Tag: Mosque
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We didn’t authorize erection of mosque beside church – KPPA
The Kwara State Physical Planning Authority (KPPA) has dissociated itself from granting approval for the construction of a Central Mosque beside the Catholic Diocese around the Tanke Junction in Ilorin. KPPA General Manager, Mr Sikiru Oyinloye, who disclosed this on Saturday at a news conference in Ilorin, denied the involvement of the agency in the…
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Sad! Kwara worshipper murdered over Christmas banger on mosque premises
Abdulkadir Segi, a 30-year-old man has allegedly been stabbed to death during an argument over the detonation of a banger around a mosque in Ilorin, Kwara State, while the Muslim congregational prayer was being observed on Christmas Eve. Abdulkadir was said to have been stabbed in the chest in the Ita-Nmo area of Ilorin by…
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Gunmen kidnap first class monarch while stepping into mosque
The Acting Eje of Ankpa, Ankpa Local Government Area, Kogi State, Alhaji Shaibu Usman, was on Friday kidnapped by gunmen. Alhaji Usman was abducted while entering the mosque around 5.30 am. In its reaction on Friday, the Kogi State Police Command said it would not rest until the monarch’s release was secured. The police said…
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BREAKING: Chief Imam of Abuja popular mosque is dead
Imam Abduljaleel Dabo, the Chief Imam of Uthman bin Affan Mosque in Wuse II, Abuja, popularly known as Banex mosque is dead. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Alli Pantami made this known on Monday. “May the Almighty Allah forgive and be Merciful to Imam AbdulJaleel Dabo, Imam of Banex…
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Mosques set ablaze as siblings stab Enugu tricycle rider
There was palpable calm on Sunday at the university town of Nsukka in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State following the burning of two mosques and belongings owned by the Hausa community.Irate youths perpetrated the act. Chaos started on Saturday when some Hausa people stormed and stabbed a tricycle operator, who conveyed a Hausa…
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Mosque shooter bags 21 years jail sentence
A far-right Norwegian man was on Thursday jailed for 21 years for the racially motivated murder of his Chinese-born stepsister and attempting to kill worshippers in a mosque shooting spree. Philip Manshaus expressed strong anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim views before 2019 attack and was unrepentant at trial. Manshaus, now 22 years old, shot and killed Johanne…
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Unbelievable, Borno despite high COVID-19 numbers suspends lockdown, tells mosques, churches to reopen
The lockdown declared in Borno state has been suspended indefinitely. The state government has also relaxed the ban on religious gatherings, but called for strict guidelines on maintaining physical distancing in mosques and churches. Meanwhile, the ban on Eid prayers are still in force. Umar Kadafur, deputy governor and chairman of the state COVID-19 response…
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Photo: Fayemi visits Rivers, says no evidence Wike demolished mosque
Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Sunday said he could not see any evidence that a building existed on the disputed land in Rainbow Town, Port Harcourt where some persons alleged that the Rivers State Government demolished a mosque. Speaking with journalists after a joint assessment of…
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New Zealand begins funerals for mosque shooting victims
The bodies of victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at Christchurch’s Memorial Park Cemetery on Wednesday. The bodies, wrapped in white cloth, were laid to face Mecca, and, after jenazah (funeral) prayers, were carried towards their freshly dug graves. “Seeing…