The Anwar-ul-Islam Movement of Nigeria has placed a significant responsibility on its newly appointed National Chief Imam

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has rejected the implementation of the Islamic Penal Code, also known as Sharia Court, in the South Western part of Nigeria. PFN Vice President Cosmos Ilechukwu made the statement at the 18th Biennial Conference of the PFN in Abuja. He also said that it is unfair if, for any…

With the huge number of qualified Yoruba Muslims in the scene, the political arena seems not favourable to them this season as the marginalisation gap becomes widened.

The Olukosi of Ilukosi-Ijesa, Oba Omotooyosi Adebayo Akinleye, has told the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Muhammad, that the implementation of Sharia in the Southwest could undermine the secularity of the region. This was after the Sultan-led National Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) lamented the resistance from Southwest leaders to the establishment of Sharia panels.…

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, has expressed displeasure with the "unwarranted resistance and objections from both political and traditional quarters" to efforts of the Muslim community to set up an Independent Shariah Panel in Ekiti State. The Deputy National…

More controversies have continued to trail the inauguration of the Independent Shari’ah Arbitration Panel in Ado, the Ekiti State capital, last week. This followed a protest by the Yoruba Regional Alliance (YRA) worldwide in collaboration with all Yoruba self-determination organizations. Recall that the State government had earlier distanced itself from the Shari'ah panel. In a…

The Ogun State Government has warned against any attempt to establish a Sharia Court in the state. In a statement he personally signed, Governor Dapo Abiodun noted that Sharia Courts cannot be legally constituted in the state by individuals or groups without legal backing. The government was reacting to a notice announcing the launch of…

Leaders of Pan Yoruba groups have expressed strong opposition to the alleged introduction of Sharia in any part of their territories, warning that its implementation in Yorubaland will never be accepted by the people. They also raised the alarm over what they described as a conscious and tailor-made plot to destabilise Yorubaland through the organised…

Hadiza Isma El-rufai, the wife of the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-rufai, has said she does not fear Sharia. This was after she shared a photo of herself in front of a Christmas tree and a statue of Father Christmas on X with the caption, "Merry Christmas y'all." Amazed by the photo shared…

A Sharia Court in Kano State on Friday ordered that a 38-year-old man, Aminu Abubakar who allegedly stole cosmetics, caps, textiles and foodstuffs all worth N182,000 should be remanded in a corrections centre. The police charged Abubakar,  who lives at Zango in Gezawa Local government area in Kano with criminal conspiracy and theft. The defendant…

A Kano Upper Shari’a Court on Monday dismissed the adultery charge filed against Auwal Danladi Sankara, the Commissioner for Special Duties in Jigawa State. Sankara, the son of Senator Danladi Sankara, who served in the last Senate, was accused of enticing a married woman, Tasleem Baba Nabegu, after both were allegedly caught by the Hisbah…

The Kano State Government on Tuesday closed its case before an Upper Shari’a Court, against Shafi’u Abubakar, 38, the alleged mosque arsonist. Abubakar, who lives in Gezawa Local Government Kano, is charged with culpable homicide, attempted murder, causing grievous hurt and mischief by fire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the prosecution had…