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...
West Africa
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....
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Muslim Group seeks end to hate speech, religious intolerance in Nigeria
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria has called for an end to incessant hate speeches caused by ethnic and...
Blasphemy: Group condemns death sentence passed on Nigerian musician
A pro-democracy and human rights group, Concerned Nigerians, has condemned the death sentence of a Kano-based musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, over...
US donates 200 life-saving ventilators to Nigeria
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, representing President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday August 11, 2020, took delivery of 200...
3 Nigerians emerge winners of Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest
Three Nigerians, Olowo Qudus Opeyemi, Ude Vivian Chidimma and Abah Abah Oyagaba have emerged the winners of the June/July 2020...
Nigeria: Reps summon NNPC, 3 others over alleged N13B debt, contracts scam
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Upstream has invited the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC,...
NDLEA arrests soldier with arms, cannabis in Nigeria
A 25 year old soldier, Mohammed Kashim has been arrested in Yobe State in possession of arms and some quantity...
Nigeria: Lagos reopens worship centres, social clubs
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced plan to reopen worship centres for Muslims and Christians in the...
Eid al-Adha: NSCIA urges compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence,...
Nigerian Islamic Council loses Director to road accident
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has a lost a prominent member to a road accident. NSCIA on Wednesday...
Eid-el-Kabir: Nigerian government declares Thursday, Friday public holidays
Government of Nigeria has declared Thursday July 30 and Friday 31, as public holidays to mark this year's Eid-el-Kabir. This...
NCDC: No published studies on effectiveness of face shields against COVID-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has warned that there are no published studies that could confirm the effectiveness...
President Buhari hails AFDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina on Clearance by independent Panel
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly rejoices with President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on the clearing of...
Muslim Coalition Against COVID-19 concludes 2nd Phase of palliative distribution to Nigerians
Muslim Coalition Against COVID-19 has concluded the second phase of its palliative distribution. The second phase of the palliative distribution...
Muslim niqabi defies odd, establishes shoe factory
A Nigerian veil user has taken to making designer footwear after several futile attempts to be gainfully employed The 31-year-old...
Nigeria: Lagos Health Commissioner condemns use of RDTs for COVID-19 test
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has condemned and reiterated that the use of Rapid Diagnostic Test...
President Buhari approves establishment of Nigeria Youth Investment Fund
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the establishment of Nigeria Youth Investment Fund. Buhari, who met with the...
DHUL-HIJJAH: Nigerian Islamic Council announces sighting of Crescent
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh....
India donates medicines to Nigeria, seeks collaboration to produce Covid-19 vaccines.
India has donated 587 cartons of essential medicines needed to combat the Covid-19 pandemic to Nigeria and has also sought...
COFP collaborates with FPI, organizes InterFaith Leaders’ Dialogue Forum
As part of its COVID-19 intervention program, Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace in collaboration with Faith for Peace Initiative has...
Nigeria: Kano Assembly enacts castration as punishment for rape
The Kano State House of Assembly has, without opposition, consented to the review and amendment of the State’s Penal Code...
Nigerian Muslim leaders applaud CBN non-interest intervention programs
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, under the leadership of its President-General, His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji...
Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot dies
The news of the death of Nigerian Air Force’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, has been reported. Tolulope...
Nigeria: Foreign Affairs minister receives WHO Representative to address pandemic, health challenges
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama has received the new World Health Organization Country Representative, Dr Walter Mulombo...
Muslim woman partners Christian foundation, distributes food items to teachers, others
A Muslim woman, Mrs Haleemah Olamade Ahmad, has partnered Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation for Peace, to support people with food items...
MUSWEN, scholars evaluate Islamic views on Covid-19, recommend way forward
The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria has organized a webinar to determine the views of Islamic scholars and other...
Poverty Alleviation: NASFAT unveils empowerment program, distributes items, cash to members
The Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society, Kaduna Branch, on Sunday July 5, 2020, unveiled an empowerment program to lessen financial burdens among...
Konnect Africa offers Broadband Internet Connection to all isolation centers in Sokoto State
Konnect, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications has announced plan to connect the entire African continent to very high speed Internet,...
Atlas Petroleum resumes development of OML109 in Nigeria
Atlas Petroleum International has resumed work over activities and well interventions on OML 109 in Nigeria in order to enhance...
Atlas Petroleum resumes development of OML109 in Nigeria
Atlas Petroleum International has resumed work over activities and well interventions on OML 109 in Nigeria in order to enhance...
30 Years on Throne: Nigerian legislator extols, felicitates King Akinrun
A Nigerian legislator, Hon. Olalekan Rasheed Afolabi, who represents Ifelodun, Boripe and Odo-Otin Federal Constituency, in the Green Chamber, has...
Nigeria: CACOVID donates 150-bed isolation center, medical equipment to Lagos State
The Private Sector led Coalition Against COVID-19 has donated a 150-bed fully equipped isolation facility with medical equipment worth millions...
ABC Group meets Hon Afolabi, highlights achievements within constituency
The Alliance for Better Constituency Group has held a meeting with Hon Olalekan Rasheed Afolabi, who is representing Ifelodun, Boripe...
