•Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has reduced public servants work hours for the Ramadan and Lent period. Announcing the approval, Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke stated that the adjustment is intended to support workers during the fasting season, reports Daily Independent. The gove...
•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholic organisations to include a direct feed of official Vatican news on their websites as the Holy See battles a flood of AI-generated content. Vatican News, the Holy See’s official news outlet, reported today that the pontiff had written to bishops inviting them to use the feed […]
•Reverend Father Sebastian Sanni Christians have been advised to ensure they are medically fit before observing the Lenten fasting exercise. The Catholic Priest of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Utako, Abuja, Reverend Father Sebastian Sanni, gave the advice during the Ash Wednesday Eucharistic celebration in Abuja today, reports The Guardian. Accord...
•Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State The Kaduna State government today said it had resumed its Christian pilgrimage programme after an 11-year suspension, with 50 intending pilgrims set to embark on the journey under government sponsorship. The resumption was announced during the 2025 orientation programme, reports Channels TV. The state’s Head ...
The Kano State government has ordered the immediate closure of all entertainment centres across the state ahead of the Ramadan fasting period. The directive, announced yesterday by the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Censorship Board, Abdullahi Sulaiman, affects entertainment centres popularly known as gala houses, as well as Disc J...
•Akpabio As Christians today begin the lent season with Ash Wednesday, President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has enjoined Nigerian Christian faithful to use the period as a time of prayer and sober reflection. Akpabio, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, made available to The [&hel...
•Akpabio As the holy fast of Ramadan begins, President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has enjoined the Muslim faithful to use the period to pray for peace in the country and the world. He also advised them to use the exercise to practise compassion and engender understanding among people of various religious leanings. […]...
•Crescent moon Saudi Arabia today officially announced the sighting of the crescent moon, marking the beginning of Ramadan 1447. With the Hilal confirmed, the holy month of Ramadan will begin tomorrow, while Taraweeh prayers will be held after the Isha prayer tonight. A post by @Muslim on X read, “BREAKING: Saudi Arabia announces the first [&h...
Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has directed Muslim faithful across the country to begin sighting the new moon of Ramadan 1447 AH tomorrow, Tuesday, February 17, 2026. In a statement signed by Wazirin Sokoto and Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Reli...
•AI generated image used for illustration only A Nigerian prison officer based in the United Kingdom has shared his personal decision to stop paying monthly tithes to his home church after relocating abroad. In a candid post that has gone viral, the officer—who identifies on X as @Prestigious_Gt explained that while he faithfully paid tithes [...
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