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Two Muslim men pray for England players before taking on Colombia – The video of the men went viral on social media as English fans reacted – England will take on Croatia for a play in the finals … read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news - https://ift.tt/2N5TO6H Get More Nigeria...

How these career women defy the odds of religion and gender and are making names for themselves in a predominantly male dominated industry. In the sweltering heat of noon, while the streets are abuzz with the sound of motorists and commuters, a group of people stand at an ATM … Read more via...

The Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, Saturday, vowed that it would carry out reprisal attacks on Muslims and mosques in the Niger Delta region if Boko Haram kills Christians and burn down churches in the north, as threatened by its new leader, Abu Masab el Barnaw, last Wednesday...

Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar has called on Muslims across the country to look for the new moon of Ramadan today, June 5. Secretary-General of NSCIA, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, in a statement...

The Hausas of northern Nigeria are mostly Muslims, and there are 14 Muslim-dominated Hausa states in Nigeria, except for Plateau State which is largely Christian and not considered a core Hausa state, and Kaduna State which has equal numbers of Christian-Muslim populations. Some Hausa States are...

Ramadan is coming up!!! So right about now, people start thinking about all the chores… - what am I going to cook? - how will I function at work with these hours? - how am I acing my exams on an empty stomach? With all these food and scheduling preps, the most important preparation is for you...

National Mosque Abuja The Abuja National Mosque, also known as the Nigerian Nationa Mosque, is the national mosque of Nigeria. The mosque was built in 1984 and is open to the non-Muslim public, except during congregational prayers. Ilorin Central Mosque The new ultra-modern Juma’at Central...

Yesterday, members of the Academic Forum of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Bauchi Chapter trooped out of the streets to voice out their anger and call for the immediate release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky who has been in detention for more than a month. The demonstration which took place at...

Last Sunday, Chicago Muslims gathered in front of the Wrigley Building to join thousands around the world to demand the release of Sheikh Zakzaky in Nigeria and condemn the execution of Sheikh Nimr Baqir Al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Zakzaky is the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria...

Explosions have rocked two Sunni mosques in central Iraq Monday, amid fears of renewed sectarian strife following Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, police and medics said. Groups of men wearing military uniforms detonated explosives at two Sunni mosques overnight in the...

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (Shiites) under the stewardship of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky protested on Sunday in Bauchi over the execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr by the Saudi government. The demonstration also called for the immediate release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky...

The Director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Ishaq Akintola has rejected any idea of imposing a ban on hijab saying it is escapist and scapegoatism. Last night, President Muhammadu Buhari hosted media executives to a presidential media chat. The president hinted on the possibility of imposing a...

Contrary to claims by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the lawyer that the detained leader and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, did not apologize to President Muhammadu Buhari, former President...

The Nigerian Army has warned members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, to desist from making misleading comments, capable of breaching public peace and order. This is contained in a statement issued by Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Kano State Hisbah Board has repatriated 60,822 beggars to their respective states of origin and other countries between 2014 and 2015. The director-general of the board, Abba Sufi, made the disclosure on Monday in Kano in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the beggars...

Officials in Brunei have banned the public celebration of the Christmas holiday, the country’s Religious Affairs Department confirmed yesterday after reports emerged that the authorities raided restaurants and other buildings that had put up holiday decorations. The tiny oil-rich nation has...

Former Central Bank Governor and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, has said that he graduated from the late Dr. Yusuf Bala Usman’s school of progressive struggle to become a teacher, banker and now a radical emir. The emir said struggle only has meaning if it is against injustice and...

For the past 4 days, Shi'tes members have been protesting against the massacre and and genocide of their fellows in Zaria, Kaduna state by the Nigerian Army. Presently, they are in Gombe with peaceful demonstration See Photos:

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders have been urged to ban the wearing of full-face veils by Muslim women as part of an effort to limit the growing number of Boko Haram female suicide bombings. ECOWAS President Kadre Desire Ouedraogo told Vanguard at the close of a...

Draped usually in a black flowing gown made of silk, with a white turban sitting firmly around his head, the leader of Shiite Muslim in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, cuts the image of a divinity – certainly that is not the quality he will attribute to himself. For a man of El-Zakzaky’s...