Nigeria election: Group charges politicians, party supporters to honour peace agreement
Following the just concluded 2023 Nigeria general elections, a Nigerian media group has charged politicians, supporters and involved parties to...
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NSCIA unveils expectations from next government, identifies five key areas
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has unveiled its expectations from the next Nigerian government. The Council which...
Sharjah-based Africa Institute announces meet covering Indian Ocean region
The Africa Institute based in Sharjah has announced the Indian Ocean region to be the third edition of its...
Dbanj, Nigerian musician arrested over fraud allegations
A Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanji, famously known as D'banj has been arrested and detained by anti-graft agency, the Independent...
Turkey surrenders two Armoured Personnel Carrier vehicles to Gambia Armed Forces
The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Turkey has surrendered two Armoured Personnel Carrier vehicles (APCs) to the chief...
Gov Zulum allocates houses to Igbo teacher, 23 others in Borno
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has allocated flats to twenty-four primary school teachers at a quarters recently inaugurated by his...
Nigeria wins Mobility & Smart Cities Innovation challenge in Dubai
A Nigerian tech start-up, ShapShap, has won the award for ‘Mobility and Smart Cities Innovator’ in the final of the...
Nigerian blogger released after spending 138 days in detention
A popular Nigerian blogger, Hammed Olamilekan, has been released after spending 138 days in detention. The Muslim Parrot had earlier...
Satanic church ritual: Court sentences Nigerian pastor to death for beheading innocent Muslim boy
A Nigerian Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced Pastor Erinmole Adetokunbo and another Christian, Adedoyin Oyekanmi, to...
Exactly 100 days in detention, Nigerian journalist Hammed Bashiru yet to know fate, appeals to Gov Dapo for mercy
Nigerian journalist, Bashiru Hammed Adewale Bashiru, has spent exactly one hundred days in detention. Hammed who is also the publisher...
Zimbabwean measles: Outbreak kills at least 157 children
A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 157 children, with more than 2,000 infections reported across the...
AU to celebrate 20th anniversary in September
The African Union has disclosed a plan to celebrate its 20th anniversary on September 9, 2022. This was disclosed in...
2022 WAEC: Nigerian Governor Zulum releases N329 million for 21,827 public schools’ students
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has approved the release of over three hundred million naira to offset fees owed...
UN data reveals ten-year rise in African healthy life expectancy
A data from the United Nations research has revealed a ten- year rise in African healthy life expectancy. According to...
Yawmal Ashura: Gambia declares Monday Public Holiday
The Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has declared Monday August 8, 2022, as a public holiday to celebrate Islamic New Year,...
New Somali PM appoints former Al-Shabaab leader as minister
Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has named a former Al-Shabaab leader, Mukhtar Robow, as minister for religious affairs in...
Senegal to get energy boost from new gas-fired power plant
The $349m Cap des Biches power plant project has received financing from the African Finance Corporation, Burkina Faso-based Coris Bank...
Economy slows down on global scale due to fall in oil price
Economy has slowed down on a global scale due to the recent fall in oil price. “Things are still...
Malian authorities arrest nearly 50 Ivorian soldiers
Malian authorities have reportedly arrested nearly 50 Ivorian soldiers. It was gathered that the soldiers came to Mali to...
Eid-el Kabir: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari donates N1m, 10 rams to corps members in Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari has donated 10 rams, two cows and N1 million to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC )...
Eid-El Kabir: Nigerian government declares July 11th and 12th as public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July, 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir...
Muslim boy, Khaby Lame, becomes world’s most followed TikToker
Khaby Lame, a 22-year-old Senegalese, has become the most followed TikToker in the world with a total of 143.2 million...
Egyptian president receives UAE Minister of Industry, Advanced Technology to discuss cooperation in sectors of energy, others
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has received UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Sultan al-Gaber to discuss bolstering...
Deborah: OSMC condemns Sokoto killing, calls for tolerance
The Osun State Muslim Community has condemned the killing of a 200-level student, Deborah Samuel, at Sheu Shagari College of...
Idul Fitr: NSCIA felicitates Nigerian Muslim Ummah, urges active participation
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence,...
Gambia condemns Standard Newspaper misleading headline on ‘missing’ D669M
The Gambian government has condemned the headline used by one the country's national dailies, Standard Newspaper. While reacting to the...
“Why I want to become president” — Aspirant tells Nigerians
All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has given reasons he has shown interest in the position of the country's...
Nigeria: Gov Zulum offers 30% salary raise for doctors during late night visit to General Hospital
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has offered 30% salary raise for doctors in seven Local Government Areas with peculiarities....
Deen Digest | What Prophet Muhammad Said About the Virtues of Ramadan
As Muslims around the world started Ramadan, a lot of people, Muslims and non-Muslims, especially in the West, have been...
FG inaugurates technical committee on Halal certification in Nigeria
The Federal Government has inaugurated a 14 man Technical Committee on the Development of a Roadmap and Operational Framework for...
