The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has asserted that he advises his daughters to retaliate if their husbands slap them. He highlighted the alarming prevalence of domestic violence, which constitutes 45% of cases in nine Shari’a Courts in Kano over the past five years. Speaking at the National Dialogue Conference on Gender-Based Violence […]

The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, and former vice president Atiku Abubakar yesterday differed over whether northern politicians should contest the 2027 presidential election, a move that has given the latter’s presidential ambition a boost. Akume had told northern political bigwigs to put off contesting the presidential election until […]