A 35-year-old man, Sabiu Abdullahi, is to be given 50 strokes of cane as ordered by a Sharia Court for stealing five pieces of roofing sheets in Kano. The victim pleaded guilty to the offence before ...

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, sentenced a 38-year-old man, Shafi’u Abubakar, to death by hanging and 150 strokes of cane for setting a mosque on fire and killing 23 people.

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A Shari’a Court in Kaduna State on Wednesday ordered that a 22-year-old man, identified as Inuwa Ahmad be given 35 strokes of the cane for stealing a cellphone and building materials worth N130,000.

A Sharia Court in Kano on Friday ordered that a 35-year-old man, Sabiu Abdullahi, be given 50 strokes of the cane for stealing five pieces of roofing sheets. The defendant, who lives at Mariri ...