Photos from the Coronation of Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi

The Emir of Kano... Emir Muhammad Sanusi II has just been confirmed officially as the 14th Emir of Kano under the Fulani Dynasty. He has been presented with his staff of office by the king makers of the Emirate council signifying the official beginning of his time as the Emir of Kano.

Present at the event are General Muhammadu Buhari, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, General Abdulrahman Dambazau, Father Mathew Kuka, Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, Sultan of Sokoto, Emir of Dutse, Governors Ibrahim Gaidam, Kashim Shettima, Babangida Aliyu, Rabiu Kwankwaso amongst many other invited guests. See pics after the cut...

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Major throwback pic of Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion

Pictured in the middle is the Esama Of Benin, Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion as a police officer back in 1959. Photo source: George N

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Photo of late Saudi King Abdullah and his thirty wives

Late Saudi Arabia's king Abdullah bin Abdulaziz who has passed away on Jan. 22nd, had 30 wives. He's pictured with some of them!

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Unmarked grave for Saudi king

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, one of the richest men in the history of the world, was carried in a simple white shroud to an unmarked grave on Friday in a Riyadh cemetery where many of his commoner subjects rest, in keeping with ascetic traditions.
The Saudi state school of Wahhabi Sunni Islam holds ostentatious displays of grief or mourning to be sinful, akin to idolatry.

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