Tag Archives: blasphemy

Malam Usman Buda, who was k!lled by a mob in Sokoto State over alleged blasphemy, has been laid to rest.   The butcher was buried on Tuesday, June 27, after a funeral prayer held at Sheikh Musa Ayuba Luwa Mosque in Mabera, Sokoto South Local Government Area of the state.  …

A Bauchi magistrate court has remanded an Islamic scholar and Chief Imam of Dutsen Tanshi Jumaat mosque, Dr Idris Abdulaziz, in a correctional centre for alleged disturbance and inciting public unrest.   His lawyer, Barrister Umar Hassan said the judge denied him bail and ordered that the defendant should be …

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has dismissed claims that persons arrested in connection with the killing of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto state in May 2022, have been released.   The 200-level Home Economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was stoned and …

Iran announced on Monday, May 8 that two men who had been given death sentences for blasphemy had been executed. According to the news website of the judiciary in Iran, Mizan, Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were put to death in the Arak jail in central Iran. According to …

An appeal court sitting in Kano state has reserved judgement in the trial of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, the musician initially sentenced to death for blasphemy by a Shari’a court. Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging on August 10, 2020, after he was found guilty of committing blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in …

A man was stoned and set ablaze over alleged blasphemy in Lugbe, Abuja.   The lynching took place on Saturday afternoon, June 4, 2022, at the Lugbe Timber Shed, along Airport Road in Abuja following an argument over alleged blasphemy.     Police reportedly arrived at the scene and fired shots …

Kaduna state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has raised an alarm of fundamentalist now using blasphemy as an excuse to kill Christians in the Northern region of the country.    Reacting to the riot in Bauchi state over alleged blasphemy, the state CAN Chairman Rev. John Joseph Hayab …

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has said that the unfortunate murder of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, took place after a mob overpowered security agents present at the school.    While speaking at a political gathering in Delta state on Saturday, May 20, Governor Tambuwal said that …

Azman Airline has distanced itself from Captain Jamil Abubakar and a tweet he shared following the killing of a Christian student by her Muslim counterparts for alleged blasphemy.   Deborah Samuel was beaten and stoned to death before she was set ablaze on Thursday, May 12.   Her crime was a …

Shahida, the daughter of 14th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said that Islam is against mob action.    The mother of three stated this on her Instagram stories while reacting to the killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel. over alleged blasphemy.   …