Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, on Thursday, approved the reappointment of Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 14th Emir of Kano. Yusuf also gave the five former emirs 48 hours to vacate all official residences and hand over former emirate properties to the Commissioner of Local Governments. Recall that Sanusi fell out with…
The Nigeria Civil Society has condemned the incessant attacks on Nigerian Military and security forces, describing it as a dastard and condemnable trend that can trigger anarchy, unrest and national security destabilization. At a press conference on Thursday, in Abuja, Adams Otakwu, Chairperson, Conference of Civil Societies and Coordinator, Civil-Military Cooperation, noted that the incident…
The UN’s top court said it will rule Friday on a request by South Africa to order Israel to implement a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. South Africa has petitioned the International Court of Justice for emergency measures to order Israel to “cease its military operations in the Gaza Strip” including in Rafah city, where…
The operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have stormed the palace of Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, as rumours of imminent deposition of the Emir thicken. This is coming at a time when Kano State Assembly passed the Kano State Emirates Council Amendment Law (repeal bill), 2024. Journalists who visited the…
Rivers State Governor, 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 II…
The Kano State House of Assembly has dethroned the five Emirs and abolished the five Emirates in the state. The development followed a special session held by the lawmakers on the floor of the house presided over by the speaker, RT. Hon. Jibrin Falgore. At the resumed proceeding, the Assembly has passed Kano emirates council…
The RATTAWU Chairman of the Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, Ile-Awiye, Oke-Baale Osogbo, Prince Adekunle Makanjuola has commended Governor Ademola Adeleke for the approval of the Freelancers to the permanent appointment. The Chairman, in his statement described Governor Adeleke as an apostle of possibilities, who through his immediate pronouncement of conversion of all freelance staff of…
Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash at the weekend, is to be buried in his home city of Mashhad on Thursday. Raisi is to be laid to rest at the city’s shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam of Shia Islam. High-ranking representatives of friendly states are expected to attend, including…
Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have rejected the Federal government’s fresh N58,000 minimum wage offer. According to Channels Television, sources in the Nigeria Labour Congress disclosed this on Wednesday. The report said that organized labour also saw reasons for dropping their demand to N497,000 minimum…
A bill submitted to the National Assembly is seeking the amendment of provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022, to give inmates in Nigerian prisons the right to vote in elections in the country. The proposed legislation, a copy of which was obtained by DAILY POST, is titled ‘Bill for An Act to amend the Electoral…
