Tag: sanusi
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IGP asks court to dismiss deposed Sanusi’s suit
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has requested the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by the deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, challenging his banishment. In his preliminary objection, the IGP argued that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the fundamental rights enforcement suit. The Kano State Government…
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Sanusi welcomes baby girl with fourth wife
Deposed emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II has welcomed a baby girl with Sa’adatu Barkindo Musdafa, his fourth wife. Sa’adatu, who is the daughter of Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa, the Lamido of Adamawa, was said to have put to bed last week. Ashraf, son of the former emir took to his Instagram page to proclaim the…
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Court fixes judgment in Sanusi’s suit
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Monday fixed May 7 to deliver judgment in a suit filed by the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, seeking an order restraining the Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) from investigating him. The exparte motion is seeking the court to stop the PCACC, its Chairman…
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Emir of Kano and the aborted Tsunami – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu Relief came the way of the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, last week as some great Nigerians rescued him from the shadow of death. We were told that with the intervention of these Nigerians, which included the Acting President; Professor Yemi Osinbajo, General Ibrahim Babangida, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, the Sultan of…
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Standing up for citizen Sanusi – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta Emir in the morning; homeless exile in the evening. There is no better way of capturing the cascade of dramatic events which, last Monday, saw a reversal in the fortunes of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, deposed Emir of Kano. It was a foretold outcome. Given Sanusi’s perennially adversarial relationship with the Kano State Governor,…
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Inside Story: ‘Buhari tried to save Sanusi’
Contrary to allegations of collusion to remove former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II from office, the presidency had intervened at many stages of the conflict to avoid escalation in the last two years. A reliable source in the State House, Abuja, who spoke on condition of anonymity informed correspondents that the efforts collapsed…
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Video: What I’ll do if I wanted to reclaim Kano Emir throne- Sanusi
Muhammad Sanusi II, the deposed emir of Kano, said he could have reclaimed his throne if he wanted, adding that his ” dethronement letter was so badly written.” Sanusi was dethroned as the Emir of Kano on Monday by Governor Ganduje who was the accuser and the judge of alleged insubordination. He was subsequently banished…