The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has announced the appointment of Ibadan-based cleric Sheikh Isa Akindele as the new Vice President. This was contained a statement dated May 11, 2025, and signed by Nafiu Baba-Ahmad, mni, Secretary General Read more…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has opened a seven-year N300 billion forward Ijarah (lease) Sukuk at a “rental rate” of 19.75 percent per annum. Patience Oniha, director-general of the DMO, announced the offer on Monday during an investor meeting for Read more…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it has completed the airlift of intending pilgrims from Kogi, Oyo, Imo and Abia states. In a statement issued on Monday, Fatima Usara, NAHCON’s assistant director of information and publication, said the Read more…
In a landmark effort to improve the quality of Arabic language education in Nigeria’s insurgency-affected North East, the Nigeria Arabic Language Village, Ngala, in partnership with the North East Development Commission (NEDC), has officially commenced a two-week intensive “Train-the-Trainers” workshop Read more…
The Presidency for Religious Affairs during the launch of the Hajj Operations 1446 displayed a total of 10 Imams (not 11) at Masjid An Nabawi confirming the departure of Sheikh Ahmed. Masjid An Nabawi, (‘Mosque of the Prophet’) is the second Read more…
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has appointed its Vice President, Sheikh Dr Bashir Aliyu Umar, as the new President of the Council following the death of its former leader, Sheikh Abdul Rasheed Hadiyatullah. The announcement was made Read more…
The President, Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria, Sheikh Abdulrosheed Hadiyyatullah died on Monday, 28th of April, at the age of eighty-one was buried in his hometown in Iwo in Osun State. A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Read more…
Saudi Arabia will prohibit entry into Makkah or remaining in the city for anyone holding a visa other than a Hajj visa starting April 29. Expatriates, without a valid permit, will also be banned from entering Makkah from April 23. Read more…
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has congratulated an Ilorin-based prominent legal practitioner, Prof. Yusuf Olaolu Ali, SAN, on his turbaning as the first Kuliya Ngeri of Ilorin on Friday, April 11th 2025 Read more…
