•Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf (right) and Emir Muhammadu Sanusi Following Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s recent political alignment with the centre, renewed speculation has trailed the long-running Kano emirate crisis, with questions resurfacing over whether the development could alter the fate of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. However, the g...
•Late Emir Ado Bayero and Sanusi Lamido, the new Emir The Kano Emirate tussle, assumed a dramatic dimension yesterday as both the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II and the 15th Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero held parallel turbaning of Galadiman Kano. While Sanusi turbaned Munir Sanusi Bayero as the new Galadiman Kano, Bayero on […]
•Tinubu and Sanusi The relationship between President Bola Tinubu and the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has soured, shifting from alliance to animosity. At the core of the fallout are political tensions over the Kano Emirate, legal battles and conflicting views on governance, reports Sunday PUNCH. There is a cold war between President Bola...
•Sacked Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Amina Aliyu has perpetually restrained Aminu Ado-Bayero and four other deposed Emirs of Bichi, Rano, Gaya and Karaye from parading themselves as Emirs. Delivering the judgment today, Justice Aliyu further restrained the 15th Emir of Kano and four other dethroned E...
•Emir Sanusi II and Emir Bayero The Kano State Police Command has deployed more armed personnel to the two palaces housing the contending emirs in the metropolitan local government areas of Kano. It was gathered that the hunters guarding the two palaces withdrew with the arrival of more policemen at both palaces, reports Channels TV. […...
•Sanusi and Ado-Bayero A Federal High Court in Kano, today, nullified the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. The court also nullified all the actions taken after the controversial reinstatement, reports The PUNCH The presiding judge, Justice Abdullahi Liman, said, “I hereby order that every step taken by the governm...
•Sanusi Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, former Emir of Kano, has narrated several encounters he had with Dr Herbert Wigwe, late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings. Speaking at the night of tributes organised in honour of Wigwe at Eko Hotels in Lagos, yesterday, Sanusi broke down in tears, narrating how far he went with the deceased, […...
•Dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido A pressure group in Kano State has appealed to the State Assembly to review the law establishing the additional emirates of Gaya, Rano, Karaye and Bichi by the immediate-past administration of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The group, known as “Yan Dangwalen Jihar Kano” (the Kano Electorate) also pleade...
•Sanusi Former Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has supported the relocation of some departments of the apex bank from Abuja to Lagos. He said it was right thing to do, dismissing those against the relocation as playing dirty politics, reports The Nation. There have been criticisms in some quarters since the CBN [&hel...
An elder statesman and a former Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae, says Nigeria’s president does not have to be the minister of petroleum, adding that it is important to appoint a minister to oversee the ministry. His position is in support of former central bank governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who earlier said that the […]

