The fact that the current leadership of the NYSC is a Muslim is instructive in this case. The issue is not the faith of the agency instrumental to causing injury, stigma or discomfort to Muslims
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A statement by the Chairman of MMPN, Alhaji Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said the stakeholders in the fight against corruption in the country would brainstorm and come up with enduring way out of the doldrums
In a statement by Dr. Wole Abbas, the Chairman Planning Committee of MUSWEN third General Assembly, Babalola, who doubles as Deputy President General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and chairman of the Assembly, would be accompanied by the governors of the six states
This was sequel to series of petitions and counter petitions received by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and MUSWEN on the same matter
This was as the Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, observed that the parlous state of the economy and abject poverty, rather than religion is the major springboard of the Boko Haram terrorism
This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Ibadan by Alhaji Femi Abbas, a spokesperson for the Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria
The NSCIA said is particularly grieved that as at the last count no fewer than 808 lives of innocent Nigerians have been lost, while not less than 57 Nigerians have suffered life-threatening injuries
MURIC in a statement on Thursday by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, said it takes exception to the stand taken by the Christian Elders Forum
The statement said Babalola’s election was announced at the General Assembly/National Executive Council of the NSCIA meeting held on Saturday at Imaguero College, Benin, Edo State
The Federal Government had initially declared Tuesday and Wednesday as holiday
The Secretary-General of the council, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, in a statement on Sunday, said the council, under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, had enjoined all Muslims to look for the moon
Buratai said this when he met with a delegation from the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs at the Army Headquarters in Abuja
Abubakar, in a statement on Sunday by the NSCIA, expressed shock and sadness over the current outbreak of deadly violence in Zaria, Kaduna State involving the Nigerian Army and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, led by Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky
The Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the call in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos to condemn the recent kidnap of Sheikh Adam Idoko
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the development
Qasim said the meeting was attended by the principal officers of the Council and key Muslim leaders from across the states of the federation