MURIC
5 Apr
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has faulted criticisms over the recently approved N90 billion subsidy by President Bola Tinubu for the 2024 Hajj operation.
29 Mar
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has expressed gratitude to the Inspector General of Police, the state Commissioner of Police and the Ooni of Ife for ensuring peaceful activities of religious groups in Ife, Osun State, despite the curfew earlier planned by Oro worshippers.
9 Mar
With the yearly Ramadan fasting commencing in less than 48 hours, Muslim faithful in Nigeria may face harder times considering the current food price crisis ravaging the country. Although many faithful see the situation
24 Feb
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged state governors in the country to make proper use of the extra funds shared from subsidy withdrawal to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians in their states. It said the state governors should ease the pressure on Abuja.
2 Feb
Nasarawa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nasarawa State chapter, has accused Governor Abdullahi Sule of playing a double standard in the creation of the controversial Fulani Vigilante outfit recently unleashed on the state.
20 Jan
As the battle for the primaries of the Edo State gubernatorial election gets hotter, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has made a case for one of the candidates, Professor Odion Akhaine.
14 Jan
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to both the Federal Government and state governments to give female employees four-and-half month leave when their husbands die, saying its attention has been drawn to the predicament of widows nationwide..
13 Jan
The Executive Director of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola, has urged the Federal Government and all state governments to give female employees four and a half months leave when their husbands die.
6 Jan
An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on members of the National Assembly (NASS) to ensure proper distribution of thousands of bags of rice and other foodstuffs recently given to them for sharing by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
18 Dec
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has tasked the Federal Government to allow married women to bear their fathers’ names. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Executive Director, MURIC, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. “Our attention has been drawn to the plight of married Muslim women who are being disallowed by employers from bearing their…
6 Dec
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has tasked the Federal Government to investigate the bombing of 120 villagers in Tudun-Biri, Igabi Local Government of Kaduna State by the Nigerian Army. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the Executive Director, MURIC, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. “Army drones killed 120 innocent villagers at Tudun-Biri, Igabi Local…
1 Dec
The Lagos State Chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the education authorities in Lagos State to desist from luring innocent and unsuspecting Muslim students across the state to church programmes under the guise of fake humanitarian schemes.
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