Good morning in Nigeria. Welcome to Saturday, March 15, 2025 today’s Naija news roundup in Nigeria.
The Court of Appeal sat in Abuja on Friday in Abuja and stopped enforcing its January 10 judgment, which upheld the Kano State Government’s decision to repeal the 2019 Emirates Commission law.
The ruling was brought by a three-person appeals panel led by Justice Oken Abang.
The court also shelved the ruling of the Kano Federal High Court’s order of June 20, 2024, which eliminated the actions of the Kano State Government’s actions by the Kano State Emirates Commission (repealed) 2024, including the dissolution of the five emirates created in 2019 and Sanusi II for Emir.
It is implied that the final decision on the restoration of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Kano’s 16th Emir or otherwise recovering will now await the announcement of the Supreme Court.
Naija News Recalling that Sanusi was restored to Chief Kano by Governor Abba Yusuf after the state capitol passed the Kano State Emirates Commission (revoked) 2024 Kano State Emirates Commission (revoked) law.
The governor also introduced Kano, Aminu Ado-bayero’s 15th place and reapplied Muhammadu Sanusi II as Kano’s Emir.
But Alhaji Aminu Gulfi-Gen’ked, the king manufacturer of Kano, maker Alhaji Aminu Gulfi-Gen’ked (owned King Offration Ristens Big).
The steps taken by Muhammadu Sanusi II after Muhammadu Sanusi II canceled the application for Babba-Dan’Agundi in June 2024.
Judge Abdullahi Muhammad-Liman of the Kano Trial Court announced in Kano that all actions taken by the state government will be invalid after the Kano Emirate Council passed (repealed) the 2024 law.
However, the State Capitol challenged the ruling in the Court of Appeal.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) claims that all Progressive Congress (APC) governments have concluded that multiple criminal charges are planned to be filed against former Kaduna Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai.
Naija News The report said this was a few days after El-Rufai defected from the dominant APC to the SDP.
In a statement among Ambassador Rufus Aiyenigba, its national propaganda minister, the SDP said the APC government had a conspiracy to suppress opposition figures to instill fear into the political world and prevent further defection.
The party also accused the ruling party of prosecuting El-Rufai’s conspiracy and directed its institutions to prevent the former governor from leaving Nigeria.
The SDP further insists that Kaduna Governor Uba Sani is following the federal government’s strategy to arrest Jaafaru Sani, a former commissioner in the state.
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Sources inside the Bauchi State Government Building told the Guardian that Obi’s visit was intended to bring the PDP governor with him and his former campaign partner, Datti Baba-Ahmed, to call for the PDP to be rejoined to the PDP.
The source added that top PDP numbers, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, have been forcing Obi to return to the party to form a coalition that could challenge all Progressive Conferences (APCs) in 2027.
Former federal attorney general and attorney general Abubakar Malami (SAN) clarified that the decision on the president’s pardon was a legal matter strictly handled by the designated committee, whose duties were limited to presenting the committee’s reports.
Naija News It was reported that Marami made the statement in response to allegations from former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s newly released book Nigeria: The Past and the Future, which was reported.
Obasanjo was released in a book commemorating his 88th birthday, accusing former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of making corruption, claiming it reached its worst level under Buhari, where Malami played a key role.
Obasanjo claims this Following “the cruelest waste, corrupt rule and the frustration of the officials fighting corrupt”, Buhari described Malami as “the devil’s workshop.”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu allegedly revealed that he was involved in the Lagos State Capitol spokesman Mudashiru Obasa, who was the speaker of the Lagos State Capitol, was revealed by the discovery that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, under the influence of Obasa’s impeachment.
Sources at the meeting between Tinubu and Lagos MPs revealed to Saharareporters on Wednesday that the president was concerned about the level of influence Sanwo-Olu had in the impropriety process.
Sources said Tinubu reportedly found that the executive involved heavily in deciding who should lead the parliament was disturbing.
