Arise Exclusives

Danagundi: 80% of Kano People Do Not Support Sanusi’s Reinstatement, As Long As Bayero Is Emir, Peace Will Reign

Sarkin Dawaki Babba of Kano Emirate says deposed Emir Bayero’s supporters have remained calm because they're respecting a court order.

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Farooq Oreagba On Battle With Cancer, Ojude Oba Festival: I’ve Been Crowned ‘King Of Steeze,’ I’m Not About To Go Anytime Soon

“Being diagnosed with cancer was the best thing to ever happen to me,” says ‘King of Steeze’ Farooq Oreagba.

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Usman Yusuf: Tinubu Latched On To June 12 To Celebrate His One Year Failure Of Democracy

Usman Yusuf has said the Kano Emirate tussle is a big distraction to the more complex issues affecting Nigeria.

5 months ago

Bature: Bayero Was Never An Emir Of Kano, Only Of 8 Metropolitan LGAs

Emir Sanusi's spokesman, Bature, has said that the Nasawara mini palace is a ‘graveyard,’ which Bayero must vacate for necessary…

5 months ago

Inibehe Effiong: No Constitutional Basis For National Assembly To Intervene in Rivers State Politics

Inibehe Effiong says the National Assembly should govern itself properly before thinking of intervening In Rivers State politics.

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Femi Falana: Judicial Orders in Kano an Embarrassment to the Judiciary

Femi Falana has criticised the Kano federal high court's involvement in matters of traditional institutions.

5 months ago

There’s No Crisis in Rivers Assembly, Just Legal Clarity Needed, Says Professor Wokocha 

Professor Wokocha has asserted that there is no crisis in Rivers State and that the appointment of caretakers is legal.

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Aondoakaa Slams FG Over Failure to Enforce Supreme Court Ruling on Local Council Caretaker Committees

Former AGF Aondoakaa has questioned the Federal Government's release of funds to states for caretaker committees despite the Supreme Court's…

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Liborous Oshoma: Governors’ Use of Caretaker Committees To Administer Local Governments Illegal

“There’s no way you can take governance to the grassroots without having valid elected local government officials,” says Liborous Oshoma.

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Nigerians Are Getting Hungrier, A Revolution Is Coming, Food Security Expert, Ekeanyanwu Warns

Security expert Ekeanyanwu says the hunger crisis in Nigeria is caused by insecurity and argued for mechanisation of agriculture.

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