Tag: KANO
Kano Hisbah probes official accused of sleeping with married woman
Kano State Hisbah Board, enforcer of Sharia laws, has set up a five-member committee to investigate alleged sex scandal involving one of its officers.
According...
Inciteful preaching: Court orders closure of Kano cleric’s mosque
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered the closure of a mosque run by a popular cleric Sheikh Abduljabar Nasir-Kabara.
The state...
Hisbah arrests 19 women over ‘immoral acts’ in Kano
Kano State Hisbah Board says it has arrested 19 women over alleged involvement in “immoral acts” in Kano metropolis.
The commandant Haruna Ibn-Sina confirmed the...
Kwankwaso’s father dies at 93
Ex-governor of Kano State Rabiu Kwankwaso has lost his father Musa Kwankwaso.
Kwankwaso, the Majidadin Kano/Makaman Karaye, died at the age of 93 early on...
Kano PDP faction suspends Kwankwaso
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday suspended a former governor of Kano State Rabiu Kwankwaso for alleged anti-party activities.
The newly-elected chairman...
Hisbah destroys beer worth N200m in Kano
The Kano State Hisbah Board on Sunday destroyed about 1,975 bottles of beer estimated at N200 million.
The board’s commander-general Sheikh Harun Sina explained that...
Court halts Igbo New Yam Festival in Kano
A Kano High Court has restrained a man named Ikechukwu Akpudo from organising, assembling people and celebrating the New Yam Festival (Iwaji) or any...
How police rescued man locked in father’s garage for 3 years
Police in Kano on Friday said they rescued a 30-year-old Ahmed Aminu who was locked up in his father's car garage for three years...
Kano court sentences singer to death for blasphemy
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court has handed a death sentence to a 22-year-old man for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.
The presiding judge Khadi Aliyu Kani gave...
Kano dismisses FG’s reports, says only 255 died of coronavirus-related ailments
Kano State Investigative Panel on Mysterious Deaths on Tuesday said that only 15.9 per cent of the recently recorded mysterious deaths in the state...