Nigerian Court Sends Kano Musician to Prison Over New Song

The singer Sadiq Zazzabi has been arraigned before the censorship court in Kano for allegedly violating the state's censorship board law which requires that songs or movies should pass a censorship screening before they are released.

Sadiq Zazzabi.

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