Sharia court

A Shariah court sitting in Filin Hockey area of the Kano metropolis has ordered the remand of a TikTok skit maker, Murja Kunya, in a correctional centre. The skit maker was on Thursday, February 3 arraigned on charges that…

The National Industrial Court, on Friday, July 15, ordered the immediate upward review of judges’ salaries Delivering judgment, Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, directed the National Assembly (NASS), the Revenue Mobilisation…

A Sharia court in Bauchi state has reportedly sentenced three men to death by stoning for raping two boys. According to Sharia police or Hisbah official, Adamu Dankafi, the court in the town of Ningi handed down the sentences on the…

A Sharia court in Fagge, Kano state, has ordered one Halifa Abdullahi to sweep a mosque after he was found guilty of stealing the Holy Qur’an. Abdullahi, a resident of Yola quarters in Kano metropolis, had broken into a mosque at Tudun…

Gunmen have reportedly abducted a judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila at a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to Daily Trust, sources stated that the attackers broke…

Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau has on Tuesday, November 10 debunked reports saying she has been arrested and sentenced to jail. The actress said this in reaction to circulating reports that she has being charged before a Sharia Court…

Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau has been invited to appear before a sharia court in Kaduna State for inciting blasphemous comments through her recent photos shared on social media. On November 2, Sadau shared some photos of herself on…

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has kicked against the 10 years prison sentence a Sharia Court in Kano state handed to a 13-year-old boy. The boy named Umar Farouq was convicted for making…

Many Nigerians have reacted to the judgement of an Upper Sharia court in Kano state which sentenced a 22-year-old singer to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. It would be recalled that the young man, Yahaya Aminu …

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Hausawa Quarters in Kano state has sentenced a 22-year old singer, Yahaya Aminu Sharif to death by hanging for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad. In his ruling on Monday, the Shari’a court Khadi,…