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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced that it will begin the National Business Sample Census, 22 years after the last one. The exercise is recommended to take place every ten years. The Statistician-General of the Federation, Yemi Kale, made this known on Monday. According to the bureau, the exercise with the support of the World Bank will start on October 12 and end on December 12. The goals of the survey are: “To serve as a benchmark for updates of subsequent commercial and industrial sector Statistics, and to...

Islamic organization, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised the handlers of South-West security outfit, Amotekun, to recruit Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) members. MURIC Director, Ishaq Akintola, made the call in a statement on Monday. He said OPC was the only known group that confronted the military during the June 12 struggle. Akintola recalled that its leaders were incarcerated during the struggle for the actualization of Moshood Abiola’s “highjacked mandate”. He noted that OPC played an unforgettable role in bringing sanity to the South-West during the proliferation of armed robbery attacks...

I thank the Archdiocese of Delhi for taking this initiative to hold a joint interfaith meeting to uphold and support the International Day of the Girl. We, as Muslim community, wholeheartedly support this initiative. We support that our sisters and daughters must have the absolute right to be free from gender-based violence and harmful practices like deprivation of girls from education and employment. We reject and condemn inhuman practices like female foeticide, female infanticide, child marriage, female genital mutilation etc. which are all man-made aberrations, never sanctioned by God or...

CEO of EbonyLife Production Company, Mo Abudu we can confirm has secured another groundbreaking deal with Netflix after she signed a multi-title deal with the American video streaming giant. “The conversation started months ago, we have been talking about it for ages. But it’s the first of its type on the continent, it’s never been done,” Abudu told The Hollywood Reporter. Mo Abudu continued, “I pray there are many more , because it will be great to see so many more filmmakers and storytellers empowered on the continent, but we...

Saudi Arabia on last Tuesday said Muslims will be allowed to perform the smaller, year-round pilgrimage starting Oct. 4 as the kingdom gradually begins lifting restrictions that had been in place on Islam’s holiest site for the past seven months due to the coronavirus. State media reported the government plans to allow up to 6,000 visitors a day at the sprawling Grand Mosque in Mecca, which will be open to Saudi citizens and residents only during this first phase. Before visitors can enter the mosque to pray or perform the...

Civil servants have been warned by the Nigerian government against taking part in the planned nationwide strike by the organised labour. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and its affiliate unions said they would by Monday, September 28, embark on an indefinite strike over the recent increase in the prices of petrol and electricity tariff. However, in a statement issued on Saturday, the Head of Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, urged civil servants to ignore the strike directive by labour unions and be at...

2019 US government estimates placed the number of detainees at 3,000,000 The Chinese authorities have established nearly 400 internment camps in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, home to its Muslim Uighur minority, The Guardianreported, citing an Australian thinktank.According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) cited by the media outlet, some 380 camps have been identified since 2017, including 14 that are still under construction. According to The Guardian, the number of detention centers in Xinjiang, also known as East Turkestan, reported by ASPI has increased by at least 100 compared to previous investigations."The evidence in...

Saltley Stallions Women’s Football Club was started to give young Muslim women the chance to play the sport they love. Volunteers from the club transformed a derelict six-and-a-half-acre site after being granted a tenancy by Birmingham City Council. It provided a safe space for the women to play football as it was private. The club has brought in an experienced coach to make sure the women, who play twice a week, get the most out of their training. Coach Sabrina Dale said it was "probably the best group" she'd coached,...

THE Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, Kaduna State, has donated items, including mats and kettles, to a mosque situated on Fulani Road, Tudun-Wada, also within the metropolis, after the place of worship suffered a fire disaster. The General Overseer of the church, Pastor Yohanna Buru, who made the presentation of the items in company with other leaders and members of the church, said the donation was a gesture of love and compassion towards their Muslim friends and acquaintances. According to him, the gesture is necessary at...