When, away from home, I heard of Sowore’s call for revolution, I could only see it as an exploitative agitation of a smart guy. I know Omoyele very well as a student in the University. He was my SUG President. I wasn’t involved in campus politics, but we interacted very well as best of friends. […]
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So, some embittered and misguided Nigerian thugs beat up a Nigerian senator in Germany, and most Nigerians feel happy and justified about it. Commending and saluting the devil for a job well done. Honestly, it’s very hard not to feel so, especially considering the man in question whose name reminds one of the “Mario” who […]
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I have always been an ardent supporter of Lagos State Government initiatives aimed at transforming the lives of the masses. One of such good initiative is the partnership that came to the fore after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Lagos and Kebbi States in 2016 which later in that year produced a […]
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Islam does not stipulate a specific age of marriage. Literally, Islam permits marrying a young lady that can differentiate between right and wrong so far it is legally approved, but the husband must not approach her sexually until she becomes aged/matured (buloog). This starts from when she starts menstruating, growing pubertal hair, and developing breasts, […]
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The popular saying among Muslims that the first part of Ramadan is mercy, second is forgiveness and the third is emancipation from hell has no strong jurisprudential backing, Muslim News investigations have revealed. What is however evident, according to authentic narrations, is that all nights and days of Ramadan are of Rahmah (mercy), Maghfirah (forgiveness) […]
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Have you heard of a mosque called “Ibn Rushd-Goethe” in Berlin, Germany where a lady without hijab (Muslims’ headscarf) led the congregation of learned men and women in solaat, the second pillar of Islam? The “mosque” – which I deliberately put in quote to question its sanctity as a Muslim place of worship – was […]
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Rajab is the 7th month of the Islamic lunar calendar. It is one of the four sacred months mentioned by Allah in the Noble Qur’an 9: 36, where the Almighty says: “Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and […]
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‘It’s an objective narrative from the correct Islamic perspective’ – Director A budding faith-based production outfit, Wonu Filmworks has dropped the trailer of Blunder, an Islam-inspired feature length movie that reflects on the social ills of the Nigerian society. The trailer was released at a time when there is growing demand for an alternative movie […]
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The basic reality we must all accept in theory, in reality and in practice is that only the Prophet of Allah is infallible, no other person, be he a Sheikh, a Sultan, or a subject (citizens) – is free from errors or mistakes. Though, we may overlook their errors for being human, we must […]
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Three days ago, the professor better known as ‘sex-for-marks’ professor was sentenced to a total of six years imprisonment for doing what his colleagues have done for generations and got away with. How unlucky! Of all the professors and lecturers who have awarded marks for sex, to think he is the one – the only […]
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