Tragedy struck on Saturday as 19 athletes from Kano Contingent were confirmed dead following a ghastly motor accident at Dakatsalle Bridge in the Kura Local Government area of Kano State. The athletes who were returning from the just concluded National Sports Festival held in Abeokuta, Ogun State as the bus conveying 30 athletes fell from…
Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has demanded compensation for the travellers killed in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State last Thursday. The hunters whom most of them were from Kano were intercepted and gruesomely killed by a mob under the guise of kidnapping. Yusuf while demanding justice and compensation for the…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has nullified the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. The court presided by Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman nullified all the actions taken after the reinstatement. The court set aside the new (repealed) emirate law 2024, which purportedly dethroned Aminu Bayero and four other…
Governor Abba Yusuf has ordered the arrest of dethroned Kano Emir Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. Bayero, whose whereabouts have been unknown since he was sacked on Thursday, arrived the ancient city on Saturday with a crowd of supporters receiving him at the airport. But as soon as he arrived, Governor Yusuf ordered the immediate arrest…
Governor Abba Yusuf has officially presented a letter of appointment to Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. The mini-durbar ceremony took place at the Africa House of the Kano State Government House on Friday, May 24. The presentation of the letter of appointment is coming after a Federal High Court sitting in…
A Federal High Court presided over by Justice Liman has granted an ex-parte order restraining the Kano State Government from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II as Emir of Kano. The judge gave the order, on Thursday night, despite the fact that he is reportedly being in the United States. The case was filed by a…
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has announced the appointment of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano. He made the announcement after signing the new emirate council law at Government House, Kano, on Thursday The governor signed the law at exactly 5:10pm alongside his deputy, the Speaker of the…
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II has been reinstated as the Emir of Kano, it was learnt. This decision followed the Kano State House of Assembly’s resolution to dethrone the current Emir and also dismantle the four new Emirates in the State established under a controversial 2019 law. Though it has not been officially announced, LEADERSHIP has…
A Kano State High Court has ordered the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, to stop parading himself as a member of the party. Subsequently, the court ordered that henceforth, Ganduje should desist from presiding over all affairs of the National Working Committee of the APC. The application granted by Justice…
Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Wednesday sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, winner of the March 18 governorship poll. Reading of the judgment was transmitted virtually via Zoom, a teleconference service as the panel members were not physically in court.The ruling came…