Controversy surrounding the suspension of the Senator of Kogi Central, Natasha Club – Overy, In claiming that the Senate Ethics Committee, the signature of the privilege and public petition report is for attendance, not for endorsement of the suspension.
The difference reportedly caused confusion in the closed Senate meeting as some senators claimed their signatures were falsely stated to suggest unanimous support for the suspension.
Naija News On March 5, members of the Senate Ethics Committee convened a dispute aimed at investigating the seating arrangements between Akpoti-Uduaghan and Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Senators attending the meeting signed the attendance register, while some others abstained.
Under Senate rules, any senator, regardless of committee member, can attend committee meetings and sign an attendance register.
On March 6, when Ethics Committee Chairman Neda Imasuen submitted a report to the Senate, including the signatures in the attendance form, made the impression that all signatories recognized the recommendations of the report.
One of the main recommendations in the report prohibits Akpoti-uduaghan from identifying himself as a local and international senator during the six-month moratorium.
However, some senators who signed the attendance register were reportedly out of reach from the report, deeming that they would not allow review of the final draft before they were proposed.
Social Democratic Party (SDP) 2023 presidential candidate Adewole Adebayo claims the party will train the country’s next president.
Naija News Adebayo’s statement comes days after former Kaduna Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai joined the SDP, the report said.
When asked questions at a morning exhibition at Arise Television on Friday, Adebayo expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu will evacuate him from Power in 2027.
The former presidential candidate also described El-Rufai as a hard-working and patriotic Nigerian, adding that the former government is very effective in areas where there are no effective governmental people.
On Friday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu held a delegation of the Nigerian Catholic Bishop at the Abuja State Capitol on Friday.
President Tinubu’s special adviser in media and public communications dared to share video clips of Bishop Arival on Sunday.
The visit comes after the Nigerian Catholic Bishops Conference (CBCN) condemned the country’s tough days and exacerbated insecurities across the country.
At the first plenary meeting of CBCN held in Buja in 2025 at the Nigerian Catholic Secretariat (CSN), the church said many families cannot afford three meals a day.
It condemns the growing number of food inflation and the massive drivers of Nigerians into poverty.
Regarding insecurity, the Catholic Church says it is concerned that Nigerians will be kidnapped, tortured and killed every day. As many pastors were kidnapped and killed, the church called on the government to strengthen and protect citizens.
The Bishop further expressed concerns about the situation of the productive young people who lost hope and seek desperate means to find a better future.
The Catholic Church calls on the government to prioritize job creation and vocational training programs to attract young people.
Nigerian singer Ahmed Ollalade (commonly known as Asake) responded to a viral video of a man who claimed to be his father, accusing him of giving up on him.
Naija News The report said that in the viral video, a man known as Fatai Odunsi said he was suffering a stroke and sought financial assistance from Nigerians.
Odunsi claimed that Asake abandoned him, saying they last met in March 2022 when his illness began.
He said “Hello everyone, I am the one who gave birth to singer Ahmed Asake.
“The last time I watched him was in March 2022, when my illness began. If I called Asake, he wouldn’t have a choice. Please help me, what I need is your help.”
In a video through his social media page on Friday, Asake said in a resolution through the Yoruba song that people can’t please the world.
The singer claimed that despite his past generosity, his father tried to manipulate him.
Former Nigerian Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick stressed that despite his recent defeat in FIFA Council elections, he has no pain.
At the 14th extraordinary conference of the Cairo African Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick barely missed his re-election, receiving 28 votes, just one vote than Djibouti’s Souleiman Waberi, who won the final position with 29 votes.
Morocco’s Fouzi Lekjaa received the most support with 49 votes. Hani Abou Rida of Egypt and DJIBRILLA HIMA HAMIDOU of the Niger Republic finished with 35 votes, while Ahmed Yahya and Waberi of Mauritania won the successful candidate list with 29 votes.
Pinnick expressed his gratitude for his journey over the past 26 years, volunteering during the FIFA Under 20 World Cup held in Nigeria.
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