2024

By Ajape Sefiu A. Adiba Hayah, a Muslim woman, has taken to TikTok to voice her fury and dismay over Nollywood actress Nancy Isime’s use of the Niqob in an upcoming film project. Nancy posted pictures from the project on Instagram,…

By Ajape Sefiu A. The Ta'awunu Human Rights Initiative, THURIST, has shown dissatisfaction over a movie directed by actress Nancy Isime for depicting women in veils and Niqobs as armed robbers. THURIST claims that the movie in question…

The Katsina government has constituted a seven-member committee to investigate alleged torture against personnel of the state’s Hisbah Board. This is coming against the backdrop of a viral video allegedly showing personnel of the board…

No less than 300 indigents have benefited from zakat proceed of N130 million disbursed by Nasrullahi -l- Fatih (NASFAT) Agency for Zakat and Sadaqat (NAZAS), a body responsible for collection and distribution of Zakat. The disbursement…

The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board's computer-based test for the recruitment of teachers into primary schools in the state commenced on Monday, July 22, and continues on Friday, July 26, 2024. However, Muslim applicants from…

Israel, on Monday, confirmed the deaths of two hostages seized by the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, during the Oct. 7 attacks, including a prominent Polish-Israeli historian. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said in a statement that…

Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the targeting of Al-Razi School, which belongs to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, as well as the targeting of the Attar area in…

The ban on French women athletes wearing hijab at the Paris Olympic Games exposes the “discriminatory hypocrisy” of French authorities and the “craven weakness” of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Amnesty International said on…

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has applauded the Lagos Federal High Court for dismissing the suit seeking the removal of Arabic inscriptions from the naira notes. In a lawsuit filed by Barrister Malcolm Omirhobo to challenge Arabic…

The Federal High Court in Lagos dismissed a suit on Tuesday, seeking that the Arabic inscriptions on naira notes be removed. Justice Yellin Bogoro declared that the Lagos-based lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, who filed the suit, failed…