Tag: islam

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Adebayo EmuleomoAugust 23, 2016

The YNaija Tracklist: 8 people killed for blasphemy in Zamfara | ‘Buhari’ dog owner is now in prison | 1,500 drunk Americans wash up in Canada | More

From the papers- a tracklist 8 people killed in Zamfara for blasphemy against Islam- YNaija Good news as no reported ...

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Isime EseneAugust 23, 2016

Aminu Tambuwal: As John Kerry arrives Nigeria

Nigeria, and particularly our state, Sokoto, will this week host the Secretary of State of the USA, John Kerry, on ...

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Mazi EmekaAugust 14, 2016

‘I’ve never heard of Christian terrorists’ – Sultan of Sokoto

The Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar III has stated that hijab wearing for female Muslims is not a privilege but a ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoAugust 8, 2016

Opinion: The government’s needless forex policy for pilgrims

With regard to federal government’s decision of August 4, 2016, instructing Nigerian banks to provide forex to the country’s intending ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoAugust 7, 2016

Opinion: How Christianity and Islam is ruining Nigeria

by Oyeniran Abioje Nigeria has four principal enemies: egocentricism, Christianity, Islam, and ethnicism. Those are the obstacles blocking Nigeria’s way to ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaAugust 1, 2016

Don’t equate Islam with violence – Pope Francis

The Pontiff, Pope Francis has said that Islam can not be equated with violence and warned that European nations were pushing ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 12, 2016

Opinion: Feel free to slaughter me like a chicken

by ‘Káyọ̀dé Oyèró And Kpeti’s great household is no more, Only the broken fence stands; And those who dared not ...

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Mazi EmekaJuly 4, 2016

‘If a Hausa man is appointed, we call it ‘Northernisation’ – Sultan of Sokoto

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Sunday, warned Nigerians against attributing all acts of violence to religion. ...

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Isime EseneJune 17, 2016

Kikiowo Ileowo: Much ado about hijab in the State of Osun

by Kikiowo Ileowo Much has been said in recent times about the wearing of Hijab and Church robes to school ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 16, 2016

Opinion: Taking extremism out of Islam

by Victor Terhemba If it has to do with religion I’m always careful not to lend a voice because many ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 13, 2016

Osun: DSS wades into potential hijab conflict

As the hijab crisis in Osun state continues to deepen, the Department of State Services has invited religious leaders in ...

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Mazi EmekaJune 9, 2016

Osun: Christian pupils to wear choir robes if Muslims wear hijabs

The Christian Association of Nigeria, on Wednesday, vowed to issue a directive to Christian schools in Osun state, instructing the pupils ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 7, 2016

Opinion: A guide to Ramadan, the Islamic holy month

By Usama Dandare As the holy month of Ramadan begins yesterday, Muslims all over the world embarks on a 29-30 ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 6, 2016

The Stuff : Killing goliaths, dumb politicians and Ali’s oversized life

The Nigerian government remained the heavyweight champion of the world this week, knocking out jobs, power and affordable fuel. Diesel ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 28, 2016

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

Here are top five stories to monitor today. 1) VP Osinbajo media forum Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, met ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 23, 2016

Letter: How Islam views ‘global peace’

by Michael Olusegun Olayanju After reading the piece by Muhammad Sidq Isa in Daily Trust of April 1st 2016 titled ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 22, 2016

APC’s Senator Shehu Sani loses mum

The senator representing Kaduna Central in the House of Assembly, Shehu Sani has lost his mother. She died on Saturday, ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 2, 2016

Sultan of Sokoto reacts to Fulani herdsmen attacks (READ)

An Islamic organisation led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar has decried the continued killing and destruction of lives ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 30, 2016

‘El-Zakzaky’s teachings caused Zaria massacre’ – Shi’a Muslims

A Shi’a Islamic organization, the Rasulul A’Azam Foundation (RAAF), has described as untrue the insinuation in some quarters that all ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 27, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: The road to Kigali and Buhari’s Fulani herdsmen

In 1994 almost one million Tutsis were murdered in cold blood in the space of one month by members of ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 17, 2016

‘Boko Haram can no longer hold any territory in Nigeria’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, stated that terrorist group, Boko Haram, has been largely degraded hence it is impossible for ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 15, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: The outlaws of Islam and the troublers of humanity

“In the name of God the Great we shall kill, slaughter and drain the blood of every single unbeliever, every ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoApril 4, 2016

‘We have no connection with Boko Haram’ – Nigerian Shiites

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria has lambasted the alleged intelligence report gathered by the Nigerian Army linking the religious group ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 15, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Donald Trump, Islam and the US presidential election

American politics and politicians fascinate me in the same way that their history does. From the days of their great ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 8, 2016

Opinion: Islamic radicalisation and the cowards of faith

Religion is one of the greatest institutions created by man. For instance, Islam is defined as a “religion of peace” ...

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Mazi EmekaMarch 7, 2016

Forceful conversion of Christian girls to Islam ‘occurs regularly’ – CAN

Following the nationwide outcry over the abduction of 14-year-old Ese Oruru, the Kano State Chairman of the the Christian Association ...

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Mazi EmekaMarch 5, 2016

In Zaria, another teenage girl ‘forced into marriage, converted to Islam’ (READ)

Following the public outcry over the alleged abduction of Ese Oruru, a Zaria based Igbo couple, Ndubuisi and Agnes Nich­odemus ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 4, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Agatu massacre, Ese Oruru’s abduction and the threat to Christianity in Nigeria

The recent weeks have been tough for Nigeria and Nigerians. With the strangest of shameful news making the headlines and ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 4, 2016

Opinion: Ese Oruru and the victimization of Islam and the North

There is a usually predictable, almost robotic, pattern of reaction to any story in which an individual or a group from ...

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Op-Ed EditorMarch 1, 2016

Femi Fani-Kayode: Agatu killings, Ese Oruru kidnap and the signs that vindicate Fayose

“We have all summoned courage. They have deceived us to take our inheritance. We are going to get our inheritance ...

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