The legal team of the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi ll has vowed to take legal action over what it called his illegal detention and banishment after his removal by Kano State Government. Mr Abubakar Balarabe-Mahmoud, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and leader of the team said this while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Kano. “We have not spoken to the Emir since yesterday, but we understand they are at their destination somewhere...
Nigeria TV host and media personality, IK Osakioduwa and Kenya TV/Radio Presenter, Amina Abdi Rabar have been announced as co-hosts for 7th edition of the African Magic viewer’s choice award (AMVCA). Sponsored by Amstel Malta, this event would two featured a special award categories – Best Dressed Male and Best Dressed Female. This is in recognition of the best dressed guests on the red carpet at the event slated for Saturday, March 14, 2020 in...
Trump had contact with congressmen Collins and Gaetz before they self-quarantined over coronavirus concerns ■ President Donald Trump had contact with two Republican congressmen before their announcements that they were entering self-quarantine after learning they had been ■ previously exposed to someone diagnosed with coronavirus. ■ Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia shook hands with Trump last Friday when the president traveled. Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida flew on Air Force One with Trump on Monday....
Most boys grow up believing they are going to end up in the arms of a fair lady. Fair lady, because she is graceful and well-mannered is all the boys are looking for, even as most would borrow robes and dress up the one woman your mother had warned you against and had advised you not to marry. What does mama know? After all, her time has passed, and the new dispensation has a different...
Anytime there is a call for war, those who have once lived through it speak differently from those whose experience is from computer games. Just recently, two former Nigerian leaders, Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, and a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma (retd.) have been on a rampage – spewing inflammatory comments about a possible civil war in Nigeria – holding rallies in Nigeria and overseas, conveying animosity over the country’s current political...
Dr Aisha Bawa, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS), has recommended recruitment of more female lecturers as a panacea to sexual harassment in schools. She specifically called for the recruitment of more female lecturers in higher institutions to reduce incidences of sexual harassment on campuses. Aisha made the appeal in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Sokoto. She stressed that having more women in academia would surely...
The major fact to note is that the dethronement of Sanusi is political. Sanusi was appointed Emir of Kano just before the former governor of Kano Rabiu Kwankwaso left office in 2015. Sanusi, a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has shown to be a man of his own whims, an independent actor with a capacity for self-criticism. Certainly, after his tenure as CBN governor, where he was forced by the former president,...
The Wuhan Coronavirus has become a worldwide epidemic. The European country of Italy has been the most ravaged by the virus, in Europe. Already, over 360 people have died of the infection in Italy. Only on Sunday alone, a total of 133 people died of the virus infection in Italy. Although, there are about 7,000 infections in Italy alone, so far. In the United Kingdom, there are about 67 new cases of coronavirus infection,...
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has concluded plan to unveil sealed code to enable buyers or consumers to detect fake products in the markets. The SON Coordinator in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Dimka Gambo, made this known at Business to Business monthly session in Abuja on Saturday. Represented by Mr Papa’a Johnson, the Principal Standard Officer of the organisation, said the code would be inaugurated this year. Gambo explained that...
Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has trained and registered 639 out-of-school children to sit for 2020 JAMB, WAEC and NECO examinations in Adamawa. Dr Nasiru Sani, the Lead Project Coordinator, Youths Educational Empowerment Programme of Future Assured Foundation, disclosed this in interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Yola. Sani said that the Future Assured Foundation was initiated and funded by Mrs Buhari. “The Youths Educational Empowerment Programme was initiated...
