President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined other Muslim faithful at the parade ground of the Mambila Barracks, Abuja, to perform the Eid-el-Fitr prayer. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian leader, accompanied by some of his family members and personnel aides, arrived at the venue of...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (Rtd), has urged Muslims faithful to use the occasion of Eid-el-fitri celebration to prayer for end to security challenges bedeviling the country. Maj. Gen. Magashi made the call in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, who is a presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for peace in the country. Governor Tambuwal made the call on Sunday in his Eid-el-fitr Sallah massage to the people in Sokoto. According to him, the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the battle waged against terrorists, who falsely masquerade under the name of Islam is approaching its conclusion and “victory is within sight”. The president gave the assurance in his Sallah message to Nigerians as the Holy month of Ramadan reaches its end...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has felicitated with troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) on the occasion of the Eid-El-Fitr Celebration. Presenting his Goodwill message to personnel across all NA formations and units, the COAS specially recognized and appreciated...
Dozens of people have been injured in fresh clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, referred to by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. The violence on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan left about 42 people wounded,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – A presidential aspirant of the APC, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Muslim faithful and non-Muslims alike to renew and strengthen their faith and trust in God and His great mercy. Tinubu, who is the former Governor of Lagos State, made the call in a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Deputy Governor, Umar Kadafur has felicitated with Muslims Ummah and stressed the need for prayers for peace and stability in the country, as Muslims all over the world over get set to observe Ramadan fast. The deputy governor urged Muslims to redouble...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders in welcoming the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting and intense devotion for Muslims. President Buhari in a statement by his spokesman, said fasting period offers a unique opportunity to “feel the hunger experienced by the...
Islamic police, Kano state Hisbah board has disclosed that the parents of Shatu Garko, will be summoned for allowing her to participate in the 2021 Miss Nigeria which she emerged winner. According to Hisbah, it is anti-Islam to take part in beauty contests because it makes girls less reserved...
Nigeria as a country is a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse federation, which consists of 36 autonomous states and the Federal Capital Territory. Apart from this indispensable fact, it is also religiously diverse but the two most prominent religions practiced are the Islamic religion and the Christianity religion. As rightly...
EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has described the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, as one of the most progressive and unifying voices of this era, who inspires Nigerians to keep hope alive. Abubakar stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday...