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The Court of Appeal in Kano has upheld the judgement of the Kano High Court (Appeal Division), ordering the retrial of a 22-year-old musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death by hanging in 2020 after being convicted of blasphemy by an upper Sharia court presided over by Muhammad Aliyu Kani in the state.   He was accused of one count of insulting the religious creed, contrary to Section 382 (6) of the Kano State Sharia Penal Code Law of 2000, for a series of audio messages circulated via WhatsApp which became public knowledge in March 2020.

The Court of Appeal in Kano will on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, deliver judgement on the appeal filed by 22-year-old musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death by hanging in 2020 after being convicted of blasphemy. Sharif-Aminu belongs to the Tijaniyya order, a popular Sufi Islamic order across North and West Africa. He was accused of one count of insulting the religious creed, contrary to Section 382 (6) of the Kano State Sharia Penal Code Law of 2000, for a series of audio messages circulated via WhatsApp which became public knowledge in March 2020.

Nigeria police don confam di murder and setting ablaze of local vigilante for di kontri capital, Abuja on Saturday 4 June 2022.

Di commissioner of police in di state Umar Mamman say things don dey calm now for di area and patrol teams still dey on ground.

Former Nigerian Governor’s Son Sues Mother, Siblings Over Late Father’s Property Umar is also challenging the distribution of his father’s estate without payment of all unsecured debt of the deceased and that he was not given fair hearing in the distribution of the estate. by Saharareporters, New York Feb 03, 2021 One of the children of the late Abdulkadir Kure, former governor of Niger State, Umar, has taken his mother, Senator Zenab Kure and siblings to the Sharia Court of Appeal, Niger State challenging the distribution of his father’s estate by an Upper Sharia Court/Administrator...