Sanusi versus Ganduge: Reps wade into crisis to forestall bloodbath

Ganduje on Wednesday signed into law the creation of four new Emirates. The Emirates created are for Gaya, Bichi, Karaye, and Rano.

Kano State governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has explained that the creation of four new emirates in the state was to “reduce the burden” on the Kano Emirate led by Lamido Sanusi Lamido.

Moment Sanusi stormed Kano hours after Ado Bayero’s son was crowned Emir.

Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has accused the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II of misappropriating over Four Billion naira. Here are some of the alleged financial malfeasance leveled against the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor.

Group calls for suspension of Kano Emir, Muhammed Sanusi II.

The Emir of Kano, H.E. Lamido Muhammad Sanusi II, has come ‘under fire’ after he took aim at the Federal Government’s subsidy policies; policies he says will eventually throw Nigeria into bankruptcy.

Justice Peter Affen of a Federal Capital Territory High court in Maitama has reserved ruling an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to join NFF president Amaju Pinnick and general secretary Mohammed Sanusi and three other accused persons in a case of alleged fraud worth to the tune of $9.5m.

Legal proceedings have been filed in Sudan to open investigations into 11 people who went missing during the deadly June repression of a protest, lawyers announce. According to doctors close to the protest movement that led to longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir's ouster, at least 127 people were killed on June 3 in a crackdown on a sit-in in the Sudanese capital.

With the lingering leadership crisis in Kano State between Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and the Emir of Kano Mohammad Sanusi ll, that has threatened the peace and security of the state for some time now, a group of elders, under the chairmanship of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, GCFR has been constituted to wade into the crisis, with a view to bringing about, full reconciliation and effective resolution of the matter.

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The Kano State Government has announced the dethronement of the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and announced Ado Bayero as the new Emir of Kano. The government said Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was removed because of insubordination to the government of Kano and its people.

After the initial controversy at the Kano state house of Assembly, the state government has just removed the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Lamido Sanusi.