•The mosque Police have arrested the Chief Imam of Ummu Hanni Adigun Memorial Central Mosque, Ogo-Oluwa area, Osogbo and three others after worshippers lynched a car painter, Najeem Hammed to death. Family members of the deceased later disrupted Jumu’ah prayer at the mosque yesterday after the incident, reports The Nation. It was gathered Hamm...
•Late Imam Abdullahi Imam of Nghar village in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau state, Abubakar Abdullahi, who protected 262 Christians in the area, is dead. Saleh Abubakar, a son of the Imam, confirmed his death to our correspondent today, saying his father died last night at Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos, reports Daily Trust. [...
•Policemen and bandits Bandits last night abducted two serving councillors and an Imam in a daring raid at Tsauni community in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State. The councillors, who represent Gidan Goga and Tsibiri wards in Maradun Local Government Area, were reportedly seized around 8:05 p.m. near a police outpost, shortly after performing the...
•Governor Adeleke of Osun State Tensions are high in Inisa, Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun State, as the Inisa Muslim Elites Association (IMEA) has rejected the recent installation of Hakeem Jamiyu as the new Imam. Addressing journalists in Osogbo today, the group, led by its chairman, Alhaji Kasali Adeyemo, accused Governor Ade...
•Governor Nasiru Idris Alhaji Rufai Ibrahim, the Chief Imam of Wala Jumat Mosque in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, has tendered his resignation amid controversy surrounding a N500,000 Ramadan gift by the Governor Nasiru Idris to chief imams in the state. Architect Muhammed Sani Aliyu, the Commissioner for Religious Affairs, who disclosed this duri...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, today, ordered that an 18-year-old, Yusuf Haruna, be remanded in a Correctional Centre for allegedly stabbing an Imam, Sani Mohammed, 45, to death. The defendant, who lives in Tudun Nufawa Quarters Kano, was charged with culpable homicide, reports NAN. The Prosecutor, Mrs Fatima Ado-Ahmad, told the court tha...
•Terrorists The Chief Imam of Jumma’at Mosque of Ndun village of Tangur District of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, Malam Muhammad Sani Idris, as well as an okada rider, Muhammad Gambo, have been killed. The Chairman of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN), Garba Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident to our correspo...
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