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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]
On 6 June 2014, Emir Ado Bayero who reigned as Emir of Kano for over five decades died, and a succession crisis loomed amongst the royal family. On 8 June 2014, Sanusi a grandson of former Emir Muhammadu Sanusi I; and holder of the traditional title of Dan Majen Kano (Son of Emir-Maje) [48] emerged as the new Emir of Kano. [49]
First Emir to reign under the Kano Emirate Council. 9 Usman II dan Maje Karofi 1919 1926 10 Abdullahi Bayero dan Abbas 1926 1953 Bayero was a scholarly-king who promoted traditional Islamic education and encouraged trade in the city-state 11 Muhammadu Sanusi I dan Bayero 1953 1963 Sanusi I was the first Emir to be dethroned by the government 12
Emir of Kano in 2024. In May 2024, Muhammadu Sanusi II was reinstalled as Emir of Kano by the local government (now led by Abba Kabir Yusuf). The emirates of Bichi, Karaye, Gaya, and Rano were disbanded, and the original borders of the emirate (pre-2019) were re-established.
In his first few years, two pro-Kano political movements gained support among some Kano elites. The Kano People's Party emerged during the reign of Muhammadu Inuwa and supported the deposed Emir Sanusi, but it soon evaporated. The Kano State Movement emerged towards the end of 1965 and favored more economic autonomy for the province.
Bayero was born on 2 February 1964 in Kano, to late Ado Bayero who was the longest serving Emir of Kano in the history of Kano. [5] He is the third son of late Ado Bayero and was the first child born at the official residence of Kano Emirate known as Gidan Dabo.
The Kano Emirate was a Muslim state in northern Nigeria formed in 1805 during the Fulani jihad when the Muslim Hausa-led Sultanate of Kano was ... The emir, Aliyu ...
Six Emirs at a meeting in Kano (c. 1913) Ado Bayero became emir of Kano in 1963. Kano state was created in 1967 from the then Northern Nigeria by the Federal military government. The first military police commissioner, Audu Bako, is credited with building a solid foundation for the progress of a modern society. He started a lot of development ...