Zakat Fund raises GH₵1.17 million in 2022

Accra: The Zakat and Sadaqa Trust Fund of Ghana has raised a total income of about GH₵1.17 million in the year 2022. This represented a 33.5 percent increase from an

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Hajj 2024: Ghana Hajj Board maintains hajj fare at GH₵75,000

Accra: The Ghana Hajj Board, a body mandated by the government to organise and manage Hajj affairs in Ghana, has announced the 2024 Hajj fare to be GH₵75,000 or an

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Sheikh Nawaf, Emir of Kuwait laid to rest on Sunday

Kuwait City, Kuwait: Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the 16th Emir of Kuwait who died on Saturday at the age of 86, was buried on Sunday at the Sulaibikhat cemetery

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Christian MP lays private members bill to extend public holidays for Muslims

Accra: Francis-Xavier Sosu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina Constituency, has tabled before the House of Legislature a private member’s bill to amend the law on public holidays in the

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Hajj 2023: Last batch of Ghanaian pilgrims arrives in Accra safely

The final flight from Saudi Arabia to Accra safely arrived on Friday night, marking the end of the 2023 Hajj pilgrimage for more than 4000 Ghanaian participants.

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Over 4000 Ghanaian pilgrims airlifted for Hajj 2023

Accra- The Ghana Hajj Board has successfully facilitated the airlifting of 4,190 Ghanaian Muslims to perform Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The departure of the last flight from Accra on Saturday

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Over two million Muslims begin Hajj on Monday

Mecca, Saudi Arabia – Over two million Muslims from around the globe will start performing their hajj rituals on Monday, June 26, 2023, in fulfilment of the fifth and last

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First batch of Ghanaian Hajj pilgrims arrives in Madina

The contingent is the first batch of some over 2,000 pilgrims expected to be airlifted from Ghana to the Kingdom to perform the hajj ritual, which is the fifth pillar of Islam

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Worshippers run for cover as mosque collapses in Nima

Accra – Muslim worshippers at the ‘Awta’ mosque in Nima, a suburb of Accra, had the scare of their lives when the two-storey building caved in on Monday afternoon.

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Otumfuo cancels lease payment on Kumasi Central Mosque land

Kumasi- Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu says he has forfeited the receipt of GHS28 million (280 billion old Ghana cedis) as lease payment for the 1.9 acres of land on which

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