Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore was a lone wolf on Wednesday among presidential candidates for the 2023 election when he refused to stand up as a sign of respect for President Muhammadu Buhari. Presidential candidates from 18 political parties were at the International Conference Centre in Abuja to sign a peace accord ahead of Saturday’s presidential election. President Muhammadu Buhari was present at the event along with members of the National Peace Committee.
The Islamic Religious Police in Kano State, known as the Hisbah Board has repatriated 386 of the 1,269 beggars evacuated from the streets from January to December 2022 to their respective states of origin. Dr Harun Sani-Ibn, the Commander General of the Board, stated this when he briefed newsmen at the board’s headquarters on Thursday in Kano. Sani-Ibn added that the agency destroyed 25 trucks of beer and apprehended 2,260 suspected criminals in its operations
Haruna Ibn-Sina, commandant, Kano State Hisbah Board, says they were arrested at an event centre called ‘White House’ in the Nasarawa GRA area of Kano.