Tag: SHARIA COURT
Shari’ah Court dismisses adultery case against commissioner
The Upper Shari'ah Court in Kano has dismissed an adultery case against the Jigawa State commissioner for special duties Auwal Sankara citing lack of...
Sharia court sends Kano TikToker Murja Ibrahim Kunya to prison
An upper sharia court in Kano State has remanded TikToker Murja Ibrahim Kunya in prison for two weeks for allegedly committing offences contrary to...
Kannywood actress Sadiya Haruna sentenced to six months in Islamic school
Kannywood actress Sadia Haruna has been sentenced to six months in Islamic school by a Sharia court in Kano State for 'displaying sexual...
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...
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...
Polish historian offers to be jailed in place of Kano teenager...
A polish historian Piotr Cywinski has offered to stand in the place of a teenager Umar Farouq who was sentenced by a Kano court...
Kano court sentences 13-year-old boy to 10 years imprisonment for blasphemy
A Sharia court in Kano has sentenced a 13-year-old boy to 10 years in prison for blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.
Umar Farouq was convicted after being...
I have only beaten my wife once, man tells Sharia Court
A middle-aged woman, Zainab Ahmed, on Tuesday dragged her husband, Oare Abdulrazak, before a Sharia Court ll sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over an...
Sharia court dissolves marriage over husband’s failure to fend for family
A sharia court in Kaduna has dissolved a 16-year-old marriage over the husband's inability to carter for his family.
The Islamic judiciary, sitting in Magajin Gari,...
My husband always demands for anal sex, woman tells court
A housewife, Asma’u Sulaiman, on Thursday prayed a Sharia court at Magajin Gari Kaduna to dissolve her marriage over her husband’s frequent demand for...