According to reports, the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Muhammadu Sanusi II, is set to marry a fourth wife. The respected northern monarch, who was a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is reportedly taking the teenage daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Musdafa, as wife. The…
Scene of the blast on Friday A mosque near the Emir’s palace in Kano has been bombed, reports reaching us from the ancient indicate. The explosion occurred just when Muslim faithful in the city were about to observe the Friday J’umaat prayers at the Kano Central Mosque. Imam of the mosque, Sani Zahradeen, was just…
President Goodluck Jonathan has held a closed-door meeting with the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. The secret meeting took place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday. Both parties are meeting again for the second time after President Jonathan suspended Sanusi as Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in February 2014. They…