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Court stops Sanusi’s reinstatement as Kano Emir

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A Federal High Court in Kano has issued an order stopping the Kano State Government from enforcing the Kano State Emirate Council Repeal Law. Justice Mohammed Liman granted the order in an application by Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, the Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate. Court papers regarding the case have since gone viral. The Kano State House of Assembly, on Thursday, dissolved all the four newly created emirate councils in the state. The dissolution of the affected Emirates was a sequel to deliberations on the floor of…

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Banky W survives cancer surgery the fourth time

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Olubankole Wellington, Nigerian singer, popularly known as Banky W, has undergone a fourth cancer surgery. The Made For You crooner, In a heartfelt post on his Instagram page on Thursday, expressed gratitude to God for his recovery. Banky W thanked his wife, family, friends, and pastors for their unwavering support and prayers, as well as his medical team, Dr. Onyewu and Dr. Adenuga, for their expertise and care. Sharing a video he wrote, “Christ 4 – Cancer Tumors 0 “Sometimes, your faith in God will not prevent the storms from…

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Four years after dethronement, Sanusi reinstated as Emir of Kano

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The dethroned emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has been reistatated. This was announced by the Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf. Yusuf announced the reinstatement of Sanusi shortly after he signed the bill abolishing the five emirates created in 2019, on Thursday. In March 2020, Abdullahi Ganduje, former governor of Kano, deposed Sanusi as Emir of Kano “for total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the governor”. Muhammadu Sanusi II, deposed as the Emir of Kano four years ago, has been reinstated to the throne. Share on: WhatsApp

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FG bans ‘money rituals’, smoking other vices in Nollywood movies

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The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), says the Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and glamourising of vices in Nigerian films. This was made known by the Executive Director/CEO of the board, Dr Shaibu Husseini. Husseini disclosed this at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood held in Enugu on Wednesday. The event was organised by the NFVCB and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA). Movie producers, directors and actors drawn from different parts of the country, as well as leaders of various guilds…

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Israel’s Netanyahu blasts Ireland, Norway, Spain for recognising Palestinian state

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Israel has reacted to the recognition of a Palestinian state by Ireland, Norway and Spain on Wednesday even as the war against Hamas continues more than seven months in devastating Gaza. Recall that the three European countries said they would formally recognise the State of Palestine on May 28, drawing praise from many Arab and Muslim states. In a swift reaction, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move amounted to a “reward for terror”, after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its October 7 attack which sparked the Gaza war.…

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Abba Kyari gets temporary bail to bury mother

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Abba Kyari, the remanded former Commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, got a two-week bail on Tuesday to enable him to go home and conclude the burial rites of his mother, Yachilla Kyari, who died on May 5, 2024. Justice Emeka Nwike of the Federal High Court in Abuja granted Kyari the two-week bail on compassionate grounds following an application by his legal team. Kyari had been in detention since his arrest in February 2022. The star police investigator was arrested for drug offences by the National Drug Law…

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Chad PM resigns

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Succes Masra, Chadian Prime Minister, said he has handed in his resignation, just over two weeks after his defeat to junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno in presidential elections. “I’ve just submitted my resignation and that of the transition government, which became irrelevant with the end of the presidential election,” Masra said on his Facebook page in a message authenticated by his team on Wednesday. The move, he added, was also in accordance with the constitution. Deby, 40, was proclaimed transitional president in April 2021 by a junta of 15…

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Seven killed by generator fumes in Bayelsa music studio

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Students of the Niger Delta University, Yenagoa, were among the seven persons found dead inside a music studio on Tuesday morning after inhaling what is suspected to be generator fumes. It was gathered that the music studio along Transformer Road in the Amarata area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, was operated by one of the deceased identified as Akpos Barakubo. The deceased were said to be working in the studio on Monday night but fell asleep due to exhaustion without putting off the generator resulting in the sad incident.…

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Abuja based pastor forcefully ejects wife, 6 children from home

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Stanley Ogbonna, an Abuja based popular pastor and General Overseer of the God’s Spring Assembly also known as Glass Church, Kubwa, Abuja has allegedly driven his estranged wife, Chioma, and six children out of their house in Abuja. Pastor Ogbonna, was said to be in a strained relationship with his wife, which led to their divorce. He was accused of telling the court he had sold his properties to prevent the embattled wife from having a share of his wealth. In a clip that went viral on social media platforms…

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20 Abuja residents abducted in night raid by bandits

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Bandits have reportedly kidnapped about 20 residents of Dawaki, a community near Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory. The attackers were said to have raided houses on Frank Opara Street before security operatives responded to distress calls. The Chairman of Dawaki Rock Heaven Community, Tunde Abdulrahim, who spoke to newsmen on Monday, said the incident happened at about 7.30pm on Sunday. Abdulrahim said the armed men, numbering about 50, invaded the community and broke into about six houses. Commenting on the attack, the FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said…

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