•Officials Kano State Hisbah The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 20 Muslims for eating and drinking in public during the ongoing Ramadan fast. The board also apprehended five persons selling food during the fasting hours, which are from dawn to dusk, reports BBC. Ramadan, observed by Muslims worldwide, is one of the Five Pillars […...
•CAN President Archbishop Daniel Okoh The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed displeasure with the directives by the governments of Bauchi, Katsina, Kano and Kebbi states mandating the closure of all public and private schools for up to five weeks to observe the Ramadan fast, effective from late February to early April 2025. I...
The Brotherhood of the Cross and Star(BCS) has resolved its 24-year old ownership crisis that factionalised the church and led to the destruction of property across its branches worldwide. Chairman Board of Trustees of BCS, Sister Victoria Clarke during a press conference in Uyo yesterday announced that a new board of trustees for the organisa...
•Abayomi Mighty Youthful activist and 2027 presidential hopeful, Abayomi Mighty, has extended his heartfelt congratulations to the Muslim Ummah on the commencement of yet another Holy Month of Ramadan. In a statement made available to The Frontier today, he emphasised the significance of this sacred period of Ramadan and urged fellow Muslim br...
•Atiku and Tinubu The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has highlighted the economic hardship facing Nigerians and urged the Tinubu-led federal government and governments at all levels to take concrete steps to ease the burden on citizens. In a statement on his official X page yesterd...
•Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar The President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said that this year’s Ramadan fasting commences today. He made the announcement last night in a telecast monitored in Abuja, reports Daily Trust. “We thank Alla...
The Saudi Royal Court announced today evening that the country’s Supreme Court has officially declared Saturday, March 1, 2025, as the first day of Ramadan 1446H. The declaration follows the successful sighting of the Ramadan crescent moon at the Tamir and Hotat Sudair observatories, confirming the beginning of the holy month. Earlier in the e...
•Open foodstuff market There is excitement among Muslims as the month of Ramadan approaches. However, some Muslim faithful have said that preparation for the month of fasting has been an uphill task due to rising cost of food items, reports Nigerian Tribune. As Muslims all over the world prepare for the holy month of Ramadan, […]
•Sultan The Sultan of Sokoto and President General NSCIA, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has directed all Muslims in the country to start looking out for the new moon of Ramadan 1446AH tomorrow and report its sighting to the nearest District or Village head for onward communication. A statement in Sokoto today by the Sultanate Council Chairman, [&he...
•Pope Francis Pope Francis showed further improvement today, the Vatican said, although it cautioned that “the prognosis remains reserved” for the 88-year-old fighting pneumonia. “The clinical conditions of the Holy Father in the last 24 hours have shown a further, slight improvement,” said the Vatican in a statement, adding that a CT scan of ...
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