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  • Buhari greets Emir of Ilorin, Sulu-Gambari, at 78

    President Muham-madu Buhari has felicitated with the Emir of Ilorin, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Ibrahim Kolapo Sulu-Gambari, on his 78th birthday, today.

    In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari joined the indigenes of Kwara State, the historic Ilorin emirate and all associates of the Emir in celebrating the septuagenarian, whose reign on the throne has ushered in an era of peace, development and prosperity for his people.

    The president commended the traditional ruler for his simple, disciplined and modern leadership style, which he has translated into remarkable developmental strides by promoting the values of good education, harmonious living, tolerance for divergence and the power of collective, progressive investments.

    The president re-affirmed that the Emir of Ilorin, who is also the Chairman of the Kwara State Traditional Council, has contributed tremendously to the development of Nigeria, starting out early as a lawyer and later a jurist, and regularly providing wise counsel to leaders and serving the nation dutifully whenever he was called upon.

     

  • Emir advises old students on alma mater’s development

    THE Emir of Tsafe in Zamfara State, Alhaji Muhammadu Bawa, has called on old students of schools to develop and strengthen initiatives that would support government’s drive for education development across board.

    Bawa said the process of nation building, especially in the aspect of education was a collective one.

    Speaking in Sokoto, Sokoto State, at the congress and award ceremony of Maru Teachers’ College Old Boys Association (MATCOBA), Sokoto State chapter Bawa, who is also an alumnus, said it was time old students of colleges exhibited the spirit of sacrifice and commitment to programmes and policies aimed at upgrading education and its components for excellence.

    This, the royal father said, would further equip schools in terms of infrastructures and intellect through finance of important projects.

    “The coming of old students should not only be an arena for relating with one another, but to strengthen and encourage advancement of the education sector as it affects infrastructure and standards in their respective schools,” he added.

    Guest Speaker at the occasion and Deputy Managing Director of Rima Television, Sokoto, Labaran Lumo Dundaye, noted that education sector is key in the development process of a nation and should not be left to government alone.

    Dundaye while presenting a paper titled:”Giving back to Maru Teachers’ College’: A Tool for Community Development”, described the topic as conscious driven towards developing mutual contribution strategies for Maru Teachers’ College.

    He identified standards, consumption levels, medical and economic fortunes, among others, to propel the primary needs for shelter, food, water, health, education and social status of the college and the community in particular as relevant components for repositioning the school.

    He noted that school’s old boys have the primary obligation to enhance development and create a conducive environment for learning through team work.

    “We need to create feeling of gratitude, culture of giving, strengthen communities, fight poverty, provide basic amenities among other positive initiatives of adding value to such schools,” he added.

    In the same vein, another old boy and Emir of Maru in Zamfara State, Alhaji Abubakar Chika Ibrahim, said the old boys were ready to extend the necessary support that would project the institution, which has now been renamed College of Education, Maru.

    He noted that the college had graduated prominent persons, who were at the peak of their respective careers across the country.

    “To us is a feat for the college to be upgraded to the status of COE,” he stated.

    Earlier, the state chapter chairman, Yakubu Hassan, called for synergy between the old boys and the institution in order to promote its ideals.

    “We need a strong bond that will further stem our drive for the development of the college,” he stressed.

    The National President, Alhaji Muhammad Tukur Nahuche, extolled the giant strides of its members for raising and bringing the association to limelight while expressing it’s grieve over the recent inferno that destroyed the college property worth over N300 million.

     

  • Emir blames Buhari’s enemies for insecurity

    Emir blames Buhari’s enemies for insecurity

    The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji AbdulMumKabir Usman, has alleged that the current security challenges in the country were the handiwork of enemies of President Muhammadu Buhari.

    Those uncomfortable with the president’s efforts to reposition the nation, he alleged, were behind the various security threats.

    The Emir spoke when the Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, accompanied Senate President Bukola Saraki on a condolence visit over the death of former governor, Alhaji Lawal Kaita.

    Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Abdu LabaranMalumfashi, in a statement, quoted the Emir as saying “ninety nine percent of the security challenges this country is facing is caused by the enemies of the administration who want to discredit and invite the people against it because of the good work it is doing”.

    The traditional ruler asked the government “to show no mercy and decisively deal with anybody found complicit in all the criminal activities threatening the corporate existence of the country”.

     

     

  • Emir of Kano sacks two traditional rulers over extortion

    Emir of Kano sacks two traditional rulers over extortion

    The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Friday sacked the Village Head of Hungu, Ibrahim Shehu and the Ward Head of Zangwan, Galal Nadabo Adamu for alleged extortion.
     
    The two traditional title holders were allegedly involved in a syndicated case with a Police Inspector, Umaru Abubakar, for collecting over N50,000 from the mother of an accused, Hauwa Sule, in Albasu Local Area of the State.
     
    The Emir announced the sacking of the traditional title holders after receiving an investigation report on the deal from the District Head of Albasu, Alhaji Bashir Albasu, Katikan Kano at the palace.
     
    A report revealed that already N33,000 has already been collected out of the N50,000 from the mother of the suspect, Yusuf Sule of Hungun Village of Albasu LGA.
     
    The Emir, however warned the traditional title holders to desist from any act capable of smearing the image of the Kano Emirate Council and the tradition.
  • Kano Clash: Kwankwasiyya are liars, says Kano Police

    Kano Clash: Kwankwasiyya are liars, says Kano Police

    Indications emerged on Friday that the police may soon parade the perpetrators of last Saturday’s breach of peace at the palace of Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11.
    The state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Yusuf has inaugurated a powerful team of police detectives to unravel the immediate and remote cause of the fracas.
    The Nation recalls that last Saturday, during the traditional Hawan Daushe to mark the Eid-El-Kabir, at the Emir’s palace, the Kwankwassiyya faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in their thousands, converged at Hasiya Bayero Hospital, located opposite the Palace, with an alleged motive to disrupt the event, which was supposed to be graced by the state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, a situation resulting in a bloody clash.
    Speaking to reporters at the Bompai Police headquarters on Friday, the Command’s spokesman, DSP Magaji Musa Majia, said investigations into the fracas will soon be concluded, adding that police, “must bring the perpetrators to book.”
    According to him, “the Kano state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Rabiu Yusuf inaugurated a powerful team of police detectives headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Ahmed Muhammad Azare to immediately embark on painstaking investigation and find out the immediate and remote causes of the clash that occurred on the 2nd September, 2017.”
    He said the Team’s terms of reference include to: identify the victims, attackers, their sponsors, masterminds, as well as any action or inaction taken so far against the police, adding that those found culpable would be prosecuted.
    Reacting to press briefing credited to Kwankwasiyya Support Group, held in Abuja, on September 7 accusing the police of complicity in the matter, Majia described their claims as, “mischievous, malicious, callous and a demonstration of shame,” adding that, “their actions portray them as pathological liars.”
    Giving a graphic account of the incident, Majia said: “the fracas occurred during ‘HAWAN DAUSHE’ at Emir’s Palace, Kano, on the second day of Eid-El-Kabir, an occasion organized by the Emirate Council, purely traditional and not political.
    “During the occasion, District Heads (Hakimai) pay homage to His Royal Highness, the Emir of Kano at ‘KOFAR KUDU.’ On that fateful day, the Kwankwasiyya faction of APC converged at Hasiya Bayero Hospital in thousands, with their supporters drawn from Sokoto, Kogi, and other neighbouring states and various Local Government Areas of Kano state with the ulterior motive to disrupt the occasion, which was not a political gathering.
    “They were chanting ‘Bamayi! Bamayi!! Bamayi!!!, meaning, ‘we are not in support, we are not in support, we are not in support.
    “This happened when the factional group (Kwankwasiyya), sighted the convoy of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, OFR, approaching the venue of the occasion and suddenly started pelting the convoy.
    “However, with the deliberate cause of chaos, a clash ensued between the two APC factions. With quick intervention of the police, normalcy was restored. Some notable Kwankwasiyya’s ardent supporters were rescued from the ugly incident including former Commissioner in the past administration, Dr. Yunusa Adamu Dangwani, former SSG, Dr. Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, former Director Special Services, Alhaji Danyaro Yakasai, and escorted by the police to their respective residences safely.
    “However, it is quite disheartening that these same people that caused the pandemonium turned a leaf of shame against the police that saved their lives from being lynched. On no occasion that the Kwankwasiyya faction of APC sought for audience with the Commissioner of Police and their request was turned down, such assertion was nothing but an act of mischief.
    “The Kano Police Command is calling on all the good citizens of the state to remain calm, and equally assuring them that no amount of propaganda, intimidation, misrepresentation and total evasion of facts will deter the police Command from carrying out its constitutional duties of maintaining law and order.
    “The Nigeria Police will not allow any group or organization under whatsoever guise to disrupt the relative peace the citizens of Kano state are currently enjoying. The police Command is hereby issuing a stern warning to all miscreants under whosoever guise, that it will not fold its hands and watch thugs hatching ugly situation that may lead to mayhem in the entire state.
    “The Command, therefore, calls on the good people of the state to collaborate with the Police to unmask these miscreants and perpetrators of last Saturday are incident as they will be dealt with in accordance to the extant laws.”

