As the 2009 hajj operation continues, President Umaru Musa Yar'adua has commended the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola over the successful coordination of Lagos State pilgrims through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos,
Vice President Mr. John Dramani Mahama has said that plans are afoot by the government to freely airlift 400 poor Muslim pilgrims nationwide to Mecca this year.
WASHINGTON DC, November 6, 2009 ( CISA)- Botswana has been ranked the most peaceful nation in Sub-Saharan Africa followed by Malawi during a Global Symposium of Peaceful Nations in Washington DC, USA.
The Catholic Church yesterday denounced domestic violence and vowed to fight it from the village level.
Christians of the SS Peter and Paul Anglophone sociological Parish, Simbock in Yaounde have started mobilisation ahead of a grand harvest set for December 6, 2009.
The first batch of Gambia Pilgrims who should join the rest of the Muslim world to perform the Hajj in the Holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia to fulfill the fifth pillar of Islamic has suffered delay.
Campaigners on HIV and AIDS have welcomed a decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to remove entry restrictions to the United States based on HIV status and have called on other nations with similar policies to follow his example.
The Aworowa branch of the Apostles' Continuation Church International has celebrated its Silver Jubilee Anniversary.
Two priests of the Diocese of Egbu, Anglican Communion, who allegedly "absconded from their duty posts in search of greener pastures", have been dismissed as Anglican priests and their licences withdrawn.
About 180 intending Muslim Pilgrims from Nasarawa State are now stranded at the NYSC Camp in Keffi venue of the transit camp for this year's hajj while three others have died.
A pilgrim from Sokoto State and popular lawyer in the state, Barrister AbdulQadir Ibrahim Imam died Monday in Saudi Arabia a few days after arriving there for the pilgrimage.
The impact of Hajj on the conduct of pilgrims in their post-pilgrimage life was the major talking point of a 2-day seminar organized by the Bauchi State Agency for Societal Reorientation, Gyara Kayanka, for this year's intending pilgrims from the state, Saturday and Sunday, October 31 and November 1 respectively.
IRONICALLY, many people often view the Israeli-Palestinian crisis through the lenses of religion-Islam versus Christianity.
MITYANA Diocese Bishop Stephen Kazimba has advised church leaders to use technology to spread the gospel.
Muslim and Christian leaders meeting in Mombasa on Thursday failed to break an impasse over the inclusion of kadhi's courts in a new constitution.
