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Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State has called on the Muslim faithful in the state to use the occasion of this year's Eid-el-Kabir celebration to renew their spirit of obedience to the will of Allah.
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has identified peace and unity as a major ingredient needed for the survival of the nation.
AS Muslims in Nigeria join their counterparts around the world to celebrate this year's Eid-el-Kabir today, eminent Nigerian Christian leaders have called on Nigerians to show more love for one another and continue on the path of peace.
GOVERNOR Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State has commended Muslims in the state for their peacefulness and industry in the development in the state.
Governor, Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged Muslims to pray for the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua.
Celebrated music preacher Pastor Wilson Bugembe, will tonight host worshippers in a night-long worship gathering under the dub Worship Night '09. The night, which has previously attracted a mammoth crowd, mostly of the born-again, is bringing together a number of names in the gospel music circles as well as top church choirs.
Some Muslims have differed with Chief Kadhi Hammad Kassim's communication to celebrate Idd-Ul-Adha on Friday.
THE Mufti, Sheik Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje, has warned Muslims against celebrating Idd al-Adha in a manner which violates Islamic principles.
Over 11 million people are displaced by conflict and climate change-related natural disasters in Africa every year according to Afrian Union convention on internally displaced persons.
A new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed that poor women especially in Africa will be hardest hit by climate change because they are the poorest but also adds that they hold the key to climate change solutions.
A HIV testing drive is on to fight Aids in which more than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign launched on Monday.
The Church in the Sudan has appealed to its counterparts elsewhere in the world to support it on the country's Darfur crisis issue.
Ministers at a World Trade Organisation gathering in Geneva next week seeking new ways of alleviating poverty and generating growth are being called upon by faith groups to respect the right to food as enshrined in human rights declarations. Activists opposed to greedy capitalism are to protest in the streets of Geneva on 28 November but the organizers have said the demonstrations will be peaceful ...
CRISIS is brewing in the Catholic Diocese of Benin as some Reverend Fathers are set for a show down with a top priest (names withheld) in the Diocese, who is acting on behalf of the Bishop of the diocese, Bishop Richard Burk, currently being investigated by the Vatican.
The Governor of Imo State, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim has commended Muslims in the state for their peaceful disposition and industry, which he said has enhanced the development of the state.
A Catholic Archbishop, Most Reverend John Onaiyekan has underscored value re-orientation among politicians in the country as the key to achieving good governance and sustainable development in Nigeria.
Budding middleweight boxer Ramadhani Kido will face Kaminja Ramadhan in a non -title bout that will be held at AMREF Mwananyamala Youth Centre on Saturday.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's wife, Turai, left for Saudi Arabia with some family members yesterday to perform the Hajj. THISDAY learnt that the First Lady spent most of yesterday with the husband who has undergone medical tests at an unnamed hospital in Jeddah.
THE General Overseer Of Mount Zion Faith Global Liberation Ministries incorporated A.K.A. By Fire By Fire, Pastor Abraham Chris Udeh has prophesied of imminent blood bath against the Igbo race during which he saw blood flowing like a river from the north to the east, advising the Igbo to embark on serious prayers with delay so as to allow God take absolute control of the whole plot.
The National Hajj Commission ofNigeria (NAHCON) has directed all states pilgrims welfare boards to provide three free meals for their Pilgrims while in Muna and Arafat.
Members of the worldwide Rosicrucian Order (AMORC) in Nigeria will on Saturday, November 21, 2009, converge on the main bowl of the Cross River State Cultural Centre Complex, Calabar for a seminar in honour of Dr. H. Spencer Lewis.
In the spirit of the Eid-El-Kabir celebration, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole, has charged muslim faithful to concentrate on their steadfastness to God rather than gaining pleasures of this world and losing Aljannah.
Over four million pilgrims will gather today to observe one of the most significant rites of Hajj, Arafat, which is very important in the life of every pilgrim who wishes to have a complete and acceptable Hajj.
A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Harsanu Guyaba, has called on the state government to probe the scarcity of accommodation being faced by pilgrims from the state at this year's Hajj.
A large number of Muslims spoken to in the Federal Capital Territory yesterday complained that they have no money to buy rams for this year's Sallah festival.
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