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Kano throne turns into poisoned chalice for Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi returned to the head of the northern Nigerian emirate last May, four years after being dethroned, but now once again finds himself in the crosshairs of the central government. [...]

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