AN Islamic court in Kebbi State, northern Nigeria, has sentenced a teenager to the amputation of one of his hands for stealing 32_000 naira (about $286) from a businessman, media organisations reported. Should the sentence be carried out, 15-year-old Abubakar Aliyu would become the first person in Kebbi to suffer amputation for theft since the Sharia legal system was imposed in Kebbi in December 2000, The Guardian reported. Adults in other Nigerian provinces have recently lost hands to the Sharia law, aided by doctors of a peculiar ilk. – IRIN