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Abuja, Nigeria: The National Mosque of Nigeria in Abuja has appointed Professor Ilyas Usman, the first Igbo Professor of Arabic language as an Imam. The Imam from South East joins

Kano, Nigeria : Islamic police in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano have started closing down sports betting shops that they say are operating illegally. “As you know, betting is forbidden

Hezbollah confirms Nasrallah’s death as Israel says it hit the group’s leaders at their headquarters in south Beirut. Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an air attack on

Imam Marcellus Khalifah Williams, whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor, died by lethal injection Tuesday evening in Missouri after the US Supreme Court denied a stay, CNN reported.

Dubai, UAE – Seven female Quran reciters from Africa have made it to the top 10 of the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak International Holy Quran Competition that was held recently.

Abuja, Nigeria: The Federal Government of Nigeria, through its Interior Ministry, has announced Monday, September 16, 2024, as a public holiday to celebrate and mark the birth of the Holy

The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice announced that Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the group, has enacted the “Law for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.”. The

Abuja, Nigeria: Nigeria’s anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has granted bail to Jalal Arabi, former chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), and his

Enugu state, Nigeria : The Enugu State Government has issued a 90-day ultimatum to all the churches and mosques to remove outdoor loudspeakers. It has encouraged the worshipper centres to

Tehran, Iran: Both Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, have confirmed the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. According to Iranian state-owned media, Haniyeh, who became political