  • Emir advocates agric programmes for youths

    The Emir of Minna, Alhaji Umar Bahago, said yesterday that  engaging youths in agriculture and agricultural entrepreneurship would  minimise agitations across the country.

    Bahago in his Eid-el-Kabir message in Minna, said that when the youths engage in meaningful ventures to earn a good living, there would be less crime and agitations across the country.

    He appealed to the three tiers of government to initiate sustainable agricultural programmes.

    “Our teeming youths should be engaged in meaningful ventures such as the dry and wet season farming to create jobs, wealth and to produce enough food,” he said.

    “It will be an understatement to talk on improvement in the prices of farm produce this year, especially that of yam that has hit the international market.

    “The youths of Minna Emirate and the country at large should seize this golden opportunity in going back to the farm as an alternative to unemployment and restiveness,’’ he said.

    He enjoined the youths to form cooperatives to access the Anchor Borrowers Programme and other agricultural intervention programmes of the Federal Government in order to engage in farming.

    The emir, however, called on the people of Minna Emirate and other Nigerians to live peacefully irrespective of tribe and religion in order to ensure development.

    He said that the multi-ethno religious nature of the country should be used to develop the country and not to as a divisive instrument.

  • Aregbesola, Emir of Borgu restate need for Nigeria’s unity

    Aregbesola, Emir of Borgu restate need for Nigeria’s unity

    Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola and the Emir of Borgu, Muhammed Sani Dantoro, have said the nation’s unity should remain uppermost in the minds of Nigerians because of the socio-religious crisis across the country.

    The duo reiterated the need for Nigeria’s unity to guarantee continued peaceful co-existence among the citizenry.

    A statement yesterday in Osogbo, the state capital, by the Bureau of Communication and Strategy’s Director Semiu Okanlawon said the duo spoke when Emir Dantoro visited Aregbesola at the Government House in Osogbo.

    The governor noted that pursuing Nigeria’s unity and wishing the country well amounts to helping the country to assist Africa to make an impact in the world.

    He said it would be difficult for the country to grow, if ethnic violence and sectarian struggles were allowed to continue.

    Such attitudes, Aregbesola said, would always block the nation’s progress.

    He said: “As democrats, as patriots, as nationalists and as those who believe in the unity of Nigeria, we must do the needful to make Nigeria great.

    “If we are talking about Africa and the Black race, why Nigeria must be strong, great and progressive, resourceful and remain a leading nation in Africa, it is because of its geographical composition and the resources embedded in the nation.

    “Nigeria is the only nation on earth that can rebuild worldwide the black image, that notion of a people that deserves respect, recognition and a good place among the diversified human race. Nigeria is the only nation with the capacity to so do.

    “Wishing Nigeria well, we should use the power of greatness of Nigeria to foster unity, peace and harmonious relationship in various sectors.

