Today, the 83-year-old Nigerian Imam Abubakar Abdullahi will be among four other nationals (from Sudan, Brazil, Iraq and Cyprus) to receive the first-ever International Religious Freedom Award of the United States Government. He is the Imam of Nghar village who hid 262 Berom Christians in his mosque and in his house in June last year […]
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Safiya Umar Badamasi, the first Hausa/Fulani Muslim woman to become Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, and first lawyer from Katsina State to attain the exalted bar position has spoken on the feat. Badamasi is among the 38 lawyers to be conferred with the title in September. Solicitor-General of the Federation (SGF) and Permanent Secretary, Ministry […]
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Unlike the Busola Dakolo/Pastor Fatoyinbo saga, the trending rape allegation against an Alfa (name withheld) in Osun State as reported by a reliable online media in Nigeria is controversial, complex and at the same time, shameful. First of all, no sane person, irrespective of his religious belief, should justify rape, but from what we have […]
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Nigeria’s movie industry, famously known as Nollywood, will not cease to surprise us with their poorly scripted stories and medical trash, which are prevalent in both English and Yorùbá movies. Below is a classical example of a movie (name withheld). A conversation between a doctor and his patient Doctor: I called you here because of […]
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Many people, especially on social media where emotions cloud reason, believe an attempt to understand the Almajiri question is an effort to justify the system of sending young boys to distant locations to earn a living by roaming the streets with with bowls while begging. Almajiri is one of the most misunderstood systems in Nigeria, […]
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Despite President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and policies that have been solely focused on ‘radical Islamic terrorism’, new findings have revealed that most of the designated terrorist attacks in the US are executed by right-wing extremists, not Muslims. A joint project by the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute, a nonprofit media centre, and news outlet […]
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The Muslim Congress (TMC) is undoubtedly one of the leading Muslim organisations in Nigeria. For nearly three decades, the organisation has championed and is still championing the re-awakening of the pristine Islam; using the templates of the Qur’an and the tradition of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as bases. TMC, hugely popular in Southern […]
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Reality check, Morsi is dead. Professor Mohammed Morsi, the first and only democratically elected President of Egypt slumped in court today, and died a few minutes after in hospital. The global reactions to his death have ranged from the virulently angry, to tepid, hypocritical condolences, to absolute, conspiratorial silence. Naturally, Washington is mute. President Trump […]
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This week, the story of Hajia Fatimah Bakene, a Niqob (veil) wearing Muslim woman who was allegedly brutalised and beaten by a masquerade at the Adedotun area of Abeokuta, Ogun State took the social media by storm. Although the news got no mention in the mainstream media, Muslim netizens shared its first report, with the […]
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Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (M.K.O) Abiola was a typical symbol of love for the freedom of ordinary wo/man. He was a philanthropist. A philanthropist is regarded as a prosperous person who gives up a large share of his life and property or wealth to the work of improving the lot of the people as a religious […]
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