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President of the Haramain Sheikh Abdul Rehman Al Sudais has congratulated the entire hujjaj on the completion of the 2020 Hajj rites in the holy land. Speaking at the Haramain office shortly after the Hujjaj performed tawat wida, (farewell circumambulation) the revered Sheikh stated that the Hajj was a unique one and the hujjaj were
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The National Hajj Commission, NAHCON, has condoled the family of late Yusuf Chinedu Nwoha who died recently in a motor accident while travelling home for Sallah. Mallam Nwoha was until his sudden death, a NAHCON board member representing Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). In a statement signed by the Chairman/CEO, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan,
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By Mohammed Zubair Taqwa, the fear of Allah, is the only force that can restrain man from evil and wickedness. It is this fear of Allah that keeps the heart of a believer awake and enables him to distinguish right from wrong. Fear of God for self-righteousness which in Arabic means Taqwa, in fact, epitomises
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By Haroon Balogun The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has congratulated Nigerian Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-il-Adha 1441 A.H. In a statement signed by Prof. Salisu Shehu, Deputy Secretary-General, NSCIA, the Muslim apex body said,
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•244 illegal pilgrims arrested •Saudi Arabia assigns one health leader to every 50 pilgrims By Haroon Balogun No fewer than 10,000 pilgrims will walk to Jamarat to observe the throwing of stones to the devil today. This was after they left the plains of Arafat yesterday to Muzdalifa under tight security checks. However, Hajj security
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By Haroon Balogun Eid-il-Adha festival commemorates the ransom with a ram of the Prophet Ibrh+m’s son Ism¿+l as enunciated in the Holy Quran. The entire life of Prophet Ibrahim, starting with his childhood, through youth, to fatherhood at an old age, was replete with challenges, trials, and sacrifices. He was tested in his faith when
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By Agbonkhese Oboh The Founder and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide International aka Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said the coronavirus pandemic is just the beginning of the woes to be visited on the world “before the Lord returns.” However, quoting from Matthew 24: 7/8; Joel 2:1-3/11; Malachi 4:2 and Malachi 3:10/18;
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•Says: Registration for 2021 begins Sept 9 •Commends SPWBs that have commenced refund As you are all aware of the Saudi Arabia Government’s position on the 2020 Hajj in which only few residents of the kingdom would perform the pilgrimage instead of the 2.5 million citizens across the globe that did same on a yearly
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has refuted the report published by a daily newspaper (not Vanguard) that the commission led by its chairman, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan during his official visit and inspection of the Lagos Hajj Camp said, the facilities had been abandoned for 20 years. The commission stated that at no point
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…As Obasanjo, Olowu, Ooni, Olubadan, others commiserate with Salis The Olowu of Owu, Oba Dosunmu, the Balogun of Owu, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji and many others commiserated with Chief Owolabi Salis, the AD Lagos Governorship candidate in 2019, on the death of
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