Tag: kano court
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Popular make-up artist sent to prison for naira abuse
Abdullahi Huseini, a make -up artist, has been sentenced to six months in prison by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano, for abusing and mutilating the Nigerian currency.
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BREAKING: Court nullifies law used to dethrone deposed Emir Bayero
A Federal High Court sitting Kano has declared the Kano Emirates Council Law repealed by the Kano State Government, which led to the dethroning of Emir Aminu Ado Bayero and other emirs null and void. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the court ruled in favour of a kingmaker, Aminu Babba Danagundi, who challenged the law’s propriety.…
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Court ‘sentences’ chicken to death in Kano state
A Kano state court has ordered the killing of a cockerel in the state for constituting noise pollution. The ruling was given by the court after a man complained that the chicken owned by his neighbour has been depriving him of sleep.
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Kano court sentences two brothers to prison for throwing passes at a married woman
A sharia court sitting in Kano has ordered that two brothers namely, Saifullahi Hamisu, Mujahid Hamisu and one Hassana Surajo, be remanded in prison custody for allegedly making amorous advances to a married woman in the state.
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Kano Court sentences Sheik Nasiru to death by hanging for blasphemy
Sheik AbdulJabar Nasiru, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy against the Prophet of Islam, by Kano Senior Magistrate, Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola in Kano. Justice Ibrahim Sarki Yola found Sheik AbdulJabar Nasiru Kabara guilty of blasphemy and all charges levelled against him, where he was accused of making unremarkable statements against the prophet Muhamm
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Court jails fake lawyer to two years jail term for forgery in Kano
A Kano State High Court has sentenced a fake lawyer, Hanga Abdullahi, to two years imprisonment for forgery. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a statement on Tuesday, said Abdullahi was arraigned before Justice Aisha Mahmud on Friday, when he was pronounced guilty of the four counts levelled against him by the agency.…
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Kano court sentences man to 24 years imprisonment over Facebook post
A Kano State High Court on Tuesday sentenced a Kano-born atheist, Mubarak Bala, to 24 years imprisonment for blasphemy. The convict, whose age and address were not provided by the court, was earlier arraigned on an 18-count charge bordering on blasphemy, incitement, contempt of religion and breach of public peace.
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Blasphemy: Kano court discharge, acquits Faruq Umar; set aside death sentence of another
A Kano high court of appeal sitting at Audu Bako secretariat has discharged and acquitted one Faruq Umar earlier sentence to 10 years jail on offence of blasphemy against Allah. Faruq Umar was convicted and sentenced to jail by upper Shari’a Court judge Aliyu Mohammad Kani, Filling Hockey division last year for violating section 382…
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Sexual Harassment: Kano Court remands lecturer
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 36-year-old lecturer, Ali Shehu, in prison custody for breach of trust and sexually harassing his female student. The accused, a lecturer of Kano State School of Technology, is facing trial on a two-count charge of breach of official trust and attempt…
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Kano court bans posting of more Ganduje bribery videos
Following an interim injunction sought by the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, a Kano State High Court has granted an order restraining Daily Nigerian and its publisher, Ja’afar Ja’afar, from publishing videos of the governor allegedly collecting bribe. The online news platform has been under scrutiny following the publication it made of the governor collecting…