March 2020

'Governors Can Dethrone Anybody' – Tolu Ogunlesi

‘Governors Can Dethrone Anybody’ – Tolu Ogunlesi

March 10, 2020 1:40 pm
One of President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aides, Tolu Ogunlesi, has claimed that a sitting Governor in Nigeria, can remove any traditional leader.

Ogunlesi was reacting on his Twitter page, to the dethronement of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano by the state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday.

“A sitting governor can dethrone anybody – they have the power.

“That is the way the system is set up. Nobody is above being dethroned. Governors formally appoint them, present them the staff of office and fund their offices,” he wrote.

Ogunlesi also cited the incident involving Governor Nyesom Wike of

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El-Rufai’s Apology A Display Of Hatred Of Southern Kaduna

El-Rufai’s Apology A Display Of Hatred Of Southern Kaduna

March 10, 2020 1:40 pm

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Kaduna State, said the apology by the State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, to the people of Igabi and Giwa Local Areas of the State over bandits attack, showed a double standard played, on the part of the governor.

Penultimate Monday, Governor El-Rufai had apologized to residents of communities attacked by bandits in the Igabi and Giwa LGAs of the state over the killing of more than 50 persons.

But in a statement by the National President of SOKAPU, Jonathan Asake, the people insisted that the governor’s action was an apparent display of hatred

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Court Affirms Douye Diri As Governor, Snubs Alibe’s Suit

Court Affirms Douye Diri As Governor, Snubs Alibe’s Suit

March 10, 2020 1:40 pm
A Federal High Court on Tuesday affirmed Governor Douye Diri as the authentic Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Bayelsa state.

A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe, approached the court to seek redress over the outcome of the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Alaibe approached the Federal High Court in Yenagoa Judicial Division, Bayelsa State, with an application for cancellation of the result of the primary election based on cited procedural flaws.

Read Also: Bayelsa: Gov. Diri Granted ₦2.9 Billion Loan To Buy Cars

The suit filed

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Coronavirus - Chinese President Visits Wuhan

Coronavirus: Chinese President Visits Wuhan

March 10, 2020 11:08 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made his first visit to Wuhan since coronavirus outbreak forced an unprecedented lockdown of the central city of 11 million people.

According to the president, this is a sign that authorities’ efforts to control the virus are working.

“4 Xi’s arrival came on the same day that Wuhan shut the last of 14 makeshift hospitals opened to manage a surge in coronavirus patients that had overwhelmed the city’s health care system,’’ news website The Paper reported.

Earlier on, China announced that it had just 19 new coronavirus infections on Monday, down from 40 a …

Sanusi Sanusi’s Daughter Reacts To Her Father’s Dethronement

Sanusi’s Daughter Reacts To Her Father’s Dethronement

March 10, 2020 11:07 am
Khadija Lamido Sanusi, one of the children of dethroned Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, has reacted to the strange condolence messages being sent to her on social media following the removal of her father from office on Monday.

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano had on Monday, dethroned Emir Sanusi for gross insubordination and disobedience to constituted authority. Almost immediately, Aminu Ado Bayero was appointed at the new Emir of Kano Emirate.

Although her father has since accepted the government’s decision as fate, Khadijah, however, lashed out on Nigerians sending condolence messages in a series of now-deleted tweets.

Read Also: Reno Omokri

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N3.7bn Recovered From NDDC Contractors

₦3.7bn Recovered From NDDC Contractors

March 10, 2020 11:07 am
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that law enforcement agencies have recovered over ₦3.7billion as well as various assets worth billions of Naira from contractors and former directors of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The President made this known at the inauguration of NDDC Advisory Committee, comprising of the nine Governors of the Niger Delta Region and the Ministers of Niger Delta Affairs and Environment at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.

He said: “To date, the EFCC and other agencies of Government have recovered over N3.7billion in cash as well as various assets worth billions of Naira from some …

12 Most famous buildings in Dubai

12 Most Famous Buildings In Dubai

March 10, 2020 4:00 am

Dubai is known for its dazzling desert skyscrapers, but it wasn’t always that way.

Less than 200 years ago, it was a small fishing village. For many decades, most of the city’s structures were just two stories high.
Dubai’s fortunes changed with the discovery of oil in the 1960s, and a decision was made in the 1980s to turn the trading port into a luxury tourist destination.
A slew of stunning buildings were then constructed, often at lightning pace, including the seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel, which opened in 1994.
Today, the city’s architecture is renowned around the world. Here
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Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok Survives Assassination Attempt

Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok Survives Assassination Attempt

March 10, 2020 3:50 am
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has survived an assassination attempt after a blast near his convoy in the capital, Khartoum.

Hamdok wrote on Twitter he was “safe and in good shape” following Monday’s explosion.

Read Also: South Sudan: Assembly Changes Law To Establish 10 States

“What happened will not stop the path of change, it will be nothing but an additional push in the strong waves of the revolution,” added the veteran economist, who became prime minister in August, months after a pro-democracy movement forced the army to remove longtime President Bashar al-Bashir.

Hamdok also shared a photo of himself

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Michigan Muslim Americans Show Support For Sanders

Michigan Muslim Americans Show Support For Sanders

March 10, 2020 3:50 am

“It’s mostly the socialism aspect of it, how we’re all a collective group in America and not one person on his own,” he explained. “He really connects with the young generation, even though he’s kind of an old guy. You feel like he’s a millennial.”

Read Also: Biden Gas Double-Digit Lead Over Sanders For Nomination

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Reno Omokri Mocks Sanusi On His Dethronement, Banishing

Reno Omokri Mocks Sanusi On His Dethronement, Banishing

March 10, 2020 3:49 am
Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has reacted to report that the Kano State Government has dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi.

The Governor Abdullahi Ganduje-led government had on Monday dethroned Sanusi as Emir of Kano.

Following Sanusi’s dethronement, the state government immediately named one of the sons of late Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, Aminu Ado Bayero the 15th Fulani Emir of the state.

Read Also: Sanusi Whisked Off Kano State Amid Tight Security

Bayero, until his selection and subsequent appointment by the four kingmakers in the state, was the Emir of Bichi, one of

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Kano - Northern Elders React As Ganduje Dethrones Sanusi

Kano: Northern Elders React As Ganduje Dethrones Sanusi

March 10, 2020 3:49 am
A body of Northern elders, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for calm and understanding over the removal of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II by the Umar Ganduje led State Government.

The ACF National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim made the appeal in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Kaduna.

Ibrahim recalled that it had earlier intervened in the feud between the Kano Government and the Emirate Council.

Read Also: Sanusi Whisked Off Kano State Amid Tight Security

He said this was in its efforts to ensure an amicable resolution

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Coronavirus In Nigeria - Lagos Govt Declares Two Wanted

Coronavirus In Nigeria: Lagos Govt Declares Two Wanted

March 10, 2020 3:48 am

The Lagos State government has declared two people, who had contact with the country’s index coronavirus case, wanted.

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has identified them as Enwelunta Obumnore Godfrey and Salami Abiodun Sadeeq.

This was announced by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Monday during a briefing.

Abayomi also disclosed that suspects who had been in contact with the secondary case of coronavirus, will begin a 14-day isolation process.

The secondary case of coronavirus is the individual, who had direct contact with index coronavirus case, the 44-year-old Italian man who is currently being quarantined at an

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