Blasphemy

‎ UNICEF has expressed deep concern about the sentencing of 13-year-old Omar Farouq to 10 years imprisonment with menial labour by the Kano State Sharia Court at Feli Hockey, Kano, in northern Nigeria. The sentence was handed down after…

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has taken steps to save Kano singer, Sharif Yahya who was condemned to death by hanging by a Kano state Sharia Court for blasphemy from the hangman. The renowned lawyer…

The musician sentenced to death by a Kano Shari'a Court for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad has appealed the judgment.‎ ‎The musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, ‎was sentenced to death on August 10, 2020, after he was found guilty of…

‎Following the death sentence passed on ‎22-year-old Aminu Yahaya Sharif by a Kano Upper Shari’ah Court for blasphemy, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has expressed his readiness to sign the warrant for the convict's execution. ‎…

‎The Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN) has asked Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to approve the execution of a musician, Shariff Yahaya Shariff, who was recently sentenced to death by a Sharia court for alleged blasphemy…

‎A 22-year-old man, Yahaya Aminu Sharif, was on Monday sentenced to death by hanging for committing blasphemy. ‎ Sharif was tried and convicted by a Kano Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Hausawa Filin Hockey, in Kano, for committing…