Politics

JUSTICE LIMAN AND HIS MANY CONTROVERSIES  The injunction issued by a judge of the Federal High Court in Kano, Justice Abdullahi Mohammed Liman, restraining the Kano State Government from reinstating Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano is only one of the many controversies he has faced. In this piece, John Chuks Azu, head of Daily Trust legal desk, …

AGF DRAGS 36 STATE GOVERNORS TO SUPREME COURT OVER LOCAL GOVT FUNDS The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has asked the Supreme Court to stop the remitting of local government funds to states. In the action instituted on behalf of the federal government, Fagbemi also wants the Supreme Court to stop the 36 …

I’VE ACCEPTED MY FATE, DETHRONED KANO EMIR Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim Abdulkadir, former Emir of Gaya, one of the first class Emirs who was recently dethroned by Kano State Governor says he has accepted his removal as an act of God. The former Emir was affected by the repeal of the law which had balkanised the Kano Emirate. Former Governor Abdullahi …

CRITICISMS OVER ALLEGED FG INTERFERENCE IN KANO EMIRATE CRISIS Nigerians at the weekend tackled the Federal Government over its interference in the Kano emir­ship tussle. They criticised the Federal Government for sending sol­diers, operatives of the Depart­ment of State Services (DSS) and the police to help restore the deposed Aminu Ado Bayero, the 15th emir of Kano, who was de­posed …

PROTEST BREAKS OUT AT DISBANDED KANO EMIRATE There are currently protesters on the streets of Gaya, one of the five emirates affected by the repealed Kano Emirates Council Law. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) controlled House of Assembly had repealed the law which ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje used to dethrone Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II in 2020. Stunned by thousands of …

ENUGU TO HOLD LG ELECTION OCTOBER 5 The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has fixed October 5th, 2024 as the date for the conduct of local government elections. This is contained in a notice issued on 17th of May, 2024 and signed by the Chairman of ENSIEC, Prof. Christian Ngwu. Continue Reading… Below is the statement in full: NOTICE OF …

EMIRATE TUSSLE: WHAT SANUSI TOLD SECURITY CHIEFS AT CRUCIAL MEETING – SOURCES Details of the discussion between Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, and top security chiefs have emerged. Amid the crisis which shook Kano on Saturday, the Police Commissioner, Director of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Kano, Army Brigade Commander and National Security and Civil Defence …

KANO’S DANGEROUS ‘GAME OF THRONES It was the Prussian general and military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz  who said  war is continuation of politics by other means. This famous quote came to mind when the drama in Kano over claims to the commercial city’s throne played out significantly yesterday. Muhammad Sanusi II was reinstated as the 16th Fulani Emir of Kano …

ONE YEAR OF TINUBU GOVT TRAGEDY, NOT ONE PROBLEM SOLVED – BUGAJE A former member of House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje, has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has been a tragedy to Nigerians in his one year in office. Bugaje, featured on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday evening, said President Tinubu’s government has not solved a single problem …

TIMELINE: FROM PALACE TO EXILE, HOW SANUSI REGAINED THE THRONE On March 10, 2020, ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje deposed Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi as Emir of Kano. This was after several attempts were made to reconcile the duo. In an interview with Voice of America (VOA) Hausa, Abdulsalami Abubakar, former military Head of State, had said the efforts to reconcile Ganduje and …