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EMIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI'S PhD

EMIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI'S PhD                          By             Nurudeen Dauda              24th August, 2024 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com  nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com  nurudeendauda.blogspot.com HRH Khalifa Dr Muhammad Sanusi II, CON, BSc Economics, MSc Economics, BA Islamic Studies & Sharia, and PhD Islamic Law has on the 21st of August, 2024 successfully defended his PhD thesis with "no corrections" on the topic: "Codification of Islamic Family Law as an Instrument of Social Reform: A Case Study of the Emirate of Kano and Comparison with the Kingdom of Morocco." In 2011, Dr Abdullahi Tasi'u Abubakar the then Daily Trust editor -at-large and a former BBC worker and now a Senior Lecturer and Director of PhD Programme in the Department of Journalism at City University of London obtained his PhD in Journalism and Mass Communications from the Univer...
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SIR AHMADU BELLO (KBE) AND SIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI I (KBE ): THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND IN-LAWS WHO FELL APART

SIR AHMADU BELLO (KBE) AND SIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI I (KBE ): THE BEST OF FRIENDS AND IN-LAWS WHO FELL APART                                    By:                      Nurudeen Dauda                     11th September,2025 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com  nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com  nurudeendauda.blogspot.com To begin with, the late Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardaunan Sokoto(KBE) and the late Sir (Khaliha) Muhammad Sanusi I (KBE) of blessed  memories were the best of friends and In-laws. Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardaunan Sokoto is from the royal Fulani Torankawa clan of Sokoto Caliphate while Sir (Khaliha) Muhammad Sanusi (I) is from the royal Fulani Sullubawa clan of Kano Emirate. Prior to becoming Emir, Sanusi held the title of Ciroman Kano and in 1947 he became a member of the regional House of Assembly....
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THE POLITICS OF SPLITTING KANO EMIRATE

THE POLITICS OF SPLITTING KANO EMIRATE                                            By:                            Nurudeen Dauda                            12th May , 2023 nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com nurudeendauda24@gmail.com nurudeendauda.blogspot.com To begin with, in the second republic there was a "sour" relationship between the late highly revered Emir of Kano Alh. Ado Bayero and the late governor Alh. Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi of Kano state. On the 1st of April,1981; governor Rimi in what was alleged to be whittling down the "power" of the Emir created four new emirates of Gaya, Rano, Dutse, and Auyo and also raised the status of the then Second Class Emirs of Gumel, Hadejia, and Kazaure emirates of the Old Kano state to "First Class Status...
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THE POLITICS OF THE RETURN OF SANUSI II

THE POLITICS OF THE RETURN OF SANUSI II                         By:                   Nurudeen Dauda                   23rd May , 2024 nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com nurudeendauda24@gmail.com nurudeendauda.blogspot.com To start with, this is the "second time" in the history of Kano that an Emir is dethroned and later returned to "mount" the throne again. Accordingly too, this is the "second time" that additional emirates that were created in Kano by a previous democratically elected government were later abolished by a successive democratically elected government. A historian and research Nasir Wada Khalil, once told Daily Trust Newspaper thus: "Emir Muhammadu Kukuna (1651-1652AD) was dethroned and sent to Zaria and then later re-emerged as the leader of the state for eight years and seven months in 1652AD. Kano as a city-state began in around ...
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SPLITTING KANO EMIRATES : THE DILEMMA OF OUR EMIRS

SPLITTING KANO EMIRATES : THE DILEMMA OF OUR EMIRS                              By:                Nurudeen Dauda                    May 8, 2019 nurudeendauda24@gmail.com nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com There is a powerful move to split the largest, richest , populous, and the powerful Kano emirate into five emirates of Kano, Rano, Gaya, Karaye and Bichi. Is it to get at an individual, or politics, or it is long-overdue? It appears that the best way to last long on the throne as an emir or a chief is to "keep quiet" on governance issues no matter what. Our traditional rulers are in serious dilemma of whether to be "puppets" or "to speak truth to the power that be" . Many people often criticize them for keeping "quiet "or "mute" on the issues of bad policies or, programmes or Insecurity or, unemployment, and or bad governance. They...
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EMIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI'S DETHRONMENT

EMIR MUHAMMAD SANUSI'S DETHRONMENT                              By:                Nurudeen Dauda                March 9, 2020 nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com nurudeendauda24@gmail.com Inalillahi Wa'Ina'laihi Raji'u! For many observers who knew the "quantum" of Muhammad Sanusi's knowledge through his "writes ups"and public papers representation had always believed that Emir Sanusi II was really "caged"by his ambition, but for Emir Sanusi II, he loved "Gidan Dabo" more than anything else in this world . Every human being has his "strength" and "weakness". Our traditional rulers are in serious dilemma of whether to be "puppets" or "to speak truth to the powers that be" . Many people often criticize them for keeping "quiet "or"mute"on the issues of bad policies or, programmes or Insecurity or, unemployment, and or bad governance. They are ofte...
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LESSONS FROM 2023 PRESIDENTIAL POLLS

LESSONS FROM 2023 PRESIDENTIAL POLLS                                 By:                  Nurudeen Dauda                 May 28, 2023 nurudeendauda24@yahoo.com nurudeendauda24@gmail.com nurudeendauda.blogspot.com To start with, In electoral politics, strategy essentially wins election. A political party with a superior strategy often wins election. In Nigeria ethno-religious sentiments rather than "policy issues" play a greater role in determining electoral victory which is why politicians will always deploy all 'weapons" in their political Arsenal to gain power. In my thought, the following reasons are some of the factors responsible for the "outcome" of the 2023 presidencial elections. DIVIDED OPPOSITION PARTIES: In 2013, the then opposition parties of CPC, ACN, ANPP, and a faction of APGA merged and formed the APC for the...
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