Tag: sharia
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Court orders mother of 5 to return to matrimonial home
A Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari on Friday ordered a mother of five, Binta Musa, to return to her matrimonial home and live with Idris Umar, her husband in peace. The Judge, Murtala Nasir, gave the order in a ruling after Umar prayed court to compel his wife to return to her matrimonial home.…
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Blasphemy: Kano court discharge, acquits Faruq Umar; set aside death sentence of another
A Kano high court of appeal sitting at Audu Bako secretariat has discharged and acquitted one Faruq Umar earlier sentence to 10 years jail on offence of blasphemy against Allah. Faruq Umar was convicted and sentenced to jail by upper Shari’a Court judge Aliyu Mohammad Kani, Filling Hockey division last year for violating section 382…
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Sharia agency destroys 588 bottles of beer in Jigawa
Hisbah, the Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, said it had destroyed no fewer than 588 confiscated bottles of beer in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, the State Commandant of Hisbah made this known in Dutse on Sunday that the beer was destroyed on Aug. 20. Dahiru said that the…
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Rape: Kano Shari’a Court sentences man to death by stoning
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Wednesday, sentenced a 60-year-old man, Abdu, to death by stoning after his conviction for raping a 12-year-old girl. Abdu was convicted on a count charge of rape contrary to Section 126 of Kano State Shari’a Penal Code Law 2000. The trial judge, Ibrahim Sarki-Yola, said the accused…
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Just in: Kano Sharia Court sentences musician to death over song’s lyrics
Sharia court in Kano State has sentenced a musician, Yahaya Sharif Aminu, to death for one of his songs alleged to be blasphemous against Prophet Muhammad. At the court on Monday, the presiding judge, Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani, found Aminu guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging,. The musician is said to be a…
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Sharia court orders woman to refund N20,000 dowry to husband
A Sharia Court ll at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, has ordered one Maryam Muhammad to refund the N20,000 dowry paid for her by Mansur Yakubu, her husband, as condition for divorce. The complainant, who filed a case against her husband, told the court that she could no longer tolerate her husband and wished to divorce him…
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Islamists planning to exchange Nigeria’s constitution with Sharia ideology – Christian Elders
Retired military generals and some Christian elders under the aegis of the National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, have alleged that some Islamists are planning to exchange Nigeria’s constitution with Sharia based ideologies. The elders noted that if not well handled by the appropriate authorities, another war might be imminent. The group stated that Jihad or…
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Boko Haram publicly executes eight for defying ‘Sharia police’
Boko Haram have publicly executed eight villagers in northeast Nigeria who opposed the enforcement of its hardline form of Islam, according to a graphic video seen by AFP. The eight were blindfolded and lying face down on the ground when they were shot at close range by four masked gunmen. Crowds were seen cheering, the…
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Why Boko Haram chopped off my leg, hand – former terrorist
Muhammad Abubakar, a 31 year-old Boko Haram insurgent on Thursday said his hand and leg were chopped off because he was planing to surrender and quit the battle in Sambisa forest. Abubakar disclosed this to newsmen in Maiduguri during briefing organised by Major-General Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, to update journalists on…
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Man to receive 6 lashes of cane over aluminum wire theft
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday ordered that 23-year-old scavenger, Abubakar Garba, be given six lashes of the cane for allegedly stealing aluminum wire. The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, who ordered the punishment, warned him to desist from committing crime. Garba, who resides at Kado village, Abuja, was charged with joint act…