Tag: Emir Sanusi
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ENDLESS WAR: Emir Sanusi ordered to appear before anti-graft agency
The Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission has ordered the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to appear before it on Monday, March 9, 2020. The anti-graft agency said this in a statement on Thursday as the Kano Emirate requested for another day for the monarch to appear before the body. Emir Sanusi was…
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BREAKING: Kano Assembly constitutes committee to Investigate Emir Sanusi
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll is again embroiled in another fresh trouble, as The Kano State House of Assembly has set up an eight- man committee to investigate alleged violations of culture and traditions as well as religious norms of Kano against Emir Muhammad Sanusi II. The committee on public petition was mandated…
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North destroying itself, end to quota system inevitable – Emir Sanusi
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, says the north will “destroy itself if it doesn’t change”. The emir spoke on Monday at the Kaduna state government house during a programme to commemorate the 60th birthday celebration of Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna. Sanusi said as a leader, repeating the same thing and expecting a different result…
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Ganduje issues ultimatum to Emir Sanusi
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has issued a two-day ultimatum to Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to either confirm his acceptance or rejection of the offer of his appointment as Kano State Council of Chiefs chairman. In a statement issued by the permanent secretary of Kano State special duties ministry Musa Bichi, Ganduje ordered Emir…
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Ganduje buries hatchet, appoints Emir Sanusi as chairman
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has laid to rest speculations that he will strip Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi of his position under the new Emirate rules as he appoints the Emir as Chairman State Emirate Council. Ganduje said he made the appointment from the powers invested on him by Sections 4 (2)…
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Emir Sanusi’s influence threatened as Kano Assembly finally passes Ganduje’s Emirate Council Bill
The Kano state house of assembly has approved the 2019 Emirate council Bill. The speaker of the house Alhaji Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa announced the Approval during the house plenary held in Kano on Thursday. The new bill has approved four additional Emirates council in the state which includes Bichi, Gaya, Rani and Karaye. The bill…
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Emir Sanusi attacks FG: Nigeria bankrupt, number of people living with poverty frightening
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11 has declared the Muhammadu Buhari administration’s economic policies as unfavourable, adding that Nigeria is on the threshold of bankruptcy. He identified the bad economic policies of the Buhari administration to include subsidizing petroleum products, electricity tariffs and using 70 percent of the country’s revenue to service debt. Emir Sanusi,…
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Fayemi appoints Emir Sanusi Chancellor Ekiti State University
Ekiti state government has appointed the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, as the Chancellor of the state-owned Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti. The Head, Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs in the institution, Mr Bode Olofinmuagun, on Monday confirmed the development to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ado Ekiti, but did not…
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Again court orders Ganduje, Emir Sanusi to maintain status quo
A High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday, again ordered Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi ll to maintain status quo in respect of the interim order issued against the governor on May 10. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on May 10, the court through the ex-parte application by…
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Alleged misappropriation: Court restrains Ganduje, others from taking action against Emir Sanusi
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…