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Hisbah Arrest Eleven Muslims For Not in Kano

LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Islamic police in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano arrested 11 Muslims on Tuesday who were seen eating food during the Ramadan fast. Kano has a majority Muslim population, where an Islamic legal system – Sharia – operates alongside secular law. The Islamic police, widely known as Hisbah, carry out searches of […]

Mar 14 2024 | Posted in National | Read More »

When Kano State Holds Mass Weddings For 1,800 Couples

LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Textile trader Yusuf Abdullahi admitted he could not afford to marry despite being 30 years old until Nigeria’s northern Kano state financed and staged mass weddings for 1,800 couples. Customary gifts for newlyweds were also provided by the state as part of efforts to enable the poorest to get married. Abdullahi was […]

Oct 17 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Curfew Declared In Kano After Tribunal Sacks Seating Governor

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s northern Kano state declared a 24-hour curfew on Wednesday after a tribunal overturned the election of an opposition candidate as governor and declared a member of President Bola Tinubu’s party the rightful winner. Police in Kano, which has the highest number of registered voters, said in a statement that violators of […]

Sep 21 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Police Cadet Drops Dead In Academy As Colleagues Allege Starvation, High Handedness

Police Cardet, drops, Dead, LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A100-level course 9 police cadet, A.S. Jika, dropped dead at the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, on Saturday, after being continuously starved and malnourished for over two weeks. Some of the cadets accused the Commandant, Assistant Inspector-General, Sadiq Abubakar, of high-handedness and financial mismanagement of feeding allowance […]

Sep 3 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Two Trainee Helicopters Worth N4.750bn ‘Missing’ In Nigerian College of Aviation Technology

LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is discontent at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, over the ‘missing’ two trainee helicopters acquired for the college by the Federal Government in 2010. The current market value of the two equipment indicates $2.5 million (about N2.375 billion) each, totaling N4.750 billion. This is as Daily Independent gathered […]

Aug 14 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

19-Year-Old Who ‘Kidnapped Himself’, Loses N365,000 Ransom To Thieves

LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Kano State have arrested a 19-year-old man, Nafiu Sulaiman, for allegedly “kidnapping himself” and collecting N365,000 ransom from his uncle under whom he works in a cement shop in Garindau village in Warawa LGA. Confessing to the crime when he was paraded by the police, the suspect said he […]

Jun 17 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Father Clubs 16-Year-Old Son To Death For Stealing Millet

LAGOS MMAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 16-year-old boy, Mustapha Sunusi, was on Friday evening clubbed to death by his father, Abdulwahab Sunusi, for allegedly stealing one measure (mudu) of millet in Tanagar village in Warawa LGA of Kano State. A witness said, “Abdulwahab went overboard in an attempt to instill discipline on his 16-year-old son. He lost […]

May 9 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Vote Buying: EFCC Nabs 17 Suspects With Bags Of Semovita, Rice In Kano

LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said its operatives have arrested 17 suspects over alleged vote buying in Katsina and Kano states. EFCC zonal commander in Kano, Farul Dogondaji, announced the development in an interview with NAN on Saturday. Dogondaji said six suspects were arrested in Tofa and Ungogo LGAs of […]

Feb 26 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Candidates Scramble For ‘Buhari’ Votes In North Nigerian Stronghold

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-When shoe salesman Haruna Abubakar voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and again in 2019, he was one of more than a million Nigerians backing the former army chief in his stronghold of northern Kano State. Home to Nigeria’s second largest city and the economic heart of the country’s Muslim north, […]

Feb 23 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Kano, Zamfara, Enugu Get New Police Commissioners

LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the posting of new Police Commissioners to Kano, Zamfara and Enugu states. Statement signed by Force Public Relation Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi sighted by NewsRangers said CP Abubakar Lawal was posted to the Kano State Police Command as the […]

Aug 25 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »