LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Kano, Wednesday, ordered a retrial of the death sentence against a singer who was accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. The singer, Aminu Yahaya-Sharif, 24, a resident of Sharifai in the Kano metropolis, was accused of committing blasphemy against the prophet of Islam in a…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversial songster, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, has made a dramatic retraction of his earlier statement that he founded One Million Boys, a notorious cult group terrorising residents of Lagos and Ogun states. In a video, which went viral on Monday, Portable was heard saying he formed the gang and another notorious group…
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…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of youth stormed the Kano Hisbah office on Wednesday over an alleged blasphemy song against the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The protesters holding placards alleged that the government and the security agents in the state are reluctant to act over the matter. The convener of the protest, Idris Ibrahim (known as Baba…