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The 15th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has assured justice would prevail, while urging residents to maintain law and order.  He spoke at the mini-palace where he has been since returning to the State following his dethronement. The monarch pledged to follow whatever the law states, adding that Kano is too important to Nigeria. Speaking in his native tongue, …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sacked a large number of directors, a move that is part of the extensive reforms implemented by the CBN Governor, Yemi Cardoso, since he assumed office. Cardoso has been downsizing the workforce as part of his reforms. Initially, some senior staff who served during Godwin Emefiele’s tenure were spared in the first wave …

A report by the Reuters news agency suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated ceasefire that recognizes the current battlefield lines.”Contributor/Getty ImagesEastern UkraineCNN —  Russian President Vladimir Putin’s signaling this week that he is open to peace talks should be viewed with vast, overshadowing caveats, and the weight of Ukraine’s – and the West’s …

At the backdrop of the first anniversary of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, public and private sector executives have expressed divergent views over the quality and impacts of the various economic reforms embarked upon by the administration in the past year. They spoke at the 2024 edition of the Vanguard Economic Discourse held in Lagos yesterday. The executives include the Vice …

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf said Kano State is not bound by court order seeking to stop the reinstatement of a former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Sanusi Bature, the Director-General, Media and Publicity of Governor Yusuf made this known in an interview on Arise Television on Friday. Bature said, “This is an ex parte order, and it’s given largely …

The forum says the scrapping of the five emirates showed the struggles that traditional rulers face in Nigeria. The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed concern over the unfolding Kano State emirate crisis that led to the removal of the five first class emirs in the state. The forum’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, in a statement on Friday, cautioned Governor Abba …

The court adjourned the case to 3 June for hearing of the Fundamental Rights application The Federal High Court in Kano has restrained the Kano State Government from implementing the new emirate law under which Lamido Sanusi has been reinstated as the Emir of Kano. The law, passed on Thursday by the State House of Assembly and assented immediately by …

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has presented a letter of appointment to the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. Earlier, Governor Yusuf stated the reason why the Kano State government reinstated Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. The governor said Sanusi was victimized in 2019. He added that the emirate council law 2019 by the immediate …

The Senate is currently in a closed-door session to consider a bill seeking to amend the components of the Nigerian National Anthem, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. If the bill is passed, the existing anthem will be replaced with the old components of the anthem that were changed in 1978 during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime. The lawmakers went into the …

The proposed Kano State Emirate Council Law 2024 passed by the Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 23, technically dethroned Alh. Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of Kano. The law recognised former CBN governor, Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano. Sanusi’s portrait has since been adorning the giant wall of the Coronation Hall of Government House, Kano, while that …