Lagos State Government has threatened to close Ladipo, Oshodi and Mushin markets. Briefing reporters on Tuesday in Ikeja on “Year 2020 Seasonal Rainfall Predictions and Prevention of Flooding in Lagos”, Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources Mr. Tunji Bello said that the markets risked being shut as a result of unhealthy environmental practices. He said […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has debunked the allegation that he ordered the dethronement of former Kano Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II. A former Kano Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso had accused Buhari of ordering the dethronement and banishment of Sanusi to Awe town in Nasarawa state on Monday. But Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity […]

Barely 10 hours after he gave him Vice Chairman of Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA), Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i has again named the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Chancellor of the Kaduna State University (KASU). A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, which announced the new appointment on Wednesday, said that Sanusi […]

Anybody who engages in the importation, sales and use of electricity generating sets is guilty of an offence and upon conviction would be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than ten years. This is the sanction provided in a fresh Bill introduced to the Senate on Wednesday with the  aim of curbing […]

Chief Afe Babalola, SAN, and Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, have formally protested the N60 million fine imposed on them by the Supreme Court over their bid for Bayelsa governoship judgment review. Their protest letters were addressed to the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Babalola and Olanipekun in their letters addressed […]

Former Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of ordering the dethronement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the emir of Kano. Sanusi was removed from the throne on Monday by Kano State Government. The state accused Sanusi ot being the “in total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor […]

The legal team of the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll,  has threatened to sue the Kano State Government   over what it called  “illegal detention and banishment “ of its client. It said  Sanusi was driven at night for seven hours to a remote village in Nasarawa State, all in a bid to cause […]

• States’ party chairmen divided over suspension The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday met behind closed doors with the suspended National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, conspicuously absent. It was learnt that the March 17, 2020 emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, billed to be attended by President […]

El-Rufai appoints former emir to Kaduna investment board Senior advocate issues 24-hour ultimatum for client’s release Abolish monarchies now, says top Islamic cleric Gumi Presidency sends conflicting signals over Kano governor’s action Hundreds of miles away from the prying eyes and punitive hands of the Kano State government, some political bigwigs in the country may […]

The deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammed Sanusi II has opened up on the issue. In a video that went viral, Sanusi said he has accepted his dethronement in good fate and described it as the will of God. The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who spoke in Hausa language, noted that […]