Kano Emirate Council

Outspoken Nigerian Emir Facing Graft Probe

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One of Nigeria’s most prominent Muslim leaders is under investigation on suspicion of embezzlement, fuelling rumours that some want him removed after he made a series of comments about the need for social reforms. Anti-corruption investigators are looking into the accounts of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, following allegations of gross mismanagement of … Read more

Poor Men To Be Legally Barred From Polygamy

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Nigeria’s second most influential Muslim leader – the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has disclosed that there will soon be a law which would stop men from taking more than one wife if they did not have the means to support them. The Emir averred that for people in the largely Muslim north of … Read more