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There was tension in some parts of Sokoto State on Saturday as protesters trooped to the streets over the arrest of suspects involved in the killing of a female student over alleged blasphemy. Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was killed over alleged blasphemy. The protesters wielded placards with inscriptions such as, “Release our Muslim brothers”, Muslims Are Not Terrorists”, among others. Ahead of the protest, security personnel were stationed at strategic places, including the Sultan of Sokoto Palace. Commenting on social media, one Jefiter John, asked residents to stay indoors and avoid areas…

Ahead of the court outings of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has announced a sit-at-home order. Daily Post reports that IPOB’s spokesman Emma Powerful announced the dates while denying a voice note in circulation on the sit-at-home. Powerful said the purported voice notes regarding the sit-at-home did not emanate from IPOB. In a statement he issued on Saturday, Powerful said any dates other than May 18 and 26 are not from IPOB. Powerful said, “The attention of the global movement and family of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by our great leader…

The former Vice President of Nigeria, Abubakar Atiku, on Friday said that every tweet in his official social media handles must get his approval before publication. Mr Abubakar, one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirants, said this when he paid a consultative visit to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo at the Government House, Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Abubakar had earlier reacted to the killing of Deborah Samuel who was accused of blasphemy. The post was soon taken down, generating a lot of social media backlash. According to Mr Abubakar, “Every tweet has…

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has dropped his ambition of contesting the governorship of Kebbi State, come 2023. In the place of that, the politician has opted to keep his current job as the nations’s chief law officer. Malami confirmed to Vanguard on Saturday morning that he had indeed given up on the governorship race for now but did not give reasons for the change of mind. “I have not resigned as the Attorney General of the Federation but have only withdrawn from the Kebbi governorship race,” Malami said in a short message to…

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the lynching of Deborah Samuel which occurred in Sokoto State on Thursday. Samuel was a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, who was killed for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. In a statement released via the Presidency’s official Twitter account on Friday, the President decried the mob action and ordered a probe into the incident. The press release read in part, “President @MBuhari strongly condemns the resort to self-help by the mob in Sokoto, resulting in violence, destruction and killing of a second year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto,…

Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists (NACJ), has described as barbaric and satanic the alleged stoning to death and setting ablaze of a female student, Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto State by Islamic extremists. The group, while condemning in strong terms the lynching of the 200-level female Christian student, of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, said the incident once more underscores the need for those in positions of authority and religious leaders in the country to continue to educate their followers on the sanctity of human life and religious tolerance. They said such incidents were also a pointer to the fact…