Kano Government denies reports of new emir

The Kano State Government has denied rumours making the rounds, especially on the social media, that a new emir has been selected to replace late Ado Bayero.

There are widespread reports that the son of the late emir, Sunusi Ado-Bayero, had been selected.

Mr. Bayero is considered a frontline contender for the position, as is a former governor of the Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi.

The Senior Special Assistant on Media, to Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, Jaafar Jaafar, said on  Sunday afternoon that Mr. Kwankwaso was yet to make the announcement.

You Can't Iinvestigate Sanusi Now: Court Tells Financial Reporting Council, CBN

You Can't  Iinvestigate Sanusi Now: Court Tells Financial Reporting Council, CBN

Again, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has on Friday gives a preservatory order banning the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRCN, from investigating the suspended Central Bank Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi. Justice J.T. Tsoho gave the order on Friday in a suit filed by Mr. Sanusi through his counsel, Kola Awodehin.

Friday’s order comes 24 hours after a separate court ruled that Mr. Sanusi was illegally detained and his passport illegally seized by the Department of State Security Service, SSS, after his suspension. The court ordered the payment of N50 million damages to Mr. Sanusi.

Court barred the FRCN from investigating Mr. Sanusi and the Central Bank, CBN, pending the determination of the suit. Sanusi had on March 27 refused to appear before the Council which was investigating allegations of financial recklessness against the CBN boss.