Nigeria: NASFAT Youth Wing Lagos Zone 1 inaugurates executive council
By Akeem Alao Nasrul-lahi-l-Fati Society Youth Wing Lagos Zone 1 has inaugurated a new zonal executive council. The inauguration, which...
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Ramadan 2021: NSCIA felicitates with Muslim Ummah, commences search for Moon
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence,...
Saudi CP not a model for Islam; ignore his reckless opinion — Morufu Smith
A Nigerian public commentator, Morufu Smith, has condemned the personal opinion of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia that a...
NSCIA warns CAN against campaign of calumny
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has condemned the campaign of calumny launched by the Christian Association of Nigeria....
EMA predicts warm weather in Cairo, Lower Egypt
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) has predicted that warm weather will prevail in Cairo and Lower Egypt, during daylight hours...
Libyan embassy, Egypt facilitate entry procedures of workers
The Libyan embassy in Cairo announced that it had agreed with the Egyptian Ministry of Manpower to facilitate the entry...
Nigeria: NSCIA SG condemns Gumi’s negotiations with bandits
The Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has condemned Sheikh Abubakar Gunmi's negotiations with...
ALERT: Islam in Yorubaland
Femi Abbas Monologue Promise is a debt. Its fulfilment or non-fulfilment is a silhouette through which the true identity of...
Nigeria: MURIC commends Kano State Govt for banning Islamic scholar
The Muslim Rights Concern has commended the Kano State government for banning a controversial Islamic scholar, Shaykh Abdul Jabbar Kabara,...
Nigeria: MURIC condemns Bishop Kukah’s attack on Buhari administration, call for coup
Akeem Alao The Nigerian Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has condemned Bishop Kukah's attack on President...
Nigeria: NSCIA announces death of Lemu, condoles with family
Akeem Alao The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has officially announced the death of Sheikh Ahmed Lemu. This was...
Nigeria: NSCIA appoints Oladejo new Deputy President-General
Akeem Alao The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto,...
Sheikh Ahmed Lemu dies at 91
A foremost cleric and jurist, Ahmed Lemu, has died. His death was announced by his daughter, Maryam Lemu, via her...
Nigeria: 9-year-old girl defeats 31 others to win overall prize in Qur’an, Hadith competition
A 9-year-old girl, Nuroh Nasir, has won the overall prize of the 2020 edition of the Faith Unites Muslims Charity...
Nigeria: NSCIA commends Premium Times patriotic reportage on peace building in southern Kaduna
Akeem Alao The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has commended the patriotic reportage of the Premium Times, titled: “New...
Borno Massacre: Nigerian President Buhari vows to end terrorism
A team of high level officials representing the executive and legislative arms of government was in Maiduguri on Monday to...
NSCIA accuses Rev. Onah of inciting violence against Muslims in Southeast, South-south Nigeria
By Akeem Alao The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, has accused Rev. Father Godfrey Onah of hateful and incendiary...
NASFAT to raise N10m relief fund for victims of EndSARS Protests
By Akeem Alao Nasrul-lahi-l-Fatih Society, a Nigerian Muslim Society, has disclosed plan to raise N10 million relief fund to provide...
Egypt to execute four people over nightclub arson attack
Prison authorities in Egypt have sentenced four people over the burning of a nightclub in the Agouza neighbourhood located in...
Nigerian army kills 38 bandits during rescues
The Nigerian military have announced that its forces had killed 38 bandits and rescued 108 people kidnapped in the northwestern...
Nigeria launches investigation into killing of peaceful protesters
Nigerian authorities have launched an investigation into the killing of several peaceful protesters in the city of Lagos. This was...
Malaysia’s king rejects PM’s proposed state of emergency
Malaysia’s King, Sultan Abdullah, has rejected a request by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for him to declare a state of...
UNHCR: 215 civilians die within 3 months in Yemen
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Yemen has reported that 215 civilians have died in three months...
Ghana church collapse kills 22, injures many
At least 22 people have been killed with several injured in a church collapse in Eastern Ghana. The collapse which...
NSCIA condemns #EndSARS protesters’ attacks on Muslims in Southeast, South-South Nigeria
Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has condemned the #EndSARS protesters' attacks unleashed on the Muslims living in the Southeast...
Mass Protests: NSCIA commends Nigerian Muslims, calls for special prayer
Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has commended the attitude of the Nigerian Muslims towards the ongoing demonstrations across...
Nigeria: IGP bows to pressure, dissolves special anti-robbery squad
The Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, has dissolved the country’s Special Anti-robbery Squad, popularly known as SARS....
Libyan delegations meet for peace talks
Delegations from the Libyan Supreme Council of State and the Tobruk-based House of Representatives have met in Malta as part...
THE MESSAGE: Encounter with Richard Akinjide on Islam
By Femi Abbas Monologue It should not be strange to readers of ‘The Message’ that this column is coming up,...
