Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, on Monday, distributed 10,000 bags (25kg) of rice to religious leaders and Muslim groups in FCT as a Ramadan package. Wike explained during the distribution in Gwagwalada, that the gesture was part of the FCT Administration annual support to...
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President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, donated palliative items to Christian and Muslim faithful in the South-East and South-South zones of the country to cushion the effect of the economic hardship in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the donation was unveiled in Owerri on behalf...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has urged Muslim faithful to embrace the virtues of piety, charity and moderation as enshrined in the Holy Qur’an and the teachings of the Prophet. He highlighted the values of Ramadan as essential tools for fostering a...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III on Friday confirmed the sighting of new moon and urged all Muslim ummah in Nigerian to commence fasting from Saturday 1st March, 2025. Speaking in his...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has urged the Muslim Ummah to look out for the crescent of Rajab 1446 AH, starting from Tuesday. The directive is contained in a statement released in Sokoto on Monday...
The death toll in a road accident that occurred in Saminaka, in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 40. The accident, which occurred around 1 pm on Sunday, involved mostly children, who were travelling to celebrate Eld El Maulud, a Muslim festival to mark...
Sheikh Zakirullah Dan’Iya, has said Eid-el-Maulud is celebrated to encourage Muslims to rejuvenate their faith.and rededicate their time to the service of Almighty God. Dan’Iya, the leader of the Tijjaniyyah Islamic sect in Lafia, Nasarawa state made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, William Kumuyi, has called on the Christians and Muslim faithful in the country to love and live in harmony with one another. He made the call on Monday night in Port Harcourt during a Global Conference organised by the Change Makers...
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has appealed to the conveners of #EndBadGovernance protest and other critical stakeholders to sheath their swords and urgently come to table for dialogue. The President-General, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), made the call in a statement issued by the Secretary-General of JNI,...
Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has congratulated the Muslim community on the commencement of the Islamic New Year 1446 AH. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, sent the felicitation message in a statement signed by Alhaji Isma’ila Misili, the Director-General, Press...
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo and his Abia counterpart, Gov. Alex Otti, have called for religious tolerance between the Muslim and Christian faithful in the country as the Muslim Community worldwide celebrates this year’s Eid-el Kabir. Uzodimma said: “love, unity, peace, growth, development and more, will be guaranteed...
Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State Chapter, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, has urged Nigerians to pray fervently for the fast recovery of the nation’s economy. The CAN chairman made the call in his congratulatory message issued on Sunday in Minna to the Muslim community on the...
The Lagos State chapters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have congratulated Muslim faithful on this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The political parties in separate goodwill messages on Saturday implored Nigerians and residents of the state to remember the sacrifice made by Prophet Ibrahim....
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of this year Eid-el-Kabir to demonstrate sacrifice, love and peace. Abubakar in a statement by his media office on Saturday in Abuja, congratulated fellow Muslim faithful on the celebration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir festival. He...
Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has urged Muslims to draw strength from the teachings of Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH). This is contained in a statement by his spokesperson, Dr Yunusa Tanko, on Saturday in Onitsha. Obi in a message of felicitation to Muslims on the...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) Malam Shehu Mohammed, has again warned truck and trailer drivers to desist from loading humans on top of goods especially during this Eid-El-Kabir celebration across the country. Mohammed who said this during Corps traffic monitoring of the Sallah travels on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – As part of the preparation for Eid-el-Kabir, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has distributed rams to Central mosques across Kogi Central. The main central mosques in each of the five local government areas of the senatorial district are identified...
Some Muslim faithful in Kaduna State have lamented the high cost of rams used as sacrifice for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration around the globe. The ram sacrifice is an act of worship practiced by the Muslims to emulate Prophet Abraham (AS) who dreamt that God ordered him to sacrifice...
Eid-el-Kabir: Don’t grieve if you can’t afford ram, cleric urges Nigerians An Islamic cleric, Dr Tajudeen Adebayo, says Muslims who cannot afford ram for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration due to economic hardship should not grieve but hope for a better future. Mr Adebayo, the Chief Imam of the Falomo Central...
Some residents in Bauchi have expressed concern over hike in ram and sheep prices ahead of the Eid el-Adha celebration. Eid el-Adha or the “Fest of Sacrifice” is a significant holiday celebrated by Muslims to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham) devotion to God. It is being observed on the...