Month: March 2020

I’m not involved in Sanusi’s dethronement – Malami

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The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF),and Minister of Justice,Abubakar Malami SAN, said he had no hand in the dethronement and detention of Muhammadu Sanusi. Sanusi, who was dethroned as emir of Kano, was confined to Awe in Nasarawa state until a federal high court in Abuja ordered his release, paving the way for him to move to Lagos, on Friday. An aide of the deposed monarch had accused Malami of ordering the detention of the former first-class monarch. In a statement on Sunday, Umar Gwandu, special assistant on media and public relations to…

FROM DEATH SENTENCE TO FREEDOM: A CASE OF IBRAHIM IBRAHIM IN SAUDI ARABIA By Maryam Kehinde Abdulazeez

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“If I knew, I wouldn’t have travelled”, was a regrettable statement from Malam Ibrahim Ibrahim. Malam Ibrahim Ibrahim, a cleric and an indigene of Zamfara State travelled to Saudi Arabia in March 2017 for lesser Hajj also known as Umrah. Ibrahim never knew what will become of his fate as he left Nigeria for Saudi Arabia. Upon arrival at King Abdulazeez International Airport, Jeddah, Ibrahim was held and charged for alleged drug trafficking by Saudi Arabia security operatives. He was not only surprised but shocked for such an arrest which…

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Ex-Minister, Dambazau tasks Corps members, others

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Corps Members have been advised to imbibe creativity and innovation as means of achieving entrepreneurial success. A one-time Chief of Army Staff and immediate past Minister of Interior, Lt.Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau gave the advice in a lecture titled “National Mobilization for Youth Entrepreneurship and Youth Development” delivered at the NYSC FCT Permanent Orientation Camp, Kubwa, Abuja.   He charged the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Corps Members undergoing Orientation Course and other graduate youths to critically think out how they could add values to various endeavours that would be of…

MPAC Calls on Kano Govt to release Deposed Emir Sanusi

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A muslim group, Muslim Public Affairs Centre, MPAC in a statement signed by Disu Kamor,the Executive Chairman has called the attention of the public to the situation of the deposed Emir of Kano Emirate Council, HRH Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and to advocate for his immediate release. The former Emir was dethroned on Monday, 9th March 2020 via a letter signed by the Secretary to Kano State Government, stating that the decision to remove him was due to his “general disrespect to lawful instructions from the authorities, including persistent refusal to…

Sanusi leaves Awe after judicial victory

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Muhammad Sanusi II, former emir of Kano, has left Awe, a town in Nasarawa where he was banished to after his dethronement. Sanusi is riding in the same vehicle as Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, who visited him on his third day in detention. A federal high court in Abuja had ordered the immediate release of Sanusi. On Thursday, Lateef Fagbemi, a senior advocate of Nigeria, filed an exparte motion for the release of Muhammad Sanusi II from confinement in Awe. Fagbemi prayed that the court order Sanusi’s release…

HH Muhammadu Sanusi II: The Consequences Of Betrayal And Hypocrisy, By Murtadha Gusau

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Dear brothers and sisters, the motives for betrayal could be any of the Satanic emotions he injects into people’s hearts, sickening their souls such as jealousy, envy, hatred, greed, ego, and passion to power and control. Like all forms of sins, people betray when they choose Satan’s points of views over Allah’s. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all creation. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Messenger, his family, his Companions and those who follow…

For Whom the Gates Open Wide, By Wole Soyinka

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Why, I am not certain, but I do have the feeling that the palace gates of the Kano emirate are not yet definitively slammed against this Islamic scholar, royal scion and seasoned economist. It is just a feeling. Closed and bared, or merely shut however, the doors of enlightened society remain wide open to Muhammad Sanusi. These are depressing times – stemming from different factors of course – for a large sector of the nation. Insecurity, economy in a coma, a leadership in name only, having vanished into ether, permanently…

BREAKING: Court Orders Immediate Release Of Sanusi From Confinement

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from confinement/detention. Justice Anwuli Chikere made the order in an ex-parte ruling on Friday morning after listening to the lawyer to Sanusi, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) who argued a motion ex-parte to that effect. The order, made interim, is directed at the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Attorney General of Kano State and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) – who are all…

BREAKING: El-Rufai, Sanusi Meet In Awe

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Kaduna state Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai is currently in a meeting with the dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamino Sanusi who is taking asylum in Awe local government area of Nasarawa. The Kaduna Governor who is a close friend to the dethroned Emir had shortly after he was removed as emir appointed him into the board of the state Investment Promotion Agency, KADIPA. He also appointed the dethroned Emir as the chancellor of Kaduna state University. Already the state has witnessed an increased number of security check points in the last…

North Central Commission establishment bill passes second reading in Senate

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A Bill for an Act to establish North Central Development Commission (NCDC), passed second reading on the floor of Nigerian Senate on Thursday. The NCDC Bill, being Sponsored by Senator Abba Moro (Benue South), is coming barely two years, when the North East Development Commission (NEDC) was established by the Federal Government and barely 24 hours when the Bill for establishing North West Development Commission (NWDC) passed second reading at the Senate. The Bill seeks to establish a Commission responsible for receiving and managing funds allocated by the Federal Government…