Tag: DEATH SENTENCE
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...
Appeal Court upholds death sentence for Maryam Sanda
A Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed the appeal filed by Maryam Sanda against the death sentence handed her for killing her...
Rahama Sadau arrested, facing death sentence is false – Bashir Ahmad
Personal assistant to the president on new media Bashir Ahmad has debunked reports that Kannywood actress Rahama Sadau has been sentenced to death for...
Blasphemy: Kano singer appeals death sentence
Kano-based singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu has filed an appeal against the death sentence handed to him by a Shari’a Court for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.
Mr Sharif-Aminu,...
Blasphemy: 10 CSOs condemn death sentence on Kano singer
Ten civil society organisations (CSOs) have condemned the death sentence handed down by a Kano Upper Shari’a Court to a singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for...
Corrupt politicians should face death sentence – Ruth Kadiri
Nollywood actress Ruth Kadiri says voting should be scrapped in Nigeria until the death sentence is handed down to politicians that embezzle public funds.
The 32-year-old made...
Blasphemy: Even Saudi Arabia will be shocked at death sentence –...
President of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide Apostle Johnson Suleman says Saudi Arabia will be shocked at the death sentence handed down to a 22-year-old...
Blasphemy: Buhari’s media aide Bashir Ahmad under fire over 2015 comments...
Bashir Ahmad a social media aide of President Muhammadu Buhari is getting the heat from Nigerians on Twitter over comments he made in July...
Blasphemy: Outrage over death sentence for Kano singer
Nigerians are reacting on Twitter in disapproval of the death sentence handed to a 22-year-old man by a Kano Upper Shari’a Court on Monday...
Kano court sentences singer to death for blasphemy
A Kano Upper Shari’a Court has handed a death sentence to a 22-year-old man for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.
The presiding judge Khadi Aliyu Kani gave...