Over N3.7 billion and other assets have been recovered from former directors and contractors of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. He spoke while inaugurating the NDDC Advisory Committee at the Executive Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. Members include governors of the nine Niger Delta states, […]
Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua, said on Tuesday that the bill for the Ekiti Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps pending before Governor Kayode Fayemi would be signed into law next week. The bill, awaiting Dr. Fayemi’s assent, was passed by the House of Assembly into law on February 14 after passing through […]
The traditional institution in Nigeria has come under attacks from political leadership for a long time. Deputy Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU chronicles the various cases of deposition and restriction Emirs of Kano 1. Bagauda (999-1063) 2. Warisi (1063-1095) 3. Gajimasu (1095-1134) 4. Nawata & Gawata (1134-1136) 5. Yusa (1136-1194) 58 yrs 6. Naguji (1194-1247) 53 yrs […]
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 was driven at night for seven hours to a remote village in Nasarawa State, all in a bid to cause him […]
Osun State House of Assembly has passed into law, a bill prohibiting kidnapping, banditry and ritual killing. The bill, which was passed into law on Tuesday, was read for the third time, having passed through debates to correct identified grey areas by the committee of the whole of the House of Assembly. Speaker Timothy Owoeye […]
THE reality of a worrisome economic meltdown as a result of the touring Coronavirus, which as at last count has touched down on 90 countries, came closer home on Tuesday, with President Muhammadu Buhari, admitting that the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has started affecting the nation’s revenue negatively. The President made this known when workers in […]
THE Kano State Government on Tuesday gave more reasons it deposed Muhammad Sanusi as Emir of Kano. It said Sanusi was queried three times by the administration of former governor Rabiu Kwankwaso for disrespecting tradition. This is apart from being at loggerhead with Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in the past three years. Spokesman to […]
A GROUNDWELL of opposition on Tuesday greeted the banishment of deposed Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II. Senior lawyers were unanimous in their condemnation of the action. They urged him to challenge what they called an “anachronistic” practice that has no legal basis. Failure to challenge his banishment, the legal experts said, will set a […]