The legal team of the deposed Emir Sanusi of Kano led by Mr Abubakar Mahmoud has said it would challenge the banishment and detention of Mr Sanusi to Loko local government in Nasarawa State. While Mahmoud said his team would do this because it is “illegal, unconstitutional and a clear abuse of power,” he said Sanusi had not given them any directive to challenge his dethronement in court. Kano State government, through the managing director of Kano Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA), Mr Bappa Dan’agundi, had Tuesday morning said the Emir’s banishment was in line with tradition and for peace to…

Kaduna State Government has announced the appointment of Mr Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was deposed as emir of Kano on Monday, into the board of KADIPA, its investment promotion agency. A statement from Sir Kashim Ibrahim House said Governor Nasir El-Rufai approved the reconstitution of the board of KADIPA. Established in 2015, KADIPA has led the investment drive of the state and anchored the implementation of the Ease of Doing Business Charter that earned Kaduna State World Bank recognition as the Number One place for doing business in Nigeria. “Mr Nasir El-Rufai has appointed Muhammad Sanusi II into the board…

Academic activities were, yesterday, paralysed nationwide following industrial action declared by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to press home the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement and stoppage of their February salaries by the Federal Government. Reports from branches of ASUU across the country confirmed that lecturers complied and stayed away from academic activities, including lectures. ASUU had on Monday directed its members to embark on a two-week warning strike because the Federal Government failed to pay salaries of lecturers who did not enroll in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) and non-implementation of the 2009 agreement and…

Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says she has been diagnosed with coronavirus. Ms Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she had taken all the advised precautions after finding out, and had been self-isolating at home. It comes as a sixth person died from the virus in the UK, which has a total of 382 cases. The latest person to die was a man in his early 80s who had underlying health conditions. Meanwhile, NHS England said it was scaling up its capacity for testing people for the infection, with the number of cases set to rise.…