Bauchi Hisbah confiscates about 260 crates of alcoholic drinks from hotels, nightclubs (photos)

The Bauchi State Hisbah command has confiscated 260 crates of alcoholic drinks from hotels and night clubs as part of its effort to enforce the Sharia Islamic code. Malam Aminu Balarabe Isah, the permanent commissioner in charge of Hisbah and Sharia implementation disclosed this on Tuesday, February 2, while displaying the confiscated drinks at the premises…

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Miyyeti Allah demands palliative for herdsmen from FG

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has asked the Federal Government to introduce a social support program to alleviate the huge losses of livestock for herdsmen across the country. In a communique jointly signed by the association’s President, Muhammad Kiruwa, and National Secretary, Baba Othman Ngelzarma and released after a one-day national executive meeting of MACBAN with…

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A Benue barber reportedly arrested in Kano for blasphemy for a customer’s haircuts that allegedly ‘insult Islam’

A young barber from Benue State identified as Elijah Ode has been reportedly arrested in Kano for blasphemy.  According to a Benue activist, Smith Akoko, the young man, who is also a student, was arrested last Wednesday, after two of his customers were caught with hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion. His cousin, Sunday Ukenya, who confirmed…

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