Tag: sanusi
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Sanusi’s removal: Group urges calm, vows to challenge action
Advocates For A United Kano – has reacted to the dethronement of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of Kano, and called on residents to “remain calm”. “We received with utter shock and disbelief, a statement read by the Secretary to Kano State Government, announcing the removal of Sanusi ll as Emir of Kano. “This…
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Obasanjo writes Sanusi on his dethronement, tags it ‘Good, bad news’ [Letter attached]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has written the embattled Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, following his dethronement by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Monday. In the supposed letter, which was first shared online by Sen. Dino Melaye and presently making the rounds on the internet, Obasanjo described Sanusi’s dethronement as having two sides – the “sad…
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Dethroned Emir, Sanusi banished in Kano, sent to exile in Nasarawa
Reports reaching TheNEwsGuru (TNG) indicates that the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has reportedly been arrested by security operatives in his palace. The emir was sacked by the Kano State Government on Monday and has been replaced with Ado Bayero who was formerly the Emir of Bichi. Sanusi was said to have been…
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Forces behind Sanusi’s removal intoxicated by power – Shehu Sani
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, on Monday, said those behind the dethronement of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, displayed “the intolerance and toxicity of the liquor of power”. Sani said the Northern Elders Forum had waded into the misunderstanding between the deposed Emir…
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BREAKING: Aminu Ado Bayero replaces Sanusi as new Emir of Kano
Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has been announced as the new emir of Kano. The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji made the announcement today, hours after Muhammadu Sanusi ll was dethroned. Alhaji said the appointment was in line with the provision of Kano state Emirate Council Law 2019. “Section 11 (1) of the…
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Emir Sanusi to beggars: If you must beg, beg govt not individuals
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Saturday called on people who beg for alms or other forms of assistance from individuals and relatives to instead direct their begging to the government. Sanusi made the call at the National Conference on Alarammomi (Qur’anic Teachers) organised by Centre for Qur’anic Reciters in Nigeria with…
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N3.5bn Emirate funds: Court dismisses panel’s report against Emir Sanusi
The Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi 11, on Friday won a major judicial victory against the Kano State government after a Federal High Court sitting in the city dismissed the preliminary report of a panel that indicted him for alleged misappropriation of the Emirate Council’s N3.5 billion. Justice O.A. Egwuata said the Kano Anti-graft…