Three people were killed while nine others were abducted in an attack on Tokace community, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A resident of the area, said the attack took place on Tuesday at about 9pm. He said the terrorists who came in large numbers were well armed and were shooting indiscriminately. He said…
Rampaging protesters demanding the release of suspected killers of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto (SSCOE), on Saturday vandalised and torched two of the parishes of the Catholic Dioceses of Sokoto. The two parishes are presided over by the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev. Mathew Kukah. Deborah was…
Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was murdered over alleged blasphemy, has been buried. Her remains was laid to rest on Saturday in her hometown in Tunga Magajiya, Rijau Local Government Area of Niger state at about 6:30 pm at the Christian cemetery. Emmanuel Maaji, the uncle of the…
The Kaduna state government has banned religious protest across the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan announced the ban in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Aruwan said, “the Kaduna State Government, in consultation with security agencies under the umbrella of the Kaduna State Security Council, has placed a ban…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned the gruesome murder of Deborah Yakubu, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, by Islamic extremists. She was stoned and set ablaze Muslim zealots on Thursday for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad. In a statement on Friday in Abuja, General Secretary of CAN, Joseph Daramola,…
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Rev. Matthew Kukah condemned in the strongest term, the murder of Miss Deborah Yakubu, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE) Sokoto, by some Muslim students for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Mohammed. In a statement on Thursday in Sokoto, Kukah called on the authorities…
