The convicts are Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno from Wararin Zaromawa village.
The Katsina government has constituted a seven-member committee to investigate alleged torture against personnel of the Hisbah Board.
The Nigerian Army will continue to review its operations to reinvigorate ongoing operations against non-state actors.
The rights organisation also noted the police “unlawfully” detained Fatima Auwal, a local bread (Gurasa) baker, for protesting the steep rise in flour prices.
“People are in a dire situation,” Mr Sanusi said. “I’m aware that people now resort to buying half pepper because of the high cost of food items. This is unbearable.”
Governor Abba Yusuf has presented a letter of appointment to the new Emir of Gaya Emirate, Aliyu Abdulkadir.
The presiding judge, Halhalatu Zakariyya, asked the defendant if he was in his right senses when he took the guilty plea.
Governor Abba Yusuf has approved the appointment of three second-class emirs for Rano, Gaya and Karaye Emirates.
On Tuesday, the Kano government filed a fresh charge against former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The judge directed the deposed emirs to return all emirates’ traditional artefacts belonging to the Kano State government and the current emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.
