Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Mob riots in north Nigeria over blasphemy claim

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Police claimed Saturday that an irate mob went on the rampage in Bauchi, northern Nigeria, over alleged blasphemy by a Christian resident, the third such incident in days in the largely Muslim portion of the country. Blasphemy is highly sensitive in Africa’s most populous country, which is almost equally divided between the mostly Christian south … Read more

Nigeria religious leaders urge justice after blasphemy killing

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Nigerian religious leaders have demanded justice for the killing of a Christian student accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad, who was stoned to death. Deborah Samuel was stoned and her body was burned by an angry mob of students in the northwest city of Sokoto on Thursday after she published a social media post … Read more