Barely one week after Deborah Samuel was killed in Sokoto over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (SAW), a Christian lady has escaped being killed in Katanga, Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Our correspondent gathered that Muslim youths mounted Read more…
Palpable fear has enveloped Sokoto metropolis as protesters in their hundreds trooped into streets to express their displeasure over the detention of two suspects arrested by the Police over the killing of Deborah Yakubu, a 200-level Home Economics student of Read more…
The Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN), a body of Muslim journalists in the country, has condemned what it termed jungle justice meted out to Deborah Samuel, a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The deceased Read more…
Nigeria’s largest grouping of Christian churches on Friday condemned the killing of a female student who was beaten and burned by fellow students for alleged blasphemy and demanded the authorities bring the culprits to justice. Two suspects were arrested in Read more…
The Sokoto State Police Command said it has arrested two suspects in connection with the lynching of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education who was lynched by a mob on Thursday. Ms Samuel was said to be 200 level Read more…
A senior pastor and convener of Abuja Ministers Prayer Outreach(AMPO), Pastor Prize Aluko, has declared that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will lose the 2023 presidency if it fails to adopt former President Goodluck Jonathan as its consensus candidate. Read more…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said it has forgiven Abubakar Suleiman, chief executive officer (CEO) of Sterling Bank, over the bank’s blasphemous Easter message. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP on Saturday in Abuja signed by the Read more…
Despite their challenges, the 16 West African countries would overcome their current travails, Catholic bishops from the sub-region said on Saturday. They insisted that political leaders must stop draconian policies and practices which permit the exploitation of the masses. The Read more…
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka arrived in Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Sunday to meet the Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo (popularly known as Sunday Igboho). Mr Soyinka, a professor of Comparative Literature, crossed the Seme border around noon into Cotonou. A Read more…
Traditional worshippers have protested against open display of the corpse of the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, on Saturday during the Muslim prayer session.They contended that such open display was against the tenets of traditional respect Read more…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Taraba State, on Saturday, expressed dismay over the explosion that rocked Jalingo, the Taraba State capital on Friday. The CAN chairperson, Isaiah Jirapye, in a statement, said the explosion in Jalingo came four days after Read more…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, on Sunday said President Buhari has destroyed every aspect of life in Nigeria but has allowed corruption to thrive and grow. “With everything literally broken down, our country has become one big emergency Read more…