Graca Machel, widow of late Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, has expressed her solidarity with Muhammadu Sanusi, deposed emir of Kano. Recall that Kano executive council chaired by Abdullahi Ganduje, the governor, removed Sanusi as emir on Monday “for disrespecting the office of the governor”. In a statement on Tuesday, Machel who is the […]
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The Kano State Executive Council has approved the immediate removal from office of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II. The Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Alhaji Usman Alhaji, announced the unanimous decision of the Council at a news conference on Monday in Kano. Reason for the removal of the monarch, the SSG […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday granted an order restraining Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and the State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission from acting on the preliminary report on alleged misappropriation of N3.4 billion by the Kano Emirate Council. The order followed a suit filed on June 7, by […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday hosted Muhammed Sanusi, emir of Kano, at the presidential villa, Abuja. Both men met for two hours at the vice-president’s mini conference room. When accosted by state house correspondents, Sanusi declined to comment on the outcome of the meeting. But said the emir was on a ‘Thank You’ visit […]
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The British Broadcasting Corporation has apologised to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, over claims that he was under probe by anti-graft officials for alleged mismanagement of Kano Emirate fund. Jamie Angus, editorial director at BBC, informed Mr. Sanusi that an April 24 story that said the traditional ruler was amongst those being investigated […]
Continue ReadingEmir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi 11, has revealed that nobody that had a confrontation with the former Minister Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, survived such an effrontery. This, Sanusi said, was because the former minister was one of the most powerful ministers under Jonathan. He said, “I […]
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