Mecca slowly stirred from a seven-month hibernation on Sunday as pilgrims trickled in after Saudi authorities partially lifted a coronavirus ban on performing umrah – a pilgrimage to Islam’s two holiest sites that is undertaken…
Independence: CAN issues 10-point agenda for peace, unity,…
The Christian Association of Nigeria has issued a ten-point recipe for the restoration of peace, unity and progress in Nigeria. The recipe is contained in a statement signed by the president of CAN, Dr. Samson…
S’Arabia: Umrah pilgrimage to resume from October –…
Saudi Arabia will allow the Muslim minor pilgrimage, the Umrah, to gradually resume, starting from October, about seven months after it was halted due to coronavirus pandemic. On October 4, Saudis and foreign residents in…
Why special courts should be established for corruption…
The Nigerian Muslim rights group, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called for the establishment of special courts to try corruption cases in the country. The position is in support of the call earlier made by…
Sanwo-Olu tasks Nigerians on prayer, service, growth
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged Nigerians, especially Christians to pray to God, serve and do their best for the growth of their respective faith, state and the nation at large.…
CAMA: NIREC advises aggrieved Nigerians to approach court,…
The Nigerian Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, has advised Nigerians with genuine complaints over the Companies and Allied Matter Act, 2020, CAMA, recently assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari to approach the court or the National Assembly…
CAMA does not target churches, FG reassures religious…
The Federal Government has assured religious bodies in the country that the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, CAMA, does not target churches, mosques and other religious bodies, as had been wrongly portrayed. Senior Special…
CAN urges Buhari to suspend CAMA
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to issue directives to suspend the implementation of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA, 2020. Rev. Samson Ayokunle, CAN president, made the…
Kwara: Governor Abdulrazaq greets Muslims on new Hijrah…
Kwara State governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday congratulated the Muslim community especially in Kwara State on the dawn of a new Islamic (calendar) year 1442 AH, praying God Almighty to let the year bring ease…