Muslims
13 Apr
As Muslims celebrate this year’s Eid-el –Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fast, the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Gabriel Dewan, has emphasised the need to sustain prayers and other good virtues exhibited during the holy month to build an egalitarian society.
12 Apr
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has urged the Muslim faithful to do all they could, through their religion, to sustain the unity of Nigeria, especially by being law-abiding.
10 Apr
Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has felicitated with the Muslim faithful in the state and across Nigeria on this year’s Eid-el-Fitr festivities.
9 Apr
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has felicitated with the Muslim community on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the month-long Ramadan fasting, and urged prayers for peace in his home state and across Nigeria. A statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said that the month of Ramadan provided an…
9 Apr
A Muslims celebrate the end of this year’s Ramadan, it is important that they constantly keep the virtues that the month has come to inculcate in them under focus: Have more empathy for the poor. Sustain the acts of worship which they engaged in during the month. Steadfastness, patience and perseverance should remain the watchwords.
29 Mar
Brethren, our immersion in the school of Ramadan is progressing steadily. Yes, the ‘school’ of Ramadan.
8 Mar
The treasonous offence and dangerous call to fellow Muslims to kill the President's wife because she is a Christian, completely negates the Constitutional provision that makes Nigeria a secular state or federation where each and every citizen is free to practise their religion.
22 Jan
Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has floated the Ummah Care Initiative, an emergency palliative intervention, to cushion the effects of the current economic hardship on vulnerable faithful.
5 Jan
Brethren, the situation in Nigeria today as regards living and access to basic amenities is vividly captured in Qur’an 2: 155 quoted above. Really, the country is challenged. The hardship in the land is real and multi-dimentional.
26 Aug 2023
From Osun State where Isese Day celebration got state recognition in 2013, more states in the South West comprising Lagos, Oyo and Ogun, toed the same path this year with the declaration of a work free day for civil servants every August 20.
18 Aug 2023
The Companion (Association of Muslim Men In Business And The Professions) has urged Muslims to avoid being overwhelmed by the ravaging difficulties.
24 Jul 2023
As Christians and Muslims, yesterday, fraternised at a Church service in Kaduna State, Secretary of Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna, Sheikh Hamisu Ya’u, warned Nigerians against selfish politicians, who create religious dichotomy, apparently, for political gains.
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