The Hisbah, the sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa State said on Monday that it arrested 34 persons and confiscated 916 bottles of beer after raiding beer parlors in Kazaure Local Government Area of the state.
Mallam Sa’idu Aliyu, the commandant of the Hisbah in Jigawa State told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN that the raids were carried out on Sunday at Gada and Kanti quarters in Kazaure town.
He disclosed that 673 empty bottles, four jerry cans , two coolers and two jumbo-size pots used in brewing brukutu, a local beer, were also seized during the raids.
He noted that the consumption of alcohol was banned in all parts of the state and advised residents to avoid indulging in acts of immorality capable of destroying the society.
President Muhammadu Buhari on arrival at Marrakesh Menara Airport, Morocco on Monday.
He will be taking part in the 22nd Conference of the Parties, COP to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC tagged, COP-22.
According to the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adeshina, Buhari will be addressing the conference on Nigeria’s commitment to implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions, NDCs and policy actions aimed at tackling climate change through environmentally sustainable efforts.
In an apparent effort to shore up its dwindling foreign reserves, the Federal Government has decided to stop the importation of wheat from Russia.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Abba-Ibrahim disclosed this in Abuja during the weekend at the end of the fourth Joint Commission meeting between Russia and Nigeria.
She said that Nigeria spent $880 million on wheat imports in 2015 and has already spent $660 million on the commodity this year.
She added that Nigeria would henceforth invite Russians to help the country modernize its agriculture. .
Her words: “We import a lot of wheat from Russia and we are telling Russia that this has to stop.
“We want the Russian companies and farmers to come to Nigeria to show us how we can grow our agriculture sector with modern technology.”
The Russian delegation was led by Mr Dianov Alexandar Yurievich.
No fewer than twenty persons including a policeman lost their lives in Kano on Monday as men of the Kano State Police Command clashed with members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN.
Eyewitnesses said that trouble started around Tamburawa on the outskirts of Kano metropolis when the police tried to disrupt a Shiite protest march said to be heading towards Zaria.
The resultant violence led to the death of a policeman and several of the protesters.
Well armed anti-riot police officers have been deployed in the area while the Kano-Zaria road has been cordoned off.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
on Monday met behind closed doors with the leadership of the National Assembly and some state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Although the subject matter of the meeting was not disclosed, it is suspected that it may not be unconnected with the Buhari administration's request for approval to borrow $29.9 billion as well as the 2017 to 2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF forwarded by President Buhari for approval which the Senate described as empty.
Among those present at the meeting were Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello and Adamawa State Governor, Jubrilla Bindow.
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