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A young barber from Benue State identified as Elijah Ode has been reportedly arrested in Kano for blasphemy. According to a Benue activist, Smith Akoko, the young man, who is also a student, was arrested last Wednesday, after two of his customers were caught with hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion. His cousin, Sunday […]
The police in Kano state have arrested one Haruna Ya’u popularly known as Dangaru, for allegedly killing his friend, Sani Ibrahim, following a disagreement over N500. According to reports, the incident happened at Dan Tsinke Quarters of Tarauni Local Government Area on Monday, August 16. Family members of the deceased said Ibrahim had given one of his friends, Aminu Ahmad, […]
The United States has blasted the ruling of an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State, after it sentenced a 13-year-old boy, Umar Farouq, to 10 years in prison for making derogatory statements toward Allah during an argument with a friend. Farouq was convicted on August 10, 2020, by Aliyu Kanu, a Sharia court judge, and […]
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano has sentenced a 22-year old singer, Yahaya Aminu Sharif, to death by hanging for blaspheming against Prophet Muhammad. According to reports, the judge, Khadi Aliyu Muhammad Kani, gave the verdict today August 10 after finding Yahaya Aminu Sharif guilty as charged. Mr. Sharif who is a member of the […]
Men of the Nigerian police on Wednesday, June 24, 20202, arrested and paraded 3 female suspects over failed attempt to move 818 rounds on live ammunition from Kano State to Bayelsa state. The women who are believed to be armed robbers/smugglers were arrested by officers of the Special Tactical Squad of the Nigerian police with […]
The Kano State police command has arrested a man after 40 people were raped in one town over the period of one year, the police have disclosed. A mother in the northern town of Dangora caught the suspect in her children’s bedroom. He immediately fled the scene, but neighbours gave a hot chase, caught him […]
The Federal Government has said a total of 979 people died as a result of strange illnesses in Kano State over a five-week period, NEWS DIRECT reports. Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, stated this on Monday in Abuja during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He said an investigation carried out by the special […]
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, says the state is in trouble due to the presence of the coronavirus disease. Speaking on Sunday at the presentation of a COVID-19 Mobile Testing Centre donated by the Dangote Foundation to the state, Ganduje said the delay in testing suspected cases was responsible for the exploding number of coronavirus […]
Governor Umar Ganduje made this known on Saturday. Speaking at a press briefing,, Ganduje said out of 489 samples, 74 tested positive “We’ve taken samples of 489 people, out of these number 74 were confirmed positive for the virus,” Daily Independent quoted him as saying.