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A number of persons sustained injuries on Thursday as a protest over the use of hijab took a turn for the worse in Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, Oyun LGA of Kwara state. The use of hijab has been generating controversy in public…

Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, has on Monday called on Muslim faithful across the country to watch for Shawwal crescent moon on Tuesday. The instruction was contained in a statement issued by Salisu Shehu, deputy secretary-general,…

There was a clash between Christians and Muslims in Ilorin, Kwara state capital on Wednesday morning, March 17 after the state government today reopened 10 Christian schools which were initially shut down over hijab (head covering scarf) …

United States has on Monday placed Nigeria for the first time on a religious freedom blacklist, paving way for potential sanctions if there is no improvement on the record. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said the United States…

Federal Government has declared Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th May, 2020 as public holiday to mark 2020 Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government,…

Dethroned emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Dethroned emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has issued a warning to Muslim clerics still organising religious gatherings and prayers despite the ban imposed by the Federal Government.…

Mr Umar, an army major, said the vehicle in which the victims were travelling in was also taken away by the attackers. “We have received a distress call from the scene of the incident, and our men have discovered that two persons were…

For the umpteenth time, some Islamic groups have called on the Federal and State Governments in Nigeria to declare Muharram 1, the first day of the Islamic Hijrah Calendar, as a public holiday. The groups, in separate Hijrah 1440 A.H…

Saudi Arabian authorities have imposed a compulsory levy equivalent of N163,000 on all prospective Nigerian pilgrims, who have performed Hajj or Umrah in the last two years. The Saudi Arabian authorities also introduced a five per cent…

The Abuja police command has arrested 52 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria IMN otherwise known as Shiites that were protesting in Abuja yesterday Janaury 10th. A statement by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Anjuguri Manzah,…

There was confusion in some parts of Kakuri, in Kaduna South Local Government Area, when a 41-year-old carpenter, Mr. Francis Emmanuel Francis, almost lost his right eye on Tuesday following an attack on him by Muslim youths for not…