A Sharia Court in Kano on Thursday, ordered four minors and two teenagers be remanded in a correctional centre, for alleged possession of dangerous weapons and drugs. The police charged the four minors , Sani Abubakar, 18 and Mustapha Isa,19 with possession of dangerous weapon, dangerous drugs and dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp. […]
Two Sharia court judges from Zamfara State have been reportedly kidnapped while returning from a trip to the Niger Republic on Friday, an official has confirmed. The judges, Sabiu Abdullahi and Shafi’i Jangebe, were abducted on their way back to Zamfara after a trip to Niger Republic for a programme. READ ALSO: Police kill notorious […]
An Islamic cleric has said any lawyer who defends the Kano State singer, Yahaya Aminu Sharif has renounced his Islamic faith. Recall Daily Times Nigeria reported that Sharif was recently convicted by a Sharia court for blaspheming against the Prophet Mohammed in a song. READ ALSO: Blasphemy: Prison authorities denied lawyers access to… The cleric […]
A Sharia court in Kano has sentenced Mati Abdu, a 60-year-old man, to death by stoning for raping a minor. Khadi Ibrahim Sarki-Yola, the presiding judge of the Sharia court, gave the pronouncement after finding Abdu guilty of the offence. Abdu, who hails from Farsa village in Tsanyawa Local Government area of Kano State, allegedly […]
A housewife, Salimat Hamza on Friday appeared before a Kaduna Upper Sharia Court for allegedly stabbing a peace-maker, who was trying to separate a fight. The 22-year- old defendant, who resides along Taiwo Road Kaduna, is charged with causing grievous hurt. Prosecution counsel, Abubakar Shehu, told court that the peace-maker who was also the defendant’s […]
A primary school teacher, Munira Muhammad, has dragged her husband, Lawal Ibrahim before the Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, for giving her only N300 daily for the upkeep of their three children. Muhammad who resides within Kaduna metropolis, on Wednesday told the court that Ibrahim occasionally gave one measure of grinded maize and millet […]
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kaduna state on Monday dragged a businesswoman, Tina Simon to the Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna state, seeking to recover N130,000 loan owed 10 years ago. The directorate through its counsel, Hannatu Bello-Maude, told the court that Simon was granted the sum of N163, 000 as loan […]
Mukhlis, a member of the Aceh Ulema Council (MPU) in the deeply conservative Aceh province of Indonesia, has received 28 lashes in front of a crowd on Thursday after being caught having an affair with a married woman. AFP reports that the woman with whom he was caught also received a series of lashes. Aceh, […]
The name of Justice John Tsoho, the Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court is not missing as a member of the National Judicial Council (NJC). This development is contained in the updated list on the NJC website. A visit to the website; https://njc.gov.ng/current-council-members by our reporter revealed that the name of Justice Tsoho […]
In what can be described as a bold step in the name of love, a 25-year-old woman, Rose Bulus, dragged her father, Josiah, to a Shari’a Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for refusing to allow her marry her heartthrob. Rose said she converted to Islam in order to marry the man of her […]
A 48-year-old woman, Rabi Muhammed, on Tuesday dragged her cousin, Magaji Dillali, 60, to a Sharia Court at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, for alleged breach of trust and cheating. Muhammed told the court that she gave Dillali N500,000 to pay for a small house she wanted to buy at Rigasa. “The house is worth N800,000 and […]