(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The dust raised by the deposition of the ex-Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II is yet to settle, as the State House of Assembly Monday suspended five of its members for six months. Speaker of the House, Hon. Abdulazeez Gafasa who announced the suspension at the plenary disclosed that the action was in […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from confinement/detention. Justice Anwuli Chikere made the order in an ex-parte ruling on Friday morning after listening to lawyer to Sanusi, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) who argued a motion ex-parte to that effect. The order, made interim, […]
Dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has filed a lawsuit challenging his banishment to Awe community in Nasarawa state even as he asked the court to declare it illegal, null and void. The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/357/2020, was filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday by a team of about 30 lawyers, including […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Kano state governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has said that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano. Kwankwaso, who installed Sanusi as the emir in 2014, said some state officials told him the president ordered the Sanusi’s dethronement. The former governor who spoke to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) Aminu Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi and son of late Emir Abdullahi Ado Bayero has been appointed as the new Emir of Kano. In his annoucement, Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, said Aminu Ado Bayero’s appointment was as a result of recommendations by the four kingmakers of Kano Emirate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security Operatives have arrested dethroned Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II and whisked him out of the ancient city amidst tight security. It was gathered that the security operatives are heading to Nassarawa state where Sanusi will spend the rest of his life in exile. Before he was whisked away, Sanusi was […]
