Ahead of tomorrow’s peaceful protest over the killing of Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu, the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Dr. Samson Ayokunle has instructed Christians in the country to be discreet in carrying out the protest in view of a threat by an unknown Islamic body to do a counter-protest. CAN in […]
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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has postponed the Light Up Sokoto Crusade scheduled to hold physically in the North-West state from May 16 to 17, 2022. The well respected clergyman made the announcement on Monday in a social media post. Instead, the physical crusade was held […]
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The General Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said there is nowhere in the Qur’an that supports killing. Bakare an Aspirant vowing for the Presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress APC, said this as he condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of […]
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The parents of the late Deborah Yakubu of Shagari College of Education Sokoto, Sokoto State have described the death of their daughter as sad and painful, stating that they have left her killers to God. Kokomansion recalls that the remains of Deborah were laid to rest in her hometown, Tungan Magajiya in Rijau Local Government […]
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The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, the apex socio-political youth group in the South East has cautioned against further attacks on Igbos based in Sokoto State and their shops. Pandemonium had broken out in some parts of Sokoto State on Saturday following a violent protest by Islamic youths who stormed the streets to […]
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Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has debunked reports that his residence was attacked by protesting Muslim youths. Reports emerged that a riot erupted in Sokoto State over the killing of Deborah Samuel, a female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education for alleged blasphemy. The unrest, according to a resident […]
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The remains of late Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State, have been buried in her hometown, Tungan Magajiya in Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State today amidst controversy. It is understood that the Sokoto State Government allegedly insisted that the body be kept in the mortuary until it […]
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The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Saturday imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state metropolis over the violent protest by youths who were demanding the release of two suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Deborah Samuel over alleged blasphemy. Kokomansion could recall that the female student was beaten to pulp and […]
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Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, has reacted to the gruesome killing of Deborah Yakubu, a 200-level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, North-West Nigeria. Kokomansion recalls that the female student was beaten to pulp and burnt alive by Muslim youths, who accused her of blasphemy on […]
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The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has suspended his political activities and returned to Sokoto over the gruesome murder and lynching of Deborah Samuel, a student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. According to reports the serious tension surrounding the killing and lynching of the female student on Thursday led to a close […]
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