Tag: Sokoto
US honours Deborah Samuel lynched in Sokoto over alleged blasphemy
The United States Department of State has honoured Deborah Samuel, the late student of home economics at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.
Ms Samuel...
Adeboye postpones Sokoto Light Up crusade
General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor Enoch Adeboye has postponed the Light Up crusade scheduled to hold physically in Sokoto...
Tambuwal relaxes curfew imposed in Sokoto over Deborah Samuel’s murder
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Monday relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the Sokoto metropolis on Saturday.
The curfew will now be from...
Sokoto killing: We gave everything to send Deborah to school –...
Garba Emmanuel, father of Deborah who was lynched in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy, has revealed that the family put everything into sending her to...
Azman Air disowns ex-IGP’s son over backlash on blasphemy comments
Azman Air on Sunday said Captain Jamil Abubakar, son of a former inspector-general of police Mohammed Abubakar, is no longer on its payroll as...
Kukah suspends Catholic masses in Sokoto
Catholic bishop of Sokoto Diocese Matthew Kukah has suspended all masses in Sokoto metropolis in the wake of riots that followed the killing of...
Rioters attack churches in Sokoto over detention of Deborah Samuel’s killers
As part of the fallout of the killing of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto for alleged blasphemy, rioters on Saturday attacked some churches under the...
Slain Sokoto student Deborah Samuel buried in Niger
The remains of Deborah Samuel, who was set ablaze in Sokoto last Thursday over alleged blasphemy, have been buried at the Christian cemetery in...
Sokoto killing: Punishment for blasphemy is death — Former IGP’s son
Captain Jamil Abubakar, son of a former inspector-general of police Mohammed Abubakar, says the punishment for blasphemy in Islam is death while reacting to...
Femi Branch condemns killing of female student Deborah Samuel in Sokoto
Actor Femi Branch has condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto.
Ms Samuel, a 200-level...