Islamic groups take Kano cleric Lawan Triumph to court over alleged blasphemy
A Kano-based cleric, Lawan Abubakar Triumph, has been taken before the Upper Sharia Court sitting at Kofar Kudu following a ...
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ECOWAS Court rules Kano blasphemy laws violate international human rights standards
The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ruled today that the blasphemy provisions ...
Salman Rushdie in surgery following stabbing in the neck at a New York lecture
Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his ...
Alleged blasphemy: Kano cleric seeks transfer of suit to another judge
A Kano cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, on Thursday, prayed a Kano Upper Shari’a Court to transfer his ongoing trial ...
Police in Sokoto declare prime suspected killers of Deborah Samuel wanted
By Our Correspondent The Sokoto State Police Command has declared wanted the suspected killers of Deborah Samuel, a student of ...
AGF Ahmed Idris’ ‘blasphemy’ against ASUU and Nigeria
By Farooq A. Kperogi I am intentionally appropriating, and extending the semantic boundaries of, the term “blasphemy” for this piece ...
Slain student Deborah Samuel’s body arrives in Niger, buried — Pastor
By Obinna Unaeze Pastor Emmanuel Maaji of the First Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Tunga Magajiya, Niger State, has confirmed ...
Alleged blasphemy: Police arrest 2 suspects over mob killing of female student in Sokoto
By New Citizen The police in Sokoto have arrested two students of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, in connection ...
Blasphemy: atheist Mubarak Bala goes to jail for 24 years
Self-proclaimed atheist and president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, Mubarak Bala, was today sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for ...