Tag: muslims
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Bandits kidnap 12 Muslim worshipers during midnight prayers in Katsina
Twelve Muslim worshippers have been abducted by bandits while observing Tahajjud at a mosque located in the outskirt of Jibiya town of Katsina State. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Tahajjud is a midnight prayer that is being observed during the Holy Month of Ramadan. A resident of the affected community, Mallam Fahad Mukhtar who spoke with…
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CAN cautions Muslims leaders against promotion of violence
The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned some Muslim leaders in Nigeria against promotion of violence and trouble unless they want to throw the country into avoidable religious crisis. CAN said it is worried and disappointed with the activities of some Islamic extremists in the country whose past time is how…
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Ramadan: Time to make peace, Tinubu tells Muslims, non-Muslims
National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Muslim faithful and non-Muslims alike to always seek peace and harmony in the nation. Tinubu stated this in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, on Tuesday in Lagos. He urged all Muslim brothers and sisters to be…
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Buhari sends message to Muslims as Ramadan commences today
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday welcomed the beginning of Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan, which marks the commencement of 30 days of fasting. In a message to the nation to mark the occasion, President Buhari prayed to Allah to accept our sacrifices and increase the unity, solidarity, peace and prosperity of the nation. He urged…
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Nigeria has become a massive killing field – Kukah
Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Mathew Kukah has observed that there is a growing fear among Nigerians whether the country’s glory is about to depart owing to Boko Haram, banditry, Kidnapping, armed robbery and other merchants of death happening across the nation. He made this known in his Easter message titled, ‘Before our Glory…
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Insecurity: Nigerians may be forced to carry weapons in churches, mosques to protect themselves – CAN youth wing
Worried by the incessant security challenged in Nigeria, the Youth Wing Christian Association of Nigeria on Sunday said Nigerians may resort to carrying weapons in churches, mosques, while travelling and wherever they find the selves. The organisation urged the President Muhammad’s Buhari government and security agencies to sit up and act now or never. The…
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Hijab crisis: Beware of God’s consuming fire, Oyedepo warns Muslims in Kwara
Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church, has expressed dismay over the ongoing hijab crisis in Kwara State. He advised Muslims to leave Kwara mission schools and establish or find hijab-wearing schools for their children. Oyedepo made the remarks on the hijab controversy while speaking during a midweek service on Wednesday. Recall Christians…
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Kwara’s hijab crisis worsens as hoodlums attack schools, shopping centres
The disturbing hijab crisis in Kwara State was heightened yesterday as suspected hoodlums attacked schools and shopping centres in Ilorin, the state capital. The Christian community, the former owner of the 10 government grant- aided schools also mobilised its own forces to counter the attack in the bid to protect their people and property. The…
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Milititians promises and the unmasking of Fulani terrorists – Dele Sobowale
Dele Sobowale “Zamfara abduction’ll be the last.” President Buhari. March 1, 2021. “As you all know, we in the present government in Nigeria are committed to ensuring that there is speedy and unimpeded transition to civic democratic rule in which we shall not be participants.” General Sani Abacha, during the inauguration National Constitutional Conference, Monday,…
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Quit notice: Enough is enough, no harm must befall Kukah, CAN tells Buhari
The Christian Association of Nigeria has written to President Muhammadu Buhari and cautioned those threatening the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Dr Matthew Kukah, to stop their “unlawful” actions and also asked the security agencies to ensure the safety and security of the cleric. The organisation made this known in a press statement by its General…