RELIGION

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has expressed readiness to organise a hitch free hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and Medinnah for the year, as the Muslim Umar were preparing to perform the 2024 Hajj rites. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Salau Babatunde, who dropped this …

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has commenced preparation for the 2024 Hajj exercise. A release signed by the Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Salau Dauda indicates that all intending pilgrims would pay the initial deposit of Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand naira only (N4,500,000) in …

LAGOS – Jimmy Odukoya, the offspring of the late pastor who co-founded the Fountain of Life Church in Ilupeju, Lagos, assumed the role of Senior Pastor on September 30, 2023, while his sister, Tolu Odukoya-Ijogun, was appointed as the associate senior pastor. The church installation ceremony took place at its …

LAGOS – The highly anticipated 4th edition of Standouts 2023, organized by the esteemed Man of God, Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 13, 2023, at the Oriental Hotel Grand Ball Hall, located along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Victoria Island, Lagos.            According to a press …

LAGOS – The first batch of Ogun pilgrims from Saudi Arabia returned to Nigeria, after the completion of hajj rites. The 382 pilgrims arrived at Muritala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos at exactly 2:12am Nigerian Time on Thursday, July 6, 2023, aboard Flynas Flight XY7602. Confirming the arrival, the Executive …

An urgent distress signal has been sent to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, pleading for immediate intervention in a critical situation involving approximately 2,000 Nigerian pilgrims stranded at Medinah Airport. These individuals accuse Arik Air, the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) Chairman, and the Association of Hajj and Umrah Nigeria (AHOUN) executives …

…Prioritize Loving Their Families With Kindness BY ABUSATAR HAMED ILARO-YEWA – The Chief Imam of Ilaro Central Mosque, Imam Tajudeen Mustapha-Adewunmi, has urged Muslim faithful to follow the example of Prophet Ibrahim in their family life.  The Islamic scholar stated this while delivering a sermon during the Eid-el-Kabir prayer on …

LAGOS – The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said that only God can stop the inauguration ceremony of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, 2023. Primate Ayodele stated this on Sunday, May 7, 2023 in …

BY ABUSATAR HAMED ILARO-YEWA – The Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewaland, Oba (Dr) Kehinde Gbadewole Olugbenle MFR has charged Nigerian youths not to allow social media to determine their thoughts or actions in the society. The first class traditional ruler made this statement on Friday, April 21, …

BY ABUSATAR HAMED ILARO-YEWA – The Muslim faithful have been advised not to go back to the bad deeds they rejected during the Ramadan fasting. Imam Tajudeen Mustapha-Adewunmi, the Chief Imam of Ilaro Central Mosque gave the advice in a sermon at the Ilaro Central Mosque praying ground, Oke-Ela, Ilaro-Yewa, …