An Upper Shari’a Court in Kano has sentenced Shafi’u Abubakar, a 38-year-old man, to death by hanging for setting a mosque on fire, killing 23 people. The court also ordered that Abubakar receive 150 strokes of cane for the same offense, reports Nigerian Tribune. The incident occurred on May 15, 2024, at Gadan Larabar Abasawa […]
Comrade M. B. Muhammad, one of the victims who was abducted from a Kaduna-bound train in 2022, has narrated his encounter with one of his kidnappers at a mosque in Kaduna State. •Train attack victim According to him, the encounter happened a few days ago when he stopped at a Shema Mosque near Bakin Ruwa […]
•Hoodlums The police in Kaduna State have arrested twelve suspects who attacked a mosque and stabbed one person to death in the Tudun Wada area, Kaduna South Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement today. He said the hoodlums from Malalin Gabas, […]
•Mosque Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old man, Idowu Kehinde, for allegedly stealing ceiling fans and aluminium windows from a mosque in the Adiyan area of Agbado, Ogun State. It was gathered that Kehinde allegedly scaled the fence of Mapara Moboluwaduro Central Mosque to gain access before carting away ei...
•A mosque A man was flogged inside a Malaysia mosque today after being convicted of an Islamic offence for spending time alone with a woman who was neither his wife nor relative. The 42-year-old construction worker was given six lashes in Malaysia’s conservative state of Terengganu after being convicted by a Sharia court, reports the […...
There are strong indications that some arrests have been made by the Bauchi State Police Command in connection with the discovery of the corpse of a 2-year-old girl in a mosque in Ningi, the headquarters of Ningi LGA. A reliable source in Ningi confirmed to our correspondent that the arrests were made following a thorough […]
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a Muslim cleric (Alfa), Alani Rafiu, to life imprisonment for raping a 14 –year- old girl inside a mosque. Justice Rahman Oshodi handed down the sentence yesterday after finding Rafiu guilty of the offence of child defilement, reports NAN. Rafiu was arraigned on October 28, [&h...
•Bandits Daredevil bandits invaded Dan-Ali ward in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State yesterday disrupting Jummat prayers. It was gathered that the bandits stormed a mosque and started shooting indiscriminately forcing worshippers to flee for their safety, reports Saturday Tribune. “We were at the Jummat prayer when we heard the sh...
•The suspects Detectives from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command have arrested five suspects for allegedly stealing an iPhone 13 pro at Al-Nur mosque, Wuse II, Abuja. The FCT police commissioner CP Benneth Igweh, disclosed while parading the suspects at the command in Abuja, today, reports Daily Trust. He said the suspects were...
A mango laden truck rammed into a mosque in Barade House, opposite Old Licencing Office in Kontagora, Niger State, in the wee hours of today. Sources told our correspondent that worshipers had just dispersed after Tahajud prayers when the incident happened, reports Daily Trust. The mosque was filled to capacity during the prayers which fell [&...
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