation report on the alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion by the Kano Emirate Council. This is contained in a statement issued […]
Abuja – The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi, has called on state governments to enact laws that would address the worsening rate of divorce and other marital challenges in Nigeria. According to Sanusi, the call became necessary to enable authorities compel parents to take care of their families. He was speaking on Thursday at […]
‘You cannot be happy about 87 percent of poverty in Nigeria being in the north. You can’t be happy with millions of northern out-of-school children. You can’t be happy with nine states in the north contributing almost 50 percent of the entire malnutrition burden in the country’ the emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi Lamido has said. […]
…governance, security, infrastructure, education, others top agenda President Muhammadu Buhari is among dignitaries listed to discuss the strategic importance of collaboration among key institutions to national development at the first Lagos-Kano Economic and Investment Summit. The summit, which is scheduled to hold at the Jubilee Chalets, Epe, Lagos, between February 28 and March 1, 2018; […]
In continuation of his weeklong visit to China, His Highness Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano has visited the Shenzhen Museum where he was taken round the exhibition of reform and opening up of history of Shenzhen. He was told of the gigantic history of the development of Shenzhen that took place only within the […]
The contradictions of Nigeria under this administration are quite pathetic. You have a state government that cannot trace the killers of the wife of an evangelist beheaded in broad daylight in Kano even though the event was caught on camera. Then, you have another state government that is able to trace killers of hundreds of […]
The executive council and entire members of the Congress of Nigeria Colleges of Education Games Association (NICEGA) have expressed deep appreciation to the Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for appointing its “indefatigable” president, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi as the General Secretary of Nigeria’s football ruling body. In a letter addressed to the President of […]
REPORT ON THE INVESTIGATIVE FORENSIC AUDIT INTO THE ALLEGATIONS OF UNREMITTED FUNDS INTO THE FEDERATION ACCOUNTS BY THE NNPC Per our engagement letter dated 5 June 2014, Price Water House Coopers Limited (“PwC”) has performed the investigative forensic audit into the alleged unremitted funds into the Federation Accounts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (“NNPC”) […]