Islamic cleric Abdullateef Aliyu Maiyaki, known as Mufti Yaks, died at 20 after a brief illness. He passed away on June 1, 2024, at the National Hospital in Abuja. His death was announced by a renowned Zimbabwean Islamic speaker via Facebook. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Niger State-born Islamic cleric Abdullateef Aliyu Maiyaki, popularly known as … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that Lance Corporal John Gabriel has been sentenced to death by the Yobe State High Court in Potiskum for the murder of Sheikh Goni Aizami, an Islamic cleric. Gabriel, a dismissed soldier, was found guilty of the August 22, 2022, murder of Sheikh Aisami, who was a famous Islamic scholar in … Read more
Gumi has accused President Buhari of killing more ‘innocent herdsmen’ than other former Nigerian presidents. Gumi, who is known for his contact with bandits and herdsmen terrorizing the North-West and North-Central parts of Nigeria, stated this in an interview with journalists. The cleric dismissed reports that claim President Buhari is sectional and doesn’t want to … Read more
Popular Kano Cleric, Abduljabar has been sentenced to death by hanging. EKO HOT BLOG reports that an Upper Sharia Court in Kano has sentenced controversial Islamic cleric Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara to death by hanging. The court earlier convicted the embattled cleric after finding him guilty of the charge of blasphemy levelled against him. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
‘Watch your utterances’—DSS warned Gumi and others over Mamu’s arrest. EKO HOT BLOG report reports that the Department of State Security Services, DSS, has issued a stern warning to the general public to be careful of utterances made on the recent arrest of Desert Herald publisher and Kaduna Train hostage negotiator, Tukur Mamu. … Read more
Another prominent Islamic Cleric has been killed by gunmen. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a prominent southeast cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Iyiorji, has been killed by the so-called ‘Unknown Gunmen’ wreaking havoc in Nigeria’s southeast region. The cleric died on Monday night at the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki after he was attacked by some … Read more
Army has dismissed Lance Corporal John Gabriel and Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon over the killing of Sheikh Aisami. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Army has dismissed two soldiers attached to 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru, Yobe State, after finding them guilty on two-count charge. The suspects had their ranks reduced from lance … Read more
The minor, in her testimony, said the convict had slept with her in his house in 2017 when her mother sent her on an errand She noted that the incident became public when her mother tried to gather her clothes for washing and saw bl**dstains on her clothes EDITOR’S PICK NollyWood Actress Jenifa, Husband JJC … Read more
By Babatunde Kaka Sheikh Az-zaytunni in a Ramadam lecture says lack of punishment is the reason for rising of immorality in society The teacher has become the hallmark of all forms of moral upbringing which is wrong and this is due to negligence from the parents EDITOR’S PICK: Video: President of League of Imams and … Read more
Sheikh Gumi has set up a school for bandits in the forests of Kaduna state. EKO HOT BLOG reports that controversial Islamic cleric and preacher, Sheikh (Dr.) Ahmad Gumi has established a school for herdsmen inside a forest, located at Kagarko Grazing Reserve near Kohoto Village in Kaduna State. He said the provision of infrastructures … Read more
A popular Islamic cleric is dead. EKO HOT BLOG reports that popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abdul Azeez Muhammad Raji Bello Temitope Opeyemi, well known as Al-Falaky, has been confirmed dead. It was gathered that Sheikh Al-Falaky was pronounced dead on Wednesday evening at his hometown in Iganna, Oyo State. The popular cleric is widely believed to … Read more
She died after a brief illness at 44 Army Reference Hospital Kaduna Hajiya Aminatu Bintu, the widow of late Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, is dead, EKO HOT BLOG reports. Bintu is the mother of Brigadier General Abdulkadir Gumi and also stepmother to Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi. She died after a brief illness at 44 Army … Read more
The mother of a yet-to-be identified 10-year old girl stormed the premises of the Nigeria Police Station in Osogbo, Osun State to report the alleged rape of her daughter by a 20-year-old Islamic cleric. The trainee Islamic cleric, identified simply as Abdullateef defiled the young girl around 3pm last Thursday, After his arrest, he was … Read more
A 25-year-old pickpocket, Francis Monday, arrested recently by the Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has confessed that he sacrifices a cock every three days to ensure that the rings he uses in picking people’s pockets is potent. According to him, the ring was given to him by an Islamic cleric, adding that the ring … Read more
An Islamic cleric Habeebulah Abdurrahman has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl learning Arabic in his school in Ede. Abdurrahman’s arrest followed a petition by the Crescent Chamber, Ibadan, dated June 13, 2019, addressed to the Commissioner of Police, which detailed how the cleric allegedly molested the … Read more