LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kano state high court (appeal division) has set aside the death sentence imposed on Yahya Sharif Aminu, a Kano-based singer, convicted for blasphemy. Nuraddeen Sagir, the state chief judge, who presided over the case, delivered judgement on Thursday He said the trial was full of irregularities as the appellant was not…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 13-year-old boy who was handed a decade-long jail sentence for blasphemy last year will now walk free. He was convicted by an Islamic court in August for making uncomplimentary remarks about God during an argument with a friend in northern Kano state. But a secular appeals court overturned the sentencing on…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Music executive and manager of Tuface Idibia, Efe Omorogbe, has taken to his Instagram to appeal to the Governor of Kano State, Abdulahi Ganduje, against executing singer, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu. The singer, Sharif-Aminu, was accused of blasphemy against the Holy Prophet Mohammed and was subsequently sentenced to death under the Sharia laws in…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has urged Kano state government to execute the court judgement that found Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a singer, guilty of blasphemy, despite public outcry. According to NAN, in a statement by Nafi’u Baba-Ahmad, its secretary-general, in Kaduna on Tuesday, the council said executing the judgement will serve…