Browsing: Alhaji Ado Bayero

This was contained in a statement by Susan Akporaiye, President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies.

In a letter he sent to the Emir at his coronation ceremony read and presented by the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, CFR, who is also an uncle to the new Emir, President Buhari shared some memories and anecdotes of his interactions with the late Emir whom he said was his friend.

The Emirate Council said this on Monday while reacting to the plan by the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, headed by Muhyi Magaji, to probe complaints of “questionable expenditures and financial misappropriations” in the emirate

Gidado replaced Sheik Nasir Muhammad Nasir, whose appointment by the late emir, Alhaji Ado Bayero, on June 6, was rejected by the State Government

Bayero died on Fridat

One of the strongest contenders to the throne and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on his Twitter handle gave a hint to this effect

It will be recalled that the late Emir Ado Bayero was named the successor a day after the death of his father, Alhaji Abdullahi Bayero

Obasanjo said at a condolence visit to the palace of the late emir in Kano that the deceased was a legend and icon who would be missed by all Nigerians

He said the country was in dire need of people like the Emir that would continue to give valuable advice towards ensuring lasting peace and stability in the country

Jonathan made the remark on Saturday during a courtesy visit to the Emir in Kano

Briefing journalists in Kano, the District Head of Dala, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, announced the cancellation of all traditional activities planned for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration

Jonathan made the remarks in Abuja when a delegation from the Emir led by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and Dan Majen Kano, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, visited him at the Presidential Villa

Bayero’s two sons, who were injured in the attack, also returned with him

While the Emir was not injured in the attack, two of his sons were, while several persons, including the emir’s driver and orderly, were shot dead

There is also a lot of concern that the country’s intelligence is porous, decrepit, shallow and ill-equipped to deal with these challenges. But the major answer to these kinds of acts is community vigilance as done in the United States and Europe

In a statement on Monday, Apapo O’odua Koya, the Yoruba self-determination group, said it has it on good authority that the attack might not have been orchestrated by Boko Haram but by a group of Fulani irredentists who are bent on ensuring that the Emir’s son, whose mother is a Yoruba woman from Kwara State, does not succeed his 83-year-old father

Those who spotted Bayero and his team at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Kano State, said they were headed for London, United Kingdom

Babangida, in the statement, said the use of force has proven to be inadequate

Mark and Kalu described the attack on Bayero as mindless and a violent assault on the respected traditional institution

The gunmen were said to have struck on Zoo Road as Bayero was returning from a Quran recitation competition at the Murtala Mosque in Kano city, Kano State