A court in Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria’s socially conservative north, has ordered two TikTok celebrities to get married after they posted videos of themselves passionately kissing, officials told AFP on Tuesday. A magistrate court on Monday instructed Kano’s sharia police, known as the Hisbah, to within 60 days solemnise the marriage between the two influencers, who had posted “indecent” content. https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/10/21/nigerian-court-orders-tiktokers-marry-vira

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