The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has asked the Kano state government to execute 22-year-old singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was found guilty of blasphemy few weeks ago. The council in a statement released by its secretary Nafi’u Baba-Ahmad, berated those asking for the convict to be pardoned. It added that the case is purely an Islamic…
Some unknown gunmen have abducted the two sons ofBello Dankande, a former Zamfara commissioner alongside an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The incident which took place at Dankande’s residence in Gamji, Bakura local government area of the state on Tuesday August 18, left one person dead and a woman with injuries. Spokesperson of…
Minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has recounted how an armed monarch intervened when he was abducted as the governor of Anambra state. Giving an account of what transpired between him and his abductors in an interview with ThisDay, Ngige who was the Governor of Anambra state between 2003 and 2006 said; “The first thing that comes…
The Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria (MULAN) in Kano State, have applauded the death sentence handed to 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif-Aminu over an alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. The group in a statement released by its Chairman Muhammad Sani Garba Esq, said the judge was right in his verdict in which he convicted and sentenced the accused to…
The Oyo State Police Command has announced the escape of the prime suspect in connection with the serial ritual killings of over five persons in Akinyele, Moniya in Ibadan. Recall that the prime suspect, 19-year-old Sunday Shodipe, was paraded before newsmen on July 17. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, disclosed this…
A three-man panel of the Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Saturday August 15, affirmed the election of Senator Duoye Diri as Bayelsa State Governor. This ruling comes a month after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal filed by a former aspirant of the Bayelsa governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…
A pastor in Imo state has organized a special prayer session to pray for Donald Trump’s re-election as the president of the United States of America. A flier for the program was shared online as the church invited people to join in the prayer session. “International service of prayer for president Donald Trump and his…
Governor Aminu Masari on Saturday August 15, said that the blame for banditry should go to the country’s service chiefs and not President Buhari. The Governor of President Buhari’s home state who said this while presenting a N10 million economic empowerment cheque to 1,000 women and N7 million scholarship support cheque to 701 students in…
A labourer identified as Lawalli Bala has been arrested in Rikina village in Dange/Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto State for alleged homosexuality and sodomization of underage boys. The 30-year-old man was accused of sodomizing 12 underage children in the night when their parents are sleeping. Bala who came to Rikina village from Zamfara and was assisted and sheltered…
An Edo Senior Special Assistant from Urhonigbe South ward 8, Faith Obasuyi has resigned from Governor Godwin Obaseki’s government ahead of the governorship election scheduled to hold in the state in September. In her resignation letter which was sent in on Friday August 14, Obasuyi alleged that recent activities of Obaseki’s administration will not lead to the actualization…