Tag: Sokoto
Sokoto killing: We gave everything to send Deborah to school –...
Garba Emmanuel, father of Deborah who was lynched in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy, has revealed that the family put everything into sending her to...
Azman Air disowns ex-IGP’s son over backlash on blasphemy comments
Azman Air on Sunday said Captain Jamil Abubakar, son of a former inspector-general of police Mohammed Abubakar, is no longer on its payroll as...
Kukah suspends Catholic masses in Sokoto
Catholic bishop of Sokoto Diocese Matthew Kukah has suspended all masses in Sokoto metropolis in the wake of riots that followed the killing of...
Rioters attack churches in Sokoto over detention of Deborah Samuel’s killers
As part of the fallout of the killing of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy, rioters on Saturday attacked some churches under the...
Slain Sokoto student Deborah Samuel buried in Niger
The remains of Deborah Samuel, who was set ablaze in Sokoto last Thursday over alleged blasphemy, have been buried at the Christian cemetery in...
Sokoto killing: Punishment for blasphemy is death — Former IGP’s son
Captain Jamil Abubakar, son of a former inspector-general of police Mohammed Abubakar, says the punishment for blasphemy in Islam is death while reacting to...
Femi Branch condemns killing of female student Deborah Samuel in Sokoto
Actor Femi Branch has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto.
Ms Samuel, a 200-level...
Ezekwesili pulls out of NBA conference in Sokoto over killing of...
Former education minister Oby Ezekwesili has withdrawn from participating at the conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) scheduled to hold in Sokoto.
Mrs Ezekwesili...
Why one Nigeria can’t work – Ruth Kadiri
Actress Ruth Kadiri has said that one Nigeria cannot work because the 'leaders' hands are tied'.
The mother of one said this in an Instagram...
Blasphemy: Dele Momodu condemns lynching of Sokoto female student Deborah Samuel
Presidential aspirant Dele Momodu on Friday condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, for alleged...