Kano emir
29 May 2024
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has issued a summon to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court over conflicting interim injunctions regarding the Kano Emirate tussle. The Federal High Court in Kano, presided over by Justice S. A. Amobeda, issued an…
28 May 2024
Justice Amina Adamu Aliyu of Kano high court on Monday granted fresh exparte restraining the Nigerian Police, the State Security Service (SSS) and Nigerian military from evicting the newly reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II from Kofar Kudu palace. The fresh injunction came less than 24 hours after the same court restrained the deposed…
27 May 2024
A Kano State high court on Monday ordered the immediate eviction of the deposed Emir Aminu Ado Bayero from the Nassarawa palace extension in Kano. In an exparte injunction with suit no. K/1000/2024 granted by Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu also ordered Bayero and the four deposed first-class chiefs to stop parading themselves with their previous…
27 May 2024
The Nigerian army finally broke their silence on their meddling with the Kano State emirate squabble. The high command exonerated personnel from the controversy, claiming its soldiers were not involved in the row. Spokesman of the army, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said contrary to insinuations by the Kano state chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association…
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