Tag: BLASPHEMY
Man boasts of killing Sokoto College of Education student for alleged...
An unidentified man has appeared in a viral video boasting of setting fire on Deborah, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, for...
Blasphemy: Tambuwal shuts Shehu Shagari College of Education over mob incident
Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has ordered the closure of Shehu Shagari College of Education following a mob attack on a student for alleged...
Sokoto College of Education students burn female student over alleged blasphemy
A mob in Sokoto on Thursday burnt alive a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education over alleged blasphemy.
Identified simply as Deborah,...
Atheist Mubarak Bala sentenced to 24 years in prison for blaspheming...
Atheist Mubarak Bala has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by Kano State High Court after being convicted of blaspheming Islam.
The 37-year-old president...
Blasphemy: Police deploy officers as factions clash in Mile 12
Lagos State Police Command on Thursday deployed policemen to Gengere area of Mile 12 to restore peace following clashes between warring groups.
Located in Kosofe...
Blasphemy: UN rapporteurs demand release of atheist detained in Kano
Seven United Nations human rights experts have demanded the release of self-acclaimed atheist Mubarak Bala who has been detained without charge by the police...
Blasphemy: Wife of atheist detained in Kano cries for help
Amina Ahmed, wife of a self-proclaimed atheist Mubarak Bala, has spoken up about her frustration over her husband who has been behind bars for...
Teenager convicted of blasphemy in Kano jets out of Nigeria
Teenager Omar Farouq who was acquitted after being sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by a Sharia Court in Kano for blasphemy has left Nigeria.
Farouq...
Court nullifies Kano singer’s death sentence, orders fresh trial
A Kano State High Court on Thursday nullified the judgement of an Upper Sharia Court sentencing singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu to death for blaspheming against...
Kano court acquits 17-year-old jailed 10 years for blasphemy
A Kano High Court of Appeal sitting at Audu Bako secretariat has nullified the 10-year jail term handed to Faruq Umar for allegedly blaspheming...