Sharia Court

January 28, (THEWILL) – Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has firmly rejected any attempt to establish a Sharia Court in the state, warning that such actions lack legal backing and will not be tolerated. In a statement...

October 22, (THEWILL) - The Kano State Upper Shari’a Court has ordered AIG Zone One, Kano, to investigate the suspended Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwalu Danladi Sankara, over allegations of enticing a married woman, Tasleem Baba Nabegu. The...

October 31 (THEWILL) - A Kano Sharia Court sitting at Hisbah Board on Tuesday sentenced eight pimps to three months in imprisonment and ten lashes each for their involvement in indecent dressing and public dancing. The Sharia Court publicly administered...

March 06, (THEWILL) - Kannywood actress, Hadiza Gabon's criminal case has been transferred to an Upper Sharia Court in Kaduna State. A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Friday, transferred the breach of trust and cheating suit filed against...

December 15, (THEWILL) – An Upper Sharia court in Kano, has sentenced popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabar Kabara, to death by hanging. Kabara was convicted on Thursday, after Khadi Ibrahim Sarki Yola, found him guilty of blasphemy. "This Honorable court is...

August 15, (THEWILL) - President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of five Khadis for the Sharia Court of Appeal. The appointment of the Khadis who are equivalent to Justices, followed their recommendations to the Presidency by the appropriate authorities. A statement...