A private legal practitioner and human rights advocate, Barrister Musa Abubakar Tudunwada, has revealed plans to formally write to the Commander General of the Kano State Hisbah Board, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa,…
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Investigation: How Nigeria’s Kano State Hisbah Rounded Up Street Children for a Rehabilitation Centre—Left Them in Limbo
By Mariya Shuaibu Suleiman Abubakar remembers the night everything changed. The corridor where he slept was quiet, the kind of silence only street children learn to trust. Then a hand tapped him…
Hisbah arrests couple for marrying at Kano restaurant
The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested a man and his girlfriend for getting married at a Banana restaurant, located along Zoo Road in Kano State. The couple whose marriage was solemnized…
Alleged Adultery: Hisbah Officer Denies Catching Jigawa Commissioner With Housewife
By Abdullahi Yusuf Malam Aliyu Usman,the officer that was said to have arrested the Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwalu Sankara, for allegedly having an illicit affair with a housewife, has…
90% of Child Traffickers in Kano Are Caught by Hisbah – Official
By Mustapha Salisu The Kano State Hisbah Board has disclosed that 90% of child trafficking cases successfully prosecuted by NAPTIP (National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons) in court are…
Kano Hisbah Commander Sheikh Daurawa Resigns After Governor Yusuf’s Comment
The Commander General of Kano State Hisbah, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, has resigned. Daurawa announced this on his Instagram page, stating that he has tried his best to uphold the morality of…
Proposed State Police: A Memo To The Modality Committee
By Law Mefor Victor Hugo, a renowned philosopher, famously said, “No force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come”. An idea that has reached its prime is known as…
Governor Namadi inaugurates 19-Member Hisbah Review Committee
Governor Umar Namadi today inaugurated a 19-member Hisba Review Committee with Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Bala Ibrahim, as chairman. Yusuf Suleiman, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Jigawa State…
Yobe to have Hisba Commission soon, says Speaker State Assembly
From Hamisu Ado Nguru The Hisbah Commission when put into effect will sanitise the state from many if not all social vices and immoral behaviors. Chiroma Buba Mashio, the Speaker State Assembly…