•Governor Dikko Radda The Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda has declared Friday, April 12, 2024 as work free day for the Eid-El-Fitr celebrations. According to Governor Radda, his government has also taken this step to enable workers in the state to fully enjoy the Sallah celebration with their families. The decision to declare the day [&hell...
•Ramadan moon The federal government has extended the public holiday for the Eid-El-Fitr celebration to Thursday. Last week, it declared a two-day holiday – Tuesday and Wednesday – for the festivities. However, the crescent was not sighted in Saudi Arabia today, meaning the Eid celebration will take place tomorrow.This prompted the federal gov...
•Sultan of Sokoto Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared tomorrow, Wednesday as Eid-il-fitr. A statement yesterday by the Deputy Secretary General of NSCIA, Prof Salisu Shehu reads: “The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, ...
•Sam Aboyeji Foursquare Church appoints Politics & Governance Coordinator Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria has reaffirmed Rev (Dr) Sam Aboyeji as its General Overseer. Recall Aboyeji took over from Rev. Felix Meduoye, who served the church for eight years in 2019. Prior to his emergence as GO, Rev. Aboyeji was the church’s Midwest regio...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has instructed the Muslim Ummah to observe the crescent of Shawwal 1445AH starting from today. Prof. Sambo Janaidu, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council Sokoto, conveyed the directive ...
•Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The federal government has declared Tuesday, 9 and Wednesday, April 10, 2024 as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government. He congratulated all Muslim Ummah for the successful completion of the fasting in the ho...
•Hajj Five states; Kogi, Kebbi, Jigawa, Bauchi and Kano states, have subsidised Hajj fares for 10,260 intending pilgrims for the 2024 exercise, with a combined sum of N9,120,997,990 billion. The subsidy payments by the various states’ governments follow the announcement of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, asking already registered pilg...
There is pandemonium in the Kaduna State capital as police operatives are trying to disperse members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria popularly known as Shiites, who are holding a procession in the city centre. The IMN members had gathered along the Katsina roundabout by Ahmadu Bello Way before the police arrived and tried [&helli...
Independent Hajj Reporters, IHR, has asked the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the state’s Muslim pilgrims welfare boards and agencies to inform intending pilgrims on what they will receive as basic travel allowance (BTA). In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammed, he said it has become necessary to d...
•Ishaq Oloyede Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has lampooned state governors for seeking the federal government’s intervention to tackle security challenges. The Arabic professor, who is also the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, stated that President ...