Over 80 percent of Nigerian Muslims have come to realize the reality in the fares announced by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) for the 2017 Hajj. Most of them have appreciated the painstaking efforts exerted by the Commission to arrive at the final package after reforming some of the key policies that would have jerked up the fares to unaffordable proportion.

Given that Charity is not mandatory and has no preset limit, it is strongly encouraged in hundreds of verses in the Quran. Various verses of te Holy Qur’an pontificate the act as a means of obtaining God’s mercy and forgiveness (24:22, 92:17 to 92:18), cleansing the souls of impurity (9:103), and attaining superior degree faith (30:38, 76:8 to 76:9, 90:10 to 90:16).

Young people’s trust in key figures such as politicians and religious leaders has fallen sharply over the past five years but they remain largely happy, a global study said Thursday.

GOVERNOR Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has said that there was no going back in his decision to proscribed the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Kogi State University, KSU chapter.

A 22-year-old graduate, who was arrested during a foiled robbery operation at a Lotto company in Ajagbadi area of Lagos, yesterday, began crying when he was informed that his pregnant wife had been delivered of a baby.