{
  "id": 6441385,
  "title": "Court jails popular Kano TikToker for 13 months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/court-jails-popular-kano-tiktoker-for-13-months",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T16:29:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/09/court-jails-popular-kano-tiktoker-for-13-months/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A popular TikToker from Kano State, Usman Musa Majidadi, has been jailed for 13 months after pleading guilty to charges that included conspiracy, public nuisance, and making obscene remarks. The Magistrates’ Court in Gyadi Gyadi handed down the sentence following a case initiated by the Kano State Government. The defendant's lawyer, Garzali Maigari Bichi, presented the charges to the court. Majordiad pleaded guilty upon being read the charges by the magistrate. He received a seven-month prison term, or a N70,000 fine, for conspiracy; three months, no fine, for public nuisance; and another three months, no fine, for making obscene and indecent remarks. The court also ordered Majidadi to remove all explicit content from his TikTok account.",
  "summary": "A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Gyadi Gyadi, Kano State, has sentenced popular TikToker Usman Musa Majidadi to 13 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges including conspiracy, public nuisance, and making obscene remarks. Majidadi was sentenced by Magistrate Hadiza Muhammad Hassan following a case brought against him by the Kano State Government. During […] Court jails popular Kano…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}