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 DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man identified as Adamu Musa, his son, Sule Mallam and grandson, Isyaku Sule for allegedly hacking their neighbour, who they claimed was a kidnapper, and his 5-year-old daughter to death. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Gomo Village, Sumaila Local Government…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed kidnappers on Wednesday abducted a business man in Minjibir town, about 50 kilometers from Kano city. The gunmen stormed the town around 1am, shooting sporadically around Masaka area of the town before abducting a businessman, Abdullahi Kalos. Witnesses told DAILY NIGERIAN that the gunmen also attacked policemen and burnt down their…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than sixteen travellers have been killed by unknown gunmen on Wednesday along Abuja-Kaduna expressway on their way back to Kano from a business trip. It was learnt that the sixteen travelers , from Dambatta local government, were conveyed in a private vehicle and met their untimely death on the Abuja-Kaduna…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anas Saidu, a 26-year-old man who kidnapped and killed a 16-year-old boy, Tijjani Saidu in Kano has made a bizarre request. The young man has pleaded for a public execution by hanging, according to Daily Trust. He equally begs and wants the public to help him beg the victim’s father for forgiveness…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kano State Hisbah Board has destroyed 1,975,000 bottles of beer worth over N200 million confiscated within Kano metropolis. The destruction exercise was carried out at Kalebawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Vanguard reports. Speaking at the event, Ganduje, represented by his Deputy, Dr…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of all classes in public and private schools across the state from next week Monday, November 2, 2020. Boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1. Schools in the state were shut on October 19, 2020 following safety concerns after hoodlums…
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…