Kano: Ganduje’s commissioner optimistic of Bayero’s return’
Muazu Magaji, Commissioner of Works in the administration of ex-Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said plans are underway to return the dethroned Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, to the palace. While signing the repealed Kano Emirates Council Law on Thursday, Governor Abba Yusuf gave the sacked Emirs 48 hours to vacate their palaces […]
$34.4m Fraud: Binance executive ill-health stalls trial
The trial of Binance Holdings Limited and its Executive, Tigran Gambaryan before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, could not continue today, due to the ill-health of Gambaryan, the second defendant. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting Gambaryan alongside Binance Holdings Ltd on a five-count charge bordering on alleged […]
Kano governor announces return of Sanusi as Emir
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has announced the appointment of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi as the new Emir of Kano. He made the announcement after signing the new emirate council law at Government House, Kano, on Thursday The governor signed the law at exactly 5:10pm alongside his deputy, the Speaker of the State Assembly […]
Rivers governor, Fubara congratulates Sanusi on reinstatement
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has congratulated His Royal Highness, Muhammad Sanusi II on his reinstatement as the 14th Emir of Kano. Governor Fubara said that he received the news of the reinstatement of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with great excitement, particularly coming at a time Khalifa Sanusi […]
Sanusi back as Emir of Kano?
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II has been reinstated as the Emir of Kano, This decision followed the Kano State House of Assembly’s resolution to dethrone the current Emir and also dismantle the four new Emirates in the State established under a controversial 2019 law. Though it has not been officially announced,it was gathered that earlier dethroned […]
Cross River impeaches Speaker
Rt. Hon. Elvert Ekom Ayambem has been impeached as the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly. The Speaker was impeached on Wednesday by 17 members out of the 25-member House over allegations of misappropriation of funds. Majority of the lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote on the Rt. Hon. Ayambem, about 11 months […]
US visa scam: American businessman, Marco Ramirez, knows fate Sept. 10
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has, adjourned till September 10, 2024, judgment in the alleged $1.2million US visa scam involving an American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Ramirez alongside his companies, USA NOW LLC, Eagle Ford Instalodge Group LP and […]
Crisis-hit university students ordered to leave UK
Nigerian students have been thrown off university courses and ordered to leave the UK after a currency crisis left them struggling to pay tuition fees on time. Teesside University students were blocked from their studies and reported to the Home Office after the value of Nigeria’s naira plummeted, wiping out their savings. Some told the […]
Ekiti governor, Oyebanji returns
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji this morning returned from his working visit to the United States of America. A statement by the Special Adviser ( Media), to the Governor, Mr Yinka Oyebode said Oyebanji arrived the Muritala Mohammed Airport, Lagos around 10am and was received by some government officials. The Governor will attend to […]
Sam Owolabi Akerele: Exit of a meteor
William Shakespeare once said, “When beggars die, there are no comets seen; heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” The rude exit of Mr Sam Akerele, astute aviator and former scribe of frontline aviation industry pressure group, Aviation Round Table (ART), on May 22, 2018, came like a whirlwind rumbling in the forest. It […]
