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NAHCON team studies Indonesian Hajj Management, Saving Scheme 

NAHCON team studies Indonesian Hajj Management, Saving Scheme 

A delegation of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, and representatives from Forum of State Pilgrims Welfare Boards arrived Indonesia  on Tuesday September 4, 2022 on a Study Tour of Badan Pengolola Keuangan Haji (BPKH). According to a release signed by Hajia Fatima Sanda Usara, Assistant Director, Public Affairs,  the visit will afford the team […]

World-class MUSWEN empowerment center underway as eminent Muslims pledge support 

World-class MUSWEN empowerment center underway as eminent Muslims pledge support 

•We must be united to achieve greater things —Sultan of Sokoto •Hamzat, Fola Adeola, Babalakin, others speak By Haroon-Ishola Balogun Muslim scholars, captains of industries, royal fathers and Muslims in private and public establishments on Sunday gathered in Lagos for the launch of the N10 billion Endowment Fund initiated by the Muslim Ummah of South […]

Hajj 2022: Pilgrims enjoyed $410 accommodation rebate, others — NAHCON

Hajj 2022: Pilgrims enjoyed $410 accommodation rebate, others — NAHCON

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said pilgrims enjoyed a $410 reduction in accommodation fare in this year’s Hajj operation, among other services. The Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, gave the score card during an interactive session with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. “We were able to reduce the cost of […]

NASFAT trains 50 digital marketers to reduce unemployment rate

NASFAT trains 50 digital marketers to reduce unemployment rate

Pace-setting Islamic organisation, Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society, NASFAT has trained youths and Imams in digital marketing, as part of empowerment initiatives of the organisation towards reducing the unemployment rate of Nigerian youths. According to the Chief Missioner of the Society, Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, the six-week training which was coordinated by one of Africa’s leading Integrated Marketing Communications […]

[Photos] T.D Jakes passes ministry baton to daughter, Sarah Jakes Roberts

[Photos] T.D Jakes passes ministry baton to daughter, Sarah Jakes Roberts

Bishop T. D. Jakes has surprised his daughter by handing over the giant Woman, Thou Art Loosed ministry to her. The prolific preacher passed the baton at the grand finale conference, noting that this was not an ending, but a beginning. He said that it is not a weakness for a man to empower a […]

ZSF disburses over N206m in Zakat across Nigeria

ZSF disburses over N206m in Zakat across Nigeria

…says: We’ve restored hope to many Nigerians …2,625 beneficiaries drawn from Lagos alone …don’t stockpile money in bank, Acting VC, LASUTECH urges wealthy Nigerians  Frontline donor organisation, Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation (ZSF), has disbursed the sum of  N206,642,880 Zakat proceeds in 25 states across Nigeria, saying it was the largest public disbursement of Zakat in […]

The rights of Allah and His Messenger

The rights of Allah and His Messenger

By Imam Murtadha Gusau The right of Allah is the greatest, the most important and the one that is to be respected, because it is the right of Allah, the Creator, the Immense, the Ruler; He is the One who manages everything.  It is the right of the Sovereign, the True, the Apparent, the Ever-Living, […]

Apex Court Judgment on Hijab: Address persistent harassment of Muslim girls in Hijab, MULAN tells Sanwo-Olu

Apex Court Judgment on Hijab: Address persistent harassment of Muslim girls in Hijab, MULAN tells Sanwo-Olu

The Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) Lagos Branch has condemned the continued discrimination, abuse and harrassment of Muslim girls wearing hijab,  despite the clear and unambiguous judgment of the Supreme Court recently, describing it as “untoward acts, not only lawless but also contemptuous of the highest Judicial Authority in the land which the Apex […]

IOU Awareness Month: Lagos Brothers holds virtual lecture 

IOU Awareness Month: Lagos Brothers holds virtual lecture 

The Nigerian Students of International Open University, formerly known as Islamic Online University,  have joined their counterparts all over the world to hold their Awareness month.  The activity which began on August 16 will end in mid September with lots of promotional activities to sensitize the public and prospective students on gaining beneficial knowledge. Many […]

Muslim SoulMates: Do you seek a Muslim life partner?

Muslim SoulMates: Do you seek a Muslim life partner?

Profiles 801 and 803 published recently have been matched. The Nikkah process including  counselling has begun. Vanguard Muslim Soulmate wishes  them  fruitful wedding arrangements PROFILE 806: A male  Muslim, 45 gainfully employed, (salafiyyun)  5ft.7inch from South West but based in Lagos  wants a Muslim lady between 25  to 30 years as  a second wife. Preferably […]

The untold success story of 2022 Hajj

The untold success story of 2022 Hajj

For every challenge lie an invisible and unpronounced success because the challenges itself is a manifestation that there was a success that was propelled by the operational challenges.

Reporter’s Diary: Hurdles of an ‘emergency hajj’

Reporter’s Diary: Hurdles of an ‘emergency hajj’

By Haroon Ishola Balogun When the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced in April that one million pilgrims would perform the 2022 Hajj, out of which 85 per cent would be allocated to external pilgrims while the remaining percentage would be for Saudi residents, not a few believed everything would not be the same as they […]

Celebration of a living centenarian, Sheikh Abdul Hafeez Abou

Celebration of a living centenarian, Sheikh Abdul Hafeez Abou

By Abdullah I Shuaib, Ph.D The celebration of a living centenarian is a special favour from the Almighty Creator and not every mortal has that privilege to attain such a feat. Little wonder, Allah’s Messenger said: “The best of people is the one whose life is long and his deeds are good…” It is so […]

WBW: Breastfeeding in Islam

WBW: Breastfeeding in Islam

By Imam Murtadha Gusau IN the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy All praise is for Allah, we praise Him, we seek His help, we ask for His forgiveness, and we seek refuge with Allah from the evils of our own souls and the wickedness of our actions, whoever Allah guides, […]

Buhari, Tinubu, Sanwo-olu, Sultan hail Baba Adinni of Lagos at 100

Buhari, Tinubu, Sanwo-olu, Sultan hail Baba Adinni of Lagos at 100

President  Muhammadu Buhari, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Sultan of Sokoto/President-General of Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad have felicitated with the Executive Chairman, Lagos Central Mosque/Baba Adinni of Lagos, Sheikh AbdulHafeez Abou on his centenary birthdayThe leaders described the eminent scholar as a worthy example of a religious […]