Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, said the Assembly was suspending its investigations into the Kano State Emirate Council, following a letter from the Governor, Umar Ganduje.
Kano State tops the list of states in Nigeria where the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, made the most number of arrests for drug related offences in the last four years.
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi has explained that the proposed Kano Islamic Family Law was not meant to stop Muslims from marrying up to four wives as prescribed by Islam.
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11, has called on wealthy individuals in the North to use their money in promoting girl-child education so as to discourage early marriage, instead of using money to build more mosques.
An 85-years old, Salamatu Hassan of Jar-Kuka village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on the branch of a tree.
