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Court Stops Ganduje Again Over New Bill On Kano Emirates
Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has once again been stopped from proceeding with the creation of additional emirates by a high court in Kano State.
The high court also prohibited Ganduje from making the chairmanship of the Kano emirates council a two-year tenure.
Recalled that Ganduje was taken to court by some kingmakers in Kano State.
The ruling was given on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, according to a report issued by Nigerian Tribune. This is the second attempt by Governor Ganduje in creating four more emirates from the original traditional structure.
Justice Ahmed Badamosi, the presiding judge ruled that the plan to create additional emirates council must be put on hold.
In a related judgment, the court also stopped the appointments of heads of the new emirates council. Ganduje had earlier announced a two-year tenure rotation after the appointment of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi. And in a bid to stop the Governor’s move, some kingmakers headed to the court.
Among the kingmakers who went to court include; Muktar Adnan (Sarkin Ban Kano), Bello Abubakar (Sarkin Dawaki Mai Tuta), Abdullahi Sarki Ibrahim ( Makama Kano), and Yusuf Nabahani (Madakin Kano).
The report named the Governor, the Kano State House of Assembly speaker and others as defendants.
However, the court succeeded in halting Ganduje from cutting the powers of the kingmakers as entrenched in the law of the Kano State emirates council
The case was adjourned to December 17, 2019, for further hearing.
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
