Tag: Hisbah

Hisbah arrests alleged sex party specialists in Bauchi

Aminu Imam

No fewer than six youths who allegedly specialise in organising sex orgies and fomenting trouble in Dolan village, in the Tafawa Balewa local government area, in Bauchi State, have been arrested by the State’s Hisbah Command. The commissioner in-charge of Hisbah and Shari’ah implementation, Aminu Idris, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Bauchi. Idris, who identified the culprits as: AbdulRa’uf Kabir – 25, Dabo Yusuf 26, AbdulRazaq Isah – 24, Habu Umar – 27, Yaron Nuhu-Maikaji – 30, and AbdulRashid Shehu – 31, said they were using a primary school…

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Kano Hisbah Police impounds truck with alcoholic drinks worth N25m on Xmas day

Aminu Imam

The Kano Hisbah Police has impounded a truck laden with alcoholic drinks worth over N25 million on Christmas day. Making the announcement, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA), Nabilusi Abubakar, said the agency, in conjunction with the Hisbah Police, intercepted the truck along Hadeja Road, in Kano metropolis, on its way to Bello Road to offload its contents, following an intelligence report. Abubakar added that the agency had warned that its men would continue to be vigilant to check the activities of persons…

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Kano: Hisbah bans radio station from saying: ‘Black Friday’

Aminu Imam

Says Friday holy in the State  The Kano State Hisbah Board, which is tasked with the duty of enforcing Sharia law in the State, has written a letter to a radio station, 96.9 Cool FM, in the metropolis, for using the term: ‘Black Friday’ in their programmes, saying Friday is considered holy in the State. Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of every November. The term is used worldwide to mean a day…

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Hisbah destroys 588 bottles of beer in Jigawa

Ishaku Yohanna

Hisbah, the Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, said it has destroyed no fewer than 588 confiscated bottles of beer in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Ibrahim Dahiru, the State Commandant of Hisbah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday that the bottles of beer were destroyed on August 20. Dahiru said that the beer was confiscated in Tudun Babaye village, Ringim LGA, during a raid in Gujungu, Kijawal and Wadugur villages in Ringim and Taura Local Government Areas. He emphasized that consumption of…

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