Hisbah police
22 Dec 2021
Newly crowned Miss Nigeria Shatu Garko and her parents may be arrested by Hisbah police in Kano State who said participating in a beauty pageant is forbidden in Islam. Garko, an 18-year-old indigene of Kano State recently became the 44th Miss Nigeria, the first hijab adorning Muslims to win the beauty pageant. Even though Garko…
27 Nov 2020
Kano State Hisbah Board has ordered a radio station in the state, 96.9 Cool FM, to stop using the term ‘Black Friday’. “Accordingly, we wish to express our concern on the tagging of Friday as ‘Black Friday’ and further inform you that the majority of the inhabitants of Kano State are Muslims that consider Friday…
24 Jan 2020
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Federal Government to disband the Hisbah police operating in the North, describing their activities as illegal.