Tag Archives: Sharia

A Shari’a Court in the Kwana Hudu area of Kano metropolis has ordered the remand of controversial TikToker, Ibrahim Kunya, at the Kurmawa correctional facility.    The Kano State Hisbah Board arrested Murja at her residence in the Tishama Hotoro area at 12:46am on Tuesday morning, February 13, following a …

The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN) has said that the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket it supported during the 2023 presidential election has fallen short of expectations and has not brought any positive changes to the lives of Nigerians.     The President of SCSN, Sheikh AbdurRasheed Hadiyyatullah, said this …

A Kano Shari’ah court sitting at the Kano State Hisbah Board has sentenced eight men to three months in prison for wearing female clothes and dancing like women.    LIB reported that the suspects were arrested during a wedding at Kofar Waika in Gwale Local Government Area of the state …

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to hold the forthcoming general elections in one day.    According to the Council, violence might erupt after the first elections on February 25th, due to the desperation of some politicians who are already …

A farmer, Adnan Sani, on Thursday, December 22, dragged Saudat Bagobiri, a friend to his wife before a Sharia court sitting in Kaduna for allegedly stealing four goats belonging to him.   The complainant told the court that the defendant had once returned two of his missing goats and asked him …

Former Governor of Zamfara state, Ahmed Yerima has claimed that Christians benefited from the Sharia law he instituted while in power.    Yerima who introduced Sharia law in the state in 1999, after which several other states in the north followed suit, made the claim in an interview on Channels Television on …

Former Governor of Zamfara state, Ahmed Yerima has explained why he introduced Sharia law in the state.  Addressing journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday May 6, the former Governor said he introduced Sharia law in the state in line with the constitution on the freedom of religion. …