June 29, 2022: 10:33 PM GST The first day of Eid al-Adha will begin on July 9 following the sighting of the crescent moon in Saudi Arabia at the Tamir observatory, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported citing the Kingdom’s Supreme Court. The five-day Muslim holiday of sacrifice falls
June 29, 2022 3 min read -news agency report Gov. Bello MatawalleBy Shuaib SadiqGov. Bello Matawalle on Tuesday signed the anti-banditry and other related offences bill into law. The law which comes into force with immediate effect, has death penalty for those found guilty of banditry and other related offences in Zamfara.Speaking shortly after signing the […]
June 29, 2022 2 min read ‘’Their concern is that Nigeria is strategic to the success of the initiative because once Nigeria was able to buy into it then all other African countries, especially those from Non Arabic speaking, will be on the same page -agency report The new initiative by the Saudi Arabia authority to […]
Teesta Setalvad, a rights activist fighting for scores of survivors and victims of India’s western state of Gujarat riots, speaks on phone during an interview with The Associated Press at her office in Mumbai, India, Sept. 7, 2015. Setalvad was arrested by the Gujarat state police’s anti-terrorism wing on Saturday, June 25, 2022, for allegedly […]
June 28, 2022 1 min read -agency report The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 10,487,972 as at 7 a.m. on Monday, June 27. The commission in its CVR weekly update, released in Abuja on Monday, also disclosed that 8,631,696 registrants had completed their […]
-english.alarabiya.net June 27, 2022: 03:09 PM GST A member of the moon sighting committee looks through a telescope to view the moon ahead of Ramadan to mark the beginning of the holy fasting month, near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 12, 2021. (File photo: Reuters) Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has called on all Muslims in the […]
June 27, 2022 2 min read -agency report Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, NAHCON Coordinator Madinah, on Sunday met with the Hajj 2022 pilgrims caterers to review their activities towards better services. This meeting involved staff of Feeding committee of NAHCON as well as caterers and their representatives in Madinah. Idris said that the meeting was to address
June 26, 2022 2 min read -agency report The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has sent a high level delegation to Saudi Arabia over the additional slots request for the 2022 Hajj operations. Already, NAHCON Commissioner for Operations Abdullahi Hardawa, has met with the Saudi Arabian deputy minister for Hajj and Umrah on the matter […]
it was fear of God that made him to return the money to the board’s official so that it could be returned to the owner June 25, 2022 1 min read –agency report The Police Command in Katsina State on Friday honoured a Constable, Nura Mande, who found and returned missing 800 dollars to its owner […]
June 25, 2022: 05:49 PM GST –agency report tougher justice was neededwill reconsider a 2004 decision to abolish capital punishment, the justice minister said on Saturday, after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the death penalty in connection with the cause of this week’s wildfires. Capital punishment was struck from the constitution in the early years […]