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Muhammadu Sanusi II, CON (Ajami: محمد السنوسي, Muhammadu Sanusi na biyu (Listen ⓘ); born 31 July 1961), [1] known by the religious title Khalifa Sanusi II (Ajami: خليفة السنوسي), is the spiritual leader of the Tijanniyah Sufi order in Nigeria and the emir of the ancient city-state of Kano. [2]
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King's College, Lagos (KCL) is a secondary school in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. [1] It was founded on 20 September 1909 with 10 students at Lagos Island, adjacent to Tafawa Balewa Square. The school admits only boys as pupils, although prior to the establishment of Queen's College Lagos it also admitted some female students.
Aminu Ado Bayero was born on August 21, 1961. His father, Ado Bayero, was the Emir of Kano from 1963 to 2014 [5] and the longest serving emir in the history of Kano. He is the second eldest son to the late emir. His siblings include his eldest brother Sanusi Ado Bayero, and Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi. [6]
The conversion and marriage took place in the palace of the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. [1] Ese's story first caught the attention of media outlets when her parents pleaded with the public for her release. Efforts to return the young teenager to her parents proved futile.
A bitter succession struggle over who'd succeed him emerged within the royal family between the Bayero and Sanusi houses. [14] His eldest son and heir, Sanusi Ado Bayero was considered the natural successor and initial reports announced him as Emir. [15] On 8 June 2014, his grand nephew Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was crowned Emir of Kano. [16]
Sanusi Ado received his primary education at the Rano Boarding Primary School from 1963 to 1969. He attended Rumfa College in Kano from 1969 to 1973, before later attending Government College, Birnin Kudu, one of the oldest prestigious government colleges in Northern Nigeria from 1973 to 1975, where he was the head boy.
Muhammadu Sanusi I, Emir of Kano from 1953 to 1963, grandfather of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (born 1961), Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria 2009-14 and Emir of Kano 2014-20. Joseph Oladele Sanusi (born 1938), Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 1999 to 2004; Anthony Sanusi (1911-2009), Nigerian catholic bishop