Kano High Court Sentences 21-Year-Old to Death by Hanging for Culpable Homicide

A Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced Umar Idris, aged 21, to death by hanging for the killing of shop owner Sabiu Umar. Idris, a resident of Farawa Quarters in…

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