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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Intending Hajj pilgrims have been warned against trafficking illegal and contraband drugs such as cocaine, Tramadol, heroin and cannabis to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the 2019 Hajj exercise. Alhaji Mahlum Musa from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) made the disclosure while speaking at a Hajj Seminar organised by one of Nigeria’s leading Hajj and […]
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The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad Commander, DCP Olatunji Disu expressed appreciation for the courtesy visit by the representatives of the Guild of Muslim Professionals (GMP) to him, while urging the group and other Muslim bodies to reach out to their brethren, especially those in prisons. DCP Disu, who was recently promoted to the rank […]
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Muslim News, Nigeria’s most authoritative Islamic newspaper will today, Monday, July 15, unveil the cover of its July 2019 edition to mark its first anniversary. The newspaper calls on Muslim bodies and business owners to advertise in this special edition of Muslim News, which is slated to hit the newsstands on Friday, July 20. Our […]
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– We must keep our country one regardless of faith, ethnicity Nigerians have been urged to fight hard to keep the country one and undivided regardless of faith, religion and ethnicity. The call was made today, Sunday, July 14 by Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo at the The 4th National Discourse of The Companion. […]
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All is now set for an epochal colloquium on food security in Nigeria as an association of Muslim professionals, The Companion National convenes its 4th National Discourse where the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo will deliver a keynote speech in Lagos tomorrow, Sunday, July 14. The theme of the discourse scheduled to be chaired by the […]
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The 2006 Prophet Muhammad Cartoon Protest In 2006, the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit staged a successful protest at the Lagos State Secretariat to express their dissatisfaction over the blasphemous anti-Muhammad (SAW) cartoons. In fact, the former Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu commended the students for their peacefulness […]
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Nigerian Hijab Heroine, Barrister Firdaus Amasa has condemned in strong terms the harassment of female Muslim students by the authorities of the International School, Ibadan (ISI), while calling on the National Assembly to pass a bill legalising the use of Hijab in both public and private schools across the country. Barrister Amasa made the call in an […]
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Every child is born naturally as a Muslim and it is the parent(s) who eventually makes him or her practice Islam, Christian, idolatry, or other religions. This was the submission of a renowned journalist and publisher of Muslim News, Mallam Rasheed Abubakar at the Muslim Students Society (MSS) Day of Ijesatedo Secondary School, Sanya, Lagos, […]
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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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