Nigerian migrant burned to death in Tripoli, Libya
Nigerian migrant have been burned to death in Tripoli, Libya While disclosing this on Thursday October 8, 2020, the Libyan...
South Sudan oil firm to construct $500 million regional refinery
South Sudanese oil marketing giant Trinity Energy Ltd has disclosed plan to inject $10 million worth of new investments in...
MUSWEN condemns secession, rejects creation of Oduduwa Republic
The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria has condemned the plan by a group of Yoruba people to secede from...
Egypt reopens Rafah crossing for stranded Palestinians
The Egyptian authorities have reopened the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions. In a statement released by...
IMF signs deal with Sudan’s transitional government
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has approved an agreement signed with Sudan’s transitional government. The agreement made...
NGOs seek urgent humanitarian response in Cameroon
A group of international NGOs has called for an immediate humanitarian response to address the increasing needs in the Far...
Nigeria: Lekki Muslim Ummah distributes over N66 million as annual Zakkat
Akeem Alao The Lekki Muslim Ummah, an association of Muslims in the Lekki area of Lagos State, Nigeria, has distributed...
AfDB approves $27.33 million to boost AU’s COVID-19 response initiative
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union’s efforts to...
Breaking: Ghana’s president elected new ECOWAS chairman
The government of Ghana has announced that President Nana Akufo-Addo was elected as the new Chairman of the Economic Community...
Malaysia records emergence of new cluster of coronavirus
Malaysian health officials have reported the emergence of a new cluster of coronavirus in a Malaysian town after a football...
CenturionPlus announces support towards Mozambique’s economic, energy boom
Centurion Law Group has announced the launch and opening of its lawyers-on-demand service, CenturionPlus, in Mozambique. CenturionPlus will especially focus...
We must help Africa build back boldly, but smartly – AfDB President
The newly sworn-in President of African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has unveiled a vision to consolidate the institution’s successes of...
Nigeria: Islamic Cooperative Society establishes gender-based ultramodern hospital
As-Salam, an Islamic Cooperative Society in Ikirun, State of Osun, Nigeria, has established a new ultramodern hospital in the state....
Sudan seals historic peace deal with 5 rebel groups
The power sharing government in Sudan has signed a peace agreement with the country’s five key rebel groups. This is...
Mali can’t afford to stand alone — President Muhammadu Buhari
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments in a virtual meeting,...
Libya suspends interior minister after gunmen fire on protesters
Libya's internationally recognised government has suspended its interior minister, Fathi Bashagha. The suspension of the minister on Friday was as...
MERCOSUR to exempt 600 Egyptian-produced items from customs duties
The Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry, Nevine Gamea, has announced plan to enforce a full customs exemption on 600...
KRU partners Mobile Futures, Naivas to disburse Rugby Africa solidarity funds
The Kenya Rugby Union has partnered Mobile Futures and Naivas Supermarkets Ltd to disburse the Rugby Africa solitary funds that...
Syria resumes peace talks in Geneva
The United Nations special envoy has said that peace talks between the Syrian Bashar Al-Assad regime and the opposition, which...
AfDB Board of Governors re-elects Adesina as President
Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank by its Board of Governors. Presidential spokesperson, Lauretta...
MMC faults TVC’s Muslim-Christian population ratio, demands explanation
The Muslim Media Corporation, New York City, has condemned the recent report by a TVC senior reporter, Ivy Kanu, on...
Gambia begins evacuation of Migrant workers in Lebanon
The government of The Gambia has begun processes to secure the evacuation of about 36 Gambian migrant workers currently in...
15 dead in gunmen attack in Southern Burumdi
About fifteen people have reportedly died in an attack by gunmen, in Bugarama district, Rumonge province, Southern Burundi, according to...
Houthi Attacks:10,000 Yemenis flee Marib outskirts
Houthi militias have displaced thousands of Yemenis over the past years. According to a report, the militias have also targeted...
Nigeria: EU, IRC, donate items to fight Covid-19 in Borno State
The European Union and International Rescue Committee have donated assorted protective equipment worth millions of naria to fight Covid-19 in...
6 passengers die in South Sudan plane crash
At least 6 people have died after a cargo plane crashed in South Sudan shortly after taking off from the...
Somali pirates release last set of Iranian hostages
Somali pirates have released the remaining three Iranian crew of the hijacked FV Siraj. This was disclosed on Friday August...
Nigeria’s Sultanate Council announces New Hijrah year
The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs has announced that Friday 21st August, 2020, will be the beginning of...
Nigerian gov declares public holiday for celebration of Hijrah 2020
The Governor of Osun State in the southwestern Nigeria, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, has declared August 20 as a public holiday...
WFP, MOSS provide food for 40,000 mothers, children in Egypt
The United Nations World Food Programme has partnered Egypt’s Ministry of Social Solidarity to provide financial assistance to more than...
ECOWAS condemns military coup, sets to sanction Mali
The West Africa bloc ECOWAS on Tuesday condemned a military putsch in Mali and pledged a range of retaliatory actions,...
