The Kano State Upper Shariah Court yesterday, sentenced Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara, to death by hanging, for blasphemy. The presiding judge, Ibrahim Sarki-Yola, sentenced the cleric to death by hanging, based on Section 382 of the Kano State Shariah Penal Code 2000. Sarki-Yola said the section states that “whoever, by any means, publicly insult, by using words or expression in writing, verbal means or gesture, which shows or demonstrate any form of contempt or abuse against the Holy Quran or any Prophet, shall be liable to death.” The Judge…

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Olaolu Mudasiru, the first son of Gbolahan Mudasiru, a former military governor of Lagos state, who died in 2003, has reportedly died after being hit by a yet-to-be-identified driver. Until his death, Olaolu was the deputy managing director and co-founder of Vetiva Capital Management. It was gathered that Mudasiru was killed on Sunday morning in a hit-and-run accident while cycling with two other persons on the Bourdilion road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident. Hundeyin, however, said nobody…

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Ahmadu Fintiri, the Governor of Adamawa State, has accused the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, of targeting the political class with the cash withdrawal limit policy unveiled by the apex bank on Tuesday. Controversies have continued to trail the planned policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria to limit daily cash withdrawal for individuals to N20,000 daily and N100,000 and N500,000 per week for individuals and corporate bodies respectively. But Governor Fintiri, who was reacting to the new CBN policy during a campaign engagement in Kala’a, Hong Local Government Area,…

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