The tussle for the Kano emirship raged on last week as the two men fighting over the stool, Aminu Bayero and Lamido Sanusi, made public appearances outside their palaces for the first time since the crisis began. The reinstated emir, Mr Sanusi, attended the state government’s distribution of fertilisers to small-holder farmers at the Government … Read more
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, has vowed that judges involved in issuing conflicting court orders on the same subject matters would face sanctions. “We have already activated the process of reining in such errant judges with a view to making them face the consequence of their despicable and odious conduct,” the CJN … Read more
The dethroned emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, has urged Kano residents to remain peaceful and law-abiding amidst tension around the traditional seat. Mr Ado Bayero spoke shortly after receiving the state commissioner of police at a mini-palace in the state on Saturday. As of the time of this report, he was staying in the … Read more
The Kano State House of Assembly has repealed the State Emirate Council Law 2019 that allowed former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to split Kano emirate to four. The repeal, subject to Governor Abba Yusuf’s assent, scrapped the four emirates created in 2019 and restored Kano as the only state with a single emirate council, aside from … Read more
