Deborah Samuel

Deborah Samuel, a student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education, was killed for supposed blasphemy, according to the Sokoto State Police Command, and the agency claims that its troops are committed to finding the accused killers.…

Disgusted by what is referred to as a cover-up, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the Aminu Tambuwal-led Sokoto State administration to ensure prompt justice in the murder of Deborah Samuel. HURIWA…

13 Muslim organisations, united under the banner of Muslims United for Peace and Justice, on Monday, May 23, demanded justice for Deborah Samuel, a student at Sokoto's Shehu Shagari College of Education, who was gruesomely murdered for…

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka said on Sunday that Ibrahim Maqari, the Imam of the National Mosque, should be fired for his statements on Islam's "redlines." Deborah Yakubu, a female student at Sokoto's Shehu Shagari College of…

Sokoto state police command have on Monday, May 16 arraigned two suspected killers of a student, Deborah Samuel before a Chief Magistrate Court in the state over alleged blasphemy. The two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci,…

A total number of thirty-four lawyers defended Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci, the suspected killers of Deborah Samuel, in court on Monday, May 16. The defense team for the suspected killers was led by Prof. Mansur Ibrahim. Read…

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday, May 16, relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on Sokoto metropolis on Saturday. The curfew will now be from dusk to dawn. Tambuwal imposed the curfew to contain the tension that followed…

Most Reverend Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, has praised the state Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, for declaring a 24-hour curfew to quell the state's ongoing protests. Earlier, demonstrators damaged…

Remains of Miss Deborah Samuel, a female student brutally killed at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was buried in Magajiya, Niger State. Pastor Emmanuel Maaaji of the First Evangelical Church Winning All…

Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, has on Saturday, May 14 imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state following the killing of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education. Recall the 200-level Home Economics…

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the murder of Deborah Samuel on blasphemy charges. Professor Ishaq Akintola, Director of MURIC, described the death as "outrageous, illegal, and unlawful" in a statement released on Friday,…

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has on Friday, May 13 condemned the brutal murder of Deborah Samuel. Samuel, who was a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, was stoned to death and set ablaze in…