Sadiya Haruna bags 6 months jail term for slandering
Sadiya Haruna, a Kannywood actress, was convicted to six months in prison without the possibility of a fee by a magistrate’s court in Kano state. After a clip she shared on social media...
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Court overturns death sentence imposed on Kano singer over blasphemy
The death sentence imposed on Yahya Sharif Aminu, a Kano-based singer who was convicted for blasphemy has been overturned by a court. In a judgement delivered on Thursday, January 21...
70-year-old man sentenced to death by stoning for raping a 12-year-old girl
An Upper Sharia court in Kofar Kudu, Kano state sentenced a 70-year-old man to death by stoning after he pleaded guilty to defiling a 12-year-old girl on Wednesday, August 12....
Apostle Johnson Suleman speaks after a court handed death sentence to a 22-year-old man condemned for blasphemy
Founder of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide Apostle Johnson Suleman has broken his silence after a court handed death sentence to a 22-year-old man, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu. The Kano Upper Shari’a Court...
Hausa singer sentenced to death by hanging for Blasphemy
Nigerians are still reeling from the news that a Kano Upper Shari’a Court has handed a death sentence to a 22-year-old singer for blaspheming against Prophet Muhammad. Back in March,...
19-year-old girl sentenced to receive 80 strokes of cane for smoking Marijuana by Sharia court in Kaduna State
A Shari’a Court l sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Thursday, September 12th sentenced a 19-year-old girl, Zainab Abdullahi to 80 strokes of the cane for smoking marijuana in public. Delivering judgment,...