Politics

DRAMA AS COURT ORDERS SANUSI’S EVICTION, ANOTHER COURT STOPS ENFORCEMENT A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the eviction of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II from the Kofar Kudu Palace, while a State High Court has restrained the police and other security agencies from carrying out the eviction order. The Federal Court had, on Tuesday, ordered the police to ensure …

CONFUSION AS TINUBU’S AIDES CONTRADICT EACH OTHER Presidential spokesmen, Bayo Onanuga, and Ajuri Ngelale contradicted each other on the speech of President Bola Tinubu’s first anniversary in office. The president who took his oath of office on May 29, 2023, clocks on year in office today. In commemoration of the first anniversary, both spokesmen issued contradictory statements. While Onanuga said …

BREAKING: ABDUL NINGI, SUSPENDED SENATOR PARDONED, RECALLED The Senate has pardoned and recalled Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ahmed Ningi. Ningi was suspended for three months on March 12, 2024, for accusing the Senate of budget padding. The recall process was initiated after a motion moved by Deputy Minority Leader Sen. Abba Moro, who expressed regret on behalf of the suspended …

40 KANO DISTRICT HEADS PROSTRATE BEFORE SANUSI, AFFIRM LOYALTY Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 16th Emir of Kano, presided over the inaugural emirate council meeting on Sunday at the Gidan Rumfa palace. The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi’s leadership was reinstated by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Friday. This first expanded council meeting witnessed the …

THUGS, ANTI-ABURE SUPPORTERS CLASH AT LP NATIONAL SECRETARIAT Pandemonium erupted on Monday when suspected thugs attacked members and executives of the Edo State chapter of the Labour Party who came to protest the continued stay of the National Chairman, Julius Abure, in office after his purported suspension last week. The hoodlums, numbering about 20 swooped on the demonstrators as they …

WAS JUSTICE LIMAN’S SIGNATURE ON KANO EMIRATE TUSSLE FORGED? A fresh finding has raised suspicion of forgery in the controversial order issued by Justice Muhammad Liman of the Federal High Court, Kano on the emirship tussle in the state. Justice Liman had on Thursday last week granted an ex-parte order restraining the Kano State Government from implementing an already signed …

KANO EMIRATE CRISIS: GUNFIRE REPORTED AROUND ADO BAYERO’S MINI PALACE Gunfire was on Monday night reported around the mini palace where the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, is staying in Nasarawa GRA of the state capital. The palace is located about 300 metres to the Kano Government House where movement of vehicles is restricted to one portion of …

COURT STOPS ADO BAYERO, OTHERS FROM PARADING AS EMIRS A High Court in Kano State on Monday granted an order restraining the newly sacked Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and four others from parading themselves as monarchs in the state. The order, which was granted after an ex parte motion was heard by the court, mandated all the dethroned …

LP CRISIS: OBI’S VISIT TO PARTY HQRS WORSENS ABURE’S WOES Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year’s general elections, Peter Obi, last week paid a surprise visit to the headquarters of the party in Abuja on Tuesday. However, the visit earlier perceived to be an endorsement of the national chairman, Julius Abure, outlived its glamour quite shortly, …

SOYINKA AS OKONKWO IN ‘THINGS FALL APART’ BY VAL. OBIENYEM Prof. Wole Soyinka is a distinguished Nigerian whose contributions to literature and politics are globally recognized. However, despite his achievements, he sometimes fails to heed that each profession, especially in his writings, has the moral obligation to be understood or keep quiet. I read Soyinka’s comments about Mr. Peter Obi …