Islam and Nigerian Media
By Femi Abbas Monologue From all observable angles, the Nigerian media, as championed by the South West axis of professional...
NYPD sergeants caught stealing cash from suspect
Two former police officers have been convicted by Manhattan juries of stealing cash from a suspect they arrested in an...
18-year-old Nigerian girl, Sumayyah Shuaibu memorises, writes Holy Qu’ran in 3 months
An 18-year-old Nigerian teenager, Sumayyah Shuaibu, memorised and wrote the Holy Qu'ran offhand in 3 months. Born in Jega, Kebbi...
Sahel Africans urgently seek $470 million to avoid starvation
The World Food Programme (WFP) has called for $470 million to assist people in the Sahel, where millions of people...
‘Faceless’ terrorists blacklist Muslim Media, MJAC, MLI, other American peace advocates
Some faceless individuals, who hide behind palestineblacklist.com, a website designed to promote propaganda and spread hatred and division among Muslims...
AfDB appoints Bajabulile Tshabalala as senior vice-president
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has appointed Bajabulile “Swazi’’ Tshabalala as the substantive senior Vice-President. AfDB said this in a...
Nigeria: Gunmen kill 3 policemen, injure 2 others in Anambra
Gunmen have killed three policemen on duty in Onitsha Anambra State. According to a report, the incident happened around 9...
Muslim women are nation builders, good role models — Hajia Kifayah Adefowope
The Amirah of the Youth Wing Lagos Zone 1 of Nasrullahi Fathiu Society, (NASFAT), Hajia Kifayah Adefowope, has described Muslim...
NSCIA commends electoral conduct in Kaduna, implores other states to follow suit
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad...
The Message:The Beginning of the End
By Femi Abbas “Here is the period, in human life, about which we had been carefully admonished through the words...
NSCIA condemns massacre of Muslims in Plateau State
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence,...
NSCIA condemns massacre of Muslims in Plateau State
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence,...
NSCIA appeals to NARD to call off strike
Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to call off...
Nigeria: Lagos State traffic agency dismisses officer over misconduct
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), has dismissed an officer of the agency after being found guilty of misconduct...
Education Summit: OSMC charges stakeholders on awareness, significance of Arabic, Islamic studies
A Nigerian religious group, Osun State Muslim Community, has held stakeholders' education summit meeting as part of activities marking the...
NASFAT Inaugurates Empowerment, Dawah Centre
The Owutu Branch of the Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT), has inaugurated a centre for its empowerment and Dawah...
NSCIA declares Tuesday 1st day of Muharram 1443 AH
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has declared Tuesday August 10, 2021, as the first day of Muharram...
The Message: Afenifere The Trait of an Owl
By Femi Abbas Monologue Today’s article is not new. It was first published in this column, in 2014, albeit under...
Covid-19: Nigeria records 2 deaths, 238 new cases
Nigeria has recorded two deaths from the rampaging coronavirus pandemic, and confirmed additional 238 new cases. This update was posted...
The Message: The World without the Qu’ran
By Femi Abbas “Do you not see how Allah has set forth a parable of a meaningful ‘WORD’ like a...
The Message: The World without the Qu’ran
By Femi Abbas “Do you not see how Allah has set forth a parable of a meaningful ‘WORD’ like a...
Security: Senegal to install video surveillance with facial recognition at Blaise Diagne Airport
In a bid to tackle issues of insecurity in the country, the Senegalese government has concluded plan to install video...
President Barrow announces visitation to Saudi, discloses plan to inaugurate projects
The Gambian President Adama Barrow has announced an official visit to Saudi Arabia. While disclosing this in a statement on...
Why Shari’ah in Nigeria’s Constitution?
By Femi Abbas The title of this memo is a question which requires an answer. Following the recent official lifting...
American Muslim Leaders call on Biden, congressional leaders to stop Egyptian government plan to execute activists, faith leaders, political prisoners
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – 6/18/2021) - The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) is calling on the Biden Administration and congressional...
2 Years in Office: Hon Adeyemi Alli gives account of quality representation, enumerates laudable achievements
As feedback to his people and in celebration of a successful two years in office, a Nigerian Lawmaker, Hon. Alli...
Nigeria: Bandits invade Oyo Town, allegedly kill 20 people, burn houses
Not less than 20 people have been allegedly killed in Igangan, one of the towns in Ibarapa North Local Government...
Nigerian government justifies Twitter suspension
The Nigerian government has justified its action regarding the suspension of Twitter in the country. In a statement signed by...
Nigerian government suspends Twitter’s operations
The Federal Government of Nigeria has suspended the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. This...
IIAFNIGERIA appoints Dr AbdulQadir Director General
West African Islamic Institute of Accounting and Finance has appointed Dr AbdulQadir AbdulLateef Ola as Director General during the last...
