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By Laleye Dipo As the wait for the release of the abducted 27 students of Government Science College, Kagara continues, the Niger State Government has met with the parents of the student slain by the bandits during the invasion of the school. Benjamin B Habila was shot dead last Wednesday while trying to escape from the bandits that stormed their hostel. The government delegation was led by the Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Hannatu Jibrin Salihu, and her counterpart in the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Mr Sunday Emmanuel, the Director General, Religious Affairs, Mallam Umar Farouk, as w...

A relative to a Christian barber, who was arrested for blasphemy, has refuted the claim by the Police PRO in Kano that Elijah Ode 39;s arrest was in connection with a rape incident.

(RNS) — Last year, a Shariah court in northern Nigeria condemned Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a 22-year-old Muslim gospel musician, to death for committing blasphemy in a series of private WhatsApp messages. The same court found a 16-year-old boy, Umar Farouk, guilty of blasphemy for reportedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad while arguing with a friend and sentenced him to 10 years in prison with manual labor. Farouk’s sentence has been overturned, and Sharif-Aminu’s case has been sent for retrial. But these harsh sentences are only the latest examples of the problematic application of Shariah ...

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   A teen in Nigeria had his 10-year sentence for a blasphemy conviction overturned, according to his lawyer. Nigeria teen had his blasphemy conviction overturned on appeal  (Photo : Kola Alapinni/ Twitter Screenshot) Nigeria Court Acquits a Teen Sentenced for 10 Years in Prison Due to Blasphemy Freedom! Omar Farouq Bashir (The Minor) is released after 11 months in prison custody. He is grateful to everyone who fought for him Omar Farouq's sentence was set aside by the Kano State High Court's appellate division because he did not have any legal representation durin...

Views: 309 Umar Farouk sentenced last year to 10 years’ jail for “blasphemy” by Sharia court in Kano had his sentence overturned on Thursday by the state’s appeal court. “The judgement of the sharia court is hereby nullified for lack of credibility and considering the appellant is a minor,” the court said in a judgement seen by AFP. Aged just 13 when he was sentenced, Farouk “is hereby discharged and acquitted”, they added. The court applying Islamic sharia law, enforced in some Muslim-majority states in northern Nigeria, sentenced Farouk to 10 years’ forced labour after co...