By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi has approved the suspension of Commissioner for Commerce, Aminu Kanta, over alleged misappropriation of fund allocated for Ramadan feeding programme. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Bala Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Dutse....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, on Monday, organised an Iftar event for Muslim constituents in her hometown of Ihima, Okehi LGA, as part of the ongoing Ramadan fasting. The Iftar is an evening meal after sunset that breaks the daily...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condemned the reprehensible acts perpetrated by kidnappers across the country, declaring that individuals involved in such despicable crimes must be treated as terrorists. The President made the declaration on Tuesday at a Ramadan dinner with members of the Federal...
Senator Abdul’aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has donated 66 cows to 10,000 orphans across the state for Ramadan and Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. Chairman of the lawmaker’s Orphans’ Welfare Committee, Malam Sanusi Liman-DanAlhaji, disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Yari, a former...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that the number of people who were killed in the stampede that occurred on Sunday during the zakaat sharing of N10,000 by a Bauchi based philanthropist, the Chairman of AYM Shafa group of companies have risen...
The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has commended the Niger Government for earmaking N976 million for the establishment of Ramadan feeding centres and the distribution of palliatives across the 8 emirate councils. He was represented by the Gafaka Nupe, Alhaji Abdullahi Umaru-Baban Nachi, at the inauguration of the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that his administration has procured 110,000 bags of grains as Ramadan palliatives for distribution to vulnerable groups across the state worth N2 billion. He disclosed this in his speech while flagging off the distribution of the...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said arrangements have been concluded to begin the distribution of palliatives to vulnerable people in the state. The move is to reduce hunger and hardship with effect from Wednesday, March 20,2024. The Governor disclosed when he...
The Chief Missioner of Igbomina-Ekiti Muslim Forum, Malam Salaudeen Abdulkadir, has said the Muslim women who don’t want to miss their fasting, can medically delay the menstrual cycle. Abdulkadir made the statement in Ilorin while delivering the Annual Ramadan Lecture, organised by the Igbomina-Ekiti Muslim Forum, National Headquarters....
Sen. Abdul’Aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara West) has flagged-off the distribution of 358 trucks of assorted grains to the less-privileged as Ramadan package. Distributing the items at Galadima ward, Talata-Mafara Local Government Area on Monday, Yari said the gesture was an intervention to cushion the effects of current economic hardship...
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts, traders in Kano have continued to lament poor patronage by customers. Some of the traders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kano, attributed the situation to low purchasing power of customers. A food stuff...
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Monday, March 11, as the first day of Ramadan 1445 AH in Nigeria. Abubakar announced the sighting of the new crescent in Sokoto on Sunday in a radio...
President Bola Tinubu has urged wealthy individuals to assist the indigents in the society to alleviate their suffering particularly during the Ramadan fast. Tinubu made the call on Sunday in Kano while inaugurating the distribution of 140 truck-loads of rice donated by Sen. Abdullahi Yari in honor of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has directed Muslim Ummah to start searching for the crescent of Ramadan 1445 AH from Sunday. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Ramadan, the ninth month of...
The Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi on Friday said it would feed 171,900 people daily during the month of Ramadan. Governor Namadi, who said this at the flag off of distribution of palliatives to residents of Dutse, Jigawa State capital, said the state had a target of feeding...
By HARUNA AHMED,Gusau – The lawmaker representing Zamfara West Senatorial District, Senator Abdulaziz Yari, is set to distribute 358 trucks of assorted foodstuff including ice, millet, sugar and maize. Chairman, Publicity Committee of A A Yari Political Organisation, Ibrahim Muhammed, stated this in a statement issued to newsmen in...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on Nigerian Muslims to do all within their power to ensure that the Nigerian project does not fail. The Executive Director, MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Akintola called on...
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, says major sugar refineries across the nation have assured her of commitment to maintaining sugar price stability. She said they assured that price of sugar would not be increased during the Ramadan period. They gave the assurance via...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The member representing Hawul Local Government Area at the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ayuba Wakawa has felicitated with Muslim Ummah after the successful completion of this year’s Ramadan fasting period and the peaceful conduct of the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. Hon. Wakawa, who...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has declared Friday, April 21, as the first day of Shawwal, 1444 AH in Nigeria. Abubakar, in a broadcast in Sokoto on Thursday said the reports for the sighting of the crescent...