The Chairman, the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Lagos Information Chapel, Debo Adeniji, Medical Director of Our Friend Hospital, Dr. Isa Abdul-Mujeeb, and a lecturer at the Lagos State University (LASU), Dr. Ganiu Bamgbose, have drawn attentions of parents to fracture in the family structure which they linked to being a reason behind the increasing rate of social vices across the country.

The head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at of Nigeria, Alhaji Barrister AbdulAzeez Folorunso Alatoye has urged the incoming administration both at the federal and state levels to focus on welfare and security of Nigerians, adding that good governance, transparency and accountability should be the basis of their leadership.

Eminent scholars have urged Muslims to place their hereafter above every other consideration in this life, saying that death is sure and the standing before Allah to give account of deeds is certain just as paradise and hell are rewards for the deeds of man.

The Lagos State Government has approved the sum of N3,200,000.00 being total fare to be paid by Intending Pilgrims performing the Year 2023 Hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board.

The astronomical increase in the cost of performing 2023 hajj is giving hajj participating countries a serious course of concern.

According to UMA President, Prof Khalid Adekoya, the lecture planned earlier for last Sunday as the 28th  Annual Pre-Ramadan Lecture, was shifted due to the rescheduled Governorship and Assembly election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

It is with mixed feelings that we bid her farewell, Hajiya Fatima Mustapha after an illustrious career with the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria. A mixed feeling because as we celebrate her departure, we cannot help but feel a sense of déjà vu knowing that we will miss her wise counsel and sense of inspiration in our workplace.

Sometimes as the Quran indicates, Allah uses the earthquakes to destroy and wipe out a generation. In the story of the people of Shuaib, their chieftains at that time not only denounced him, but also discouraged people from following Prophet Shuaib and the earthquake came and destroyed them. 

The programme will continue during the Asalatu Sessions which will hold across all NASFAT locations worldwide on Sunday,19th February, 2023 with a lecture titled Making Nigeria Work For All Nigerians: Our Collective Responsibility.

“The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), hereby wish to restate that the deadline for the remittance of 50 percent deposit of 2022 allocation remains February 28, failure of which the affected state(s) would forfeit their allocation or reduced.”