Tag: sharia court
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Abiodun warns against illegal attempts to establish Sharia Court in Ogun
The Ogun Government has warned against illegal attempts to establish a Sharia Court in the state. Gov. Dapo Abiodun, in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said Sharia Courts could not be legally constituted by individuals or groups without legal backing.
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Enforce Sharia laws in states practicing it, insecurity will naturally fade off – HRM, AVM, Ararile+Photos
…says as at today those states have the highest insecurity rate in Nigeria The Ovie of Umiaghwa-Abraka Kingdom, HRM, AVM Lucky Ochuko Ararile (Rtd), has said if Sharia is enforced in the northern states practicing it, insecurity in the north will naturally fade off. The retired Air Vice Marshall and pioneer Managing Director of NAF…
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Kano court sentences two brothers to prison for throwing passes at a married woman
A sharia court sitting in Kano has ordered that two brothers namely, Saifullahi Hamisu, Mujahid Hamisu and one Hassana Surajo, be remanded in prison custody for allegedly making amorous advances to a married woman in the state.
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Housewife runs back to parents’ home over bedroom duties after one year in marriage
A housewife, Zainab Yunusa has ran back to her parent’s home just after one year of marriage over what she has described as unusual s3x demands from her husband, Alhaji Ali Garba.
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Court dissolves 23-year-old marriage after eight children between man, his grand niece
A High Shari’a Court in Zamafara State has dissolved a 23-year-old marriage between Musa Tsafe and his grand niece, Wasila, despite having had eight children in the union. The development took place in Tsafe, Tsafe Local Government Area of the State on Tuesday. Delivering a ruling, the Presiding Judge, Malam Bashir Mahe, dissolved the marriage…
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Judge orders man to hug wife in court
A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday ordered a man, Yusuf Maiwada, to hug his wife, Nafisa Jibril in court. The Judge, Nuhu Falalu said:”lack of affection from Maiwada prompted his wife to seek divorce”. The Judge also ordered him to give his wife money in the court. ”The court orders…
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Gunmen abduct Shari’a Court judge inside court in Katsina
Gunmen have abducted a judge at a Shari’a Court located between Baure Zaka villages in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. The judge, simply identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila was, according to a resident (name withheld), kidnapped at about 3:00 pm today while on a personal visit to the court which was relocated to…
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Inheritance sharing: Late Niger governor’s son drags mother to Sharia Court
Umar Kure, one of the sons of the late ex-Niger governor Abdulkadir Kure, has taken his mother Senator Zainab Kure to the Sharia Court of Appeal, Niger State. Kure is challenging the distribution of his father’s estate by an Upper Sharia Court/Administrator. He listed the widow, three other children of the deceased and the estate…
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Blasphemy: We have no objection to death sentence of Kano singer, Aminu – CAN
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has reacted to the death sentence passed on a Kano singer, Yahaya Aminu Sharif who was convicted of blasphemy by a Shari’a Court. Adeolu Samuel Adeyemo, the Kano state chairman of CAN said the religious body does not object to the ruling because it is according to the position…
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Musician bags death sentence in Kano for blasphemous song
A Sharia Court in Kano State has sentenced to death a 22-year-old musician known as Yahaya Sharif Aminu for making a song that allegedly blaspheme against Prophet Muhammad. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the presiding judge at the court, Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani found Aminu guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging on Monday. Aminu, who…