#BBB NEWS| Lebanese Bags 2 Years For Issuance Of N22 Million Dud Cheque

Justice Lawan Faruk of Kano State High Court, Kano convicted and sentenced one Hussien Tahir to twenty-four months imprisonment for Issuance of a dud cheque.

The convict, who was arraigned on October 15, 2014, had in 2009 approached the complainant with a proposal to jointly fund the execution of a capital project which he claimed was awarded to him by the Nigeria Customs Service.

The complainant decided to take part in the project and invested twenty-two million Naira, with the expectation of a return of N10m on his investment.

But upon successful completion of the project, the complainant said he neither received the agreed profit nor get a refund of his investment. He further stated that upon insistence on getting a refund, the convict gave him five different cheques totalling twenty-two million Naira, which were returned unpaid.

#BBB NEWS| Blasphemy: Man To Die By Hanging In Kano

A Sharia Court sitting in Kano has, in a secret trial, sentenced one Abdulaziz Dauda, popularly known as Inyass, to death by hanging following blasphemy charges brought against him last August.

Inyass was arrested in Abuja and brought to Kano to face trial on two charges of blasphemy and of inciting crisis which led to the burning of a Sharia Court and some vehicles.

He was alleged to have committed the offence at a Maulud festivity held on June 31, 2015 where he allegedly spoke disparagingly of the Holy Prophet of Islam, an action which generated outrage in Islamic circles.

#BBB NEWS| Federal Government To Privatize Airports In Lagos, Abuja, Kano, And Port Harcourt

The Federal Government has plans to concession the management of the Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano airports to private investors.

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Lagos during a fact-finding tour of facilities and agencies at the Murtala Muhammed Airport.

He was accompanied by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika; Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Muhtar Usman; Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Saleh Dunoma; and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Ibrahim Abdulsalam; as well as the Director-General, Nigeria Meteorological Agency, Dr. Anthony Anuforom, among others.

The minister said the planned concession of the four airports was to guarantee efficiency and good management in view of dwindling resources from the government for infrastructural development in the aviation industry.

#BBB NEWS| Kano Deports 60,000 Beggars To Four States, Other Countries

Kano State Hisbah Board has repatriated 60,822 beggars to their respective states of origin and other countries between 2014 and 2015.

The director-general of the board, Abba Sufi, made the disclosure on Monday in Kano in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said the beggars were arrested at different locations within Kano metropolis.

“Some of the beggars were arrested and handed over to the police, while others were taken to court for proper prosecution,” he said.

Mr. Sufi said those arrested were made up of 20,348 adult male and female beggars and 10,658 children beggars.