    “It is sine qua non (essential) to Nigeria meeting its historic responsibility to the Black race in Africa. The continent can only make impact in the world, if Nigeria has used its correct position as its leading nation.

    “Nigeria cannot so do if we are mired in the squabbles, unnecessary bickering and distorted aspirations occasioned by hatred, ethnic conflict and sectarian struggle.”

    Aregbesola described the Emir of Borgu as a great man from a royal family of patriots, nationalists and genuine democrats.

    The governor said the family believed Nigeria deserved the best leadership.

    He added: “My administration has had a fantastic relationship with this kingdom as this could be manifested in things we had done together to revive the peaceful coexistence among Nigerians.

  • Emir of Daura seeks prayer for Buhari

    The Emir of Daura, Katisna State State, Alhaji Farouk Umar, has called on Nigerians to continue to pray for the unity of Nigeria and the wellbeing of President Muhammadu Buhari.

    Umar made the call in Daura in his message to mark Eid-el-Fitr.

    He urged Nigerians to ignore rumours about the president’s ill-health, saying his palace was aware of improvements on his health.

    According to the monarch, his council and the entire emirate decided to stage a two-day horse riding to celebrate the Sallah, following news that President Buhari was doing well.

  • Emir urges northern governors to reintroduce teachers’ colleges

    colloeThe Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir, has urged the 19 Northern Governors to reintroduce teacher training colleges, to bridge current manpower gap in the region.

    The emir made the appeal on Monday in Katsina at the launch of a calendar produced by Gamji Club in honour of his father, late Emir of Katsina, Dr Kabir Usman.

    He said that the reintroduction of the teacher training colleges would also assist the North to produce competent and qualified teachers.

    “At present, the Northern region is lagging behind due to lack of competent and qualified teachers.

    “Several of the NCE teachers that were produced from the Colleges of Education have not grasp of the teaching methodology.

    “Several of the NCE teachers produced by these institutions only have paper qualification but cannot impart knowledge on the pupils,” he noted.

    According to him, the region still has the chance to bridge the gap by reopening the colleges to provide strategic learning required to impart knowledge in schools.

    Kabir urged the governors to work with the National Teachers Institute to reopen the colleges for the purpose of producing qualified teachers in the region.

    The monarch also advised the governors give priority to technical education, in order to produce artisans and technicians.

    “I am calling on the governors to re-equip all their technical colleges, so that students produced from those schools will acquire skills to live on their own without looking for white collar jobs,” he added.

    Earlier, the National President of Gamji club, Alhaji Abdullahi Ahmed said the calendar, produced by its Katsina branch, was to remember the legacies of the late emir, especially in encouraging school enrollment and honesty in one’s dealings.

    The News Agency of Nigeria [NAN] reports that more than N2 million was realised at the event.

  • Southern Kaduna killers will face God’s wrath, says Emir

    Emir of Jema’a, Alhaji Muhammadu Isa Muhammadu, has stated those responsible for killings in southern part of Kaduna will face God’s wrath.
    The Emir stated this at his palace in Kafanchan yesterday when he received Kafanchan Peace Forum, a voluntary group working for genuine reconciliation among people of the troubled areas of Southern Kaduna.
    The Emir who received the forum, which consists of Muslim and Christians from different tribes of Southern Kaduna with excitement, hopedKafanchan and the entire zone return to old days of peaceful communities.
    The Emir said: “Kafanchan used to be a very peaceful and hospitable town where people from different walks of life enjoyed to work and live.
    “All of a sudden, we don’t know what happened that people start killing one another. We don’t know the people doing this but we condemn it
    “All those killing will face God’s judgment and wrath because no religion preaches killing of fellow human beings.
    “So, we must hold ourselves together irrespective of our ethno-religious background and work together for peace.”
    He went on: “We must realise it is we people of faiths that are killing ourselves.
    “When you inquiry about people who have been killed, they are either Christians or Muslims.
    “So, we must stop these killings and put an end to this indigene/settler dichotomy, because no one group can displace the other.”
    He expressed support for the forum, urging it to take the peace efforts very seriously.