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   The institutionalisation of Sharia Law by twelve states in Nigeria led to various riots in the country most notably in Kaduna state where over 2000 people where killed. The 2002 Miss World Riots was one of the repercussions of the Kaduna Riots. Because the 2001 pageant was won by Agbani Darego, the 2002 Miss World was chosen to take place in Nigerian capital Abuja, during the time before the pageant there were many controversies like the fact that it coincided with Muslim holy month Ramadan and the beauty contest was perceived by many Muslims and Christians to be unchaste. Feminist argued that the pageant was too sexist because it merely showed women's beauty not character and intelligence, in response to this, the organisation altered the swimsuit parade into a photo shoot.    However conflicts with the conservative Islamic groups started when the Miss World organisation took a stand concerning the case of a Nigerian woman Amina Lawal who was sentenced to death b

  In 1999 twelve Muslim-major states voted to have Sharia law as the main body of civil and criminal law, Zamfara State governor Ahmad Sani Yerima began the push for the introduction of Sharia at the state level, the petition was accepted by the Federal Government and a "declaration of full sharia" was made in the following states, Zamfara, Kano, Sokoto, Kastina, Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kebbi, Yobe, Kaduna, Niger, Gombe. The process went through smoothly in majority of the states except in Kaduna State where the Muslim Ummah didn't exactly have an overwhelming majority. The introduction of Sharia in Kaduna resulted in the 2000 Kaduna Riots which led to a death toll of 2000-5000 people.   The 2000 Kaduna Riots were religious riots involving Christians and Muslims over the introduction of Sharia Law in the state. In February 2000, the governor of Kaduna State announce the introduction of Sharia to govern a state in which Muslim where not a majority, the Chris

                  Senator Abdul Ningi   The Senator representing Bauchi Central and former Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Abdul Ningi, has stated that #3.7trn in the 2024 Budget has not been accounted for. Ningi in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (Hausa Service) on saturday states that the budget passed by the National Assembly for the 2024 fiscal year is #25trn while the one being implemented by the President is #28trn.    Ningi in the interview was quoted saying "for the first time in Nigerian history, today we are operating two different budgets, the one approved by us is #25trn while the one operated by the Federal Government is #28trn. Apparently we discovered #3.7trn was inserted into the budget for projects without locations. This is the highest padding that happened in Nigerian history under Senator Akpabio's watch."   The Senate, through it's spokeperson, Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South) refuted the claim on saturday night in