Religion

Lagos State pilgrims, numbering 2,269, have completed their Umrah in Makkah, according to the state’s Amirul Hajj, Dr Abdul Hakeem Abdul Lateef during a lecture at the Lagos State House in Makkah. The Command Control Centre of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Madinah made the disclosure on Friday. …

Nigerian pilgrims in Madinah have embraced other Muslim nationals from across the world in the course of observing their religious rites. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many pilgrims were spotted at the Prophet’s mosque and other places in Madinah exchanging taking pictures with one another and exchanging …

The number of pilgrims from Nigeria to Madinah, for the 2019 Hajj, has reached 19,081 in 39 flights, according to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) in Madinah on Wednesday. NAHCON’s Command and Control Centre said that MaxAir NGL1049 had departed Ilorin for Jeddah at 05:40 a m, comprising …

To compare the situation of the Fulani in the south today to the situation of the Igbo in the north in 1966 is disingenuous and dishonest. The Igbo did not slaughter the Fulani in the 1966 northern pogroms but rather it was the Fulani that slaughtered the Igbo. In 1966 …

Ruona Isikeh Dr Jide Owolana, a medical practitioner with a private hospital in Benin, has advocated regular heart check-up for persons above 35 years to curb cardio respiratory arrest. Owolana gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin. He defined cardio respiratory arrest as …

The Christian Association of Nigeria, South-East Zone, has told the Federal Government not “to not induce crisis or create undue tension in the (36) states”. The group also condemned the continuous attack and killing of people on a daily basis by suspected herdsmen and called for action. The body, in …

The Northern Elders Forum and the Coalition of the Northern Groups have asked Fulani herdsmen to leave the southern part of Nigeria and return to the North. They said the herdsmen should return to the North where their (herdsmen) safety and that of their property could be guaranteed. The northern …

A group of protesters on Thursday stormed the Eagle Square, Abuja, throwing the area into confusion with fear-stricken workers scampering in various directions. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, who was caught in the confusion, reported that the situation obstructed traffic flow as motorists were forced to either …

Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has faulted calls for the suspension of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adeboye. The president of PFN, Dr. Felix Omobude, while addressing newsmen in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday, said those calling for Adeboye’s suspension for not taking …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said nobody can intimidate him to change his stand that Rivers is a Christian state. This is as he praised the Christian Community of the state for standing firm to “defeat the forces of democratic darkness” during the March 9 governorship elections. He spoke …