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  A female Muslim student of the Online Distance Learning of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, had her niqab (veil) brutally pulled off from behind by an official of the institution on Wednesday, 17 th November, 2021. The incident occurred in public during the semester’s face-to-face interaction. Reacting to the incident, an Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on the Oyo State Government to set up a panel to investigate the matter.     MURIC made the demand in a brief statement issued on Thursday, 18 th  November, 2021 by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     The statement reads :   “A female Muslim student of the Online Distance Learning (ODL) of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, had her niqab (veil) brutally pulled off from behind by an official of the institution on Wednesday, 17 th  November, 2021. The incident occurred in public during the semester face-to-face in

  Twenty two (22) unarmed Muslim travellers were killed by a Christian militia group at Rukaba, Jos, Plateau State on Saturday, 14 th  August, 2021. The swift response of security agents led to the arrest of six of the attackers at the scene. Meanwhile the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called for the immediate rounding up of all members of the Christian militia in Jos.     MURIC made the call in a statement issued on Saturday evening, 14 th  August, 2021. The statement was signed by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     “Twenty two (22) unarmed Muslim travellers were brutally killed by a Christian militia group at Rukaba, Jos, Plateau State, today, Saturday, 14 th  August, 2021. The attack began around 9.28 am. The Muslims had attended the annual dhikr prayer in Bauchi State and they were returning to Ikare, Ondo State when they were waylaid by the notorious Irigwe Christian militia.       “The unarmed Muslims who were in a convoy of five buses were forced to disembar

Nigeria’s Muslim human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has reacted to a recent statement issued by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in which it called for a Christian president for Nigeria by 2023. MURIC said while it is not opposed to the idea of a Christian president for Nigeria, CAN must wait for its turn.     MURIC spoke via its director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday, 2 nd  August, 2023. The full statement reads:     “The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) last week demanded a Christian president come 2023 (https://thenationonlineng.net/2023-can-pushes-for-christian-president/). But we believe that it is not yet the turn of a Christian to be the president of Nigeria if we want to go by mathematical exactitude from the time Nigeria began civil rule in 1999.     “Chief Mathew Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo, a Christian, spent eight (8) years as president (1999 – 2007). Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan also spent five (5) years (5 th May, 2010 – 2

The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, yesterday refuted the report making the rounds that it compared Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho. Thereafter, Nigeria’s Muslim human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), appealed for calm.     MURIC’s appeal was issued on Tuesday, 28 th  July, 2021 by the director of the organisation, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     The statement reads:   “The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has refuted the report that it compared Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho ( https://emporiumreporters.com.ng/we-never-liken-igboho-to-prophet-muhammad-afenifere/) . Although the report generated a lot of tension as it angered millions of Muslim faithfuls in the country, we are appealing to Muslims nationwide, particularly Muslim youths to consider the refutal as a retraction and to accept it in good faith.     “In a new statement released yesterday, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jar

Nigeria’s Muslim human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has demanded unreserved apology from Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural group,  comparing Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Igboho, to Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Afenifere had compared Igboho’s current travail in Benin Republic to that of Prophet Muhammad in Madinah.     In a press release issued by the director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the human rights group said Afenifere’s statement was not only sacriledgious but outrageous and audacious. MURIC advised Afenifere to compare Igboho to any of the Yoruba heroes if they must idolise him.     The statement reads:   “Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has compared Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Igboho, to Prophet Muhammad. This is totally unacceptable. It is not only sacriledgious but outrageous and audacious. Afenifere has manifested categorical desertification of discernibility coupled with an alarming height of tramadolised hero-worshipping. It is provocative, prepostero

The Power Apostolic Church International, Ojoo, Ibadan, Oyo State, is planning the official inauguration of the Yoruba Nation Christian Association (YORNCA). The event is billed to take place on Wednesday, 28 th  July, 2021.     However, the Nigerian Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has kicked against the inauguration. According to MURIC, such an act will give the impression that the agitation for the establishment of a Yoruba nation is a Christian agenda. MURIC therefore called on leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Yorubaland to prevail on the leadership of the Power Apostolic Church International to shelve the inauguration plan.     A statement signed by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Monday, 26 th  July, 2021, described the inauguration plan as reckless, immature and an attempt to put the cart before the horse.     The press release reads:   “The inauguration of a certain group to be called the Yoruba Nation

An Islamic human rights outfit, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has debunked the claim made by the Governor of Oyo State, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, that Bodija Mosque was built on part of the land earmarked for the recreation centre. MURIC asserted that this was not true because Bodija Muslims bought the land on which the mosque was built.     MURIC’s statement which was signed by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, was issued on Monday, 19 th July, 2021.     “Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State yesterday reacted to our allegation that he commandeered the Muslim praying ground situated at Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State. Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the governor claimed that ‘Part of the land which was designed as a recreation centre since the creation of Bodija Estate was used to build a mosque and a church’.     “This is a blatant lie. The governor has made it look as if Oyo State government gave the Muslims the parcel of land on which Bodija mosque was

The Governor of Oyo State, Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde, has reportedly earmarked the Muslim ‘Id praying ground situated at Bodija, Ibadan, for the construction of a recreation centre.     However, an Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has stepped into the matter. In a press release captioned ‘Has Makinde Seized Bodija Muslim Praying Ground?’, the human rights group sought to know the true position of things and asked Governor Makinde to clarify his government’s stand. The statement was circulated to pressmen on Saturday, 17 th July, 2021 by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     MURIC said, “Reports reaching us indicate that the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has allocated the Muslim ‘Id praying ground situated at Bodija, Ibadan, for the construction of a recreation centre. As a human rights group dedicated to the promotion, projection and protection of Allah-given fundamental human rights of Muslims, it is natural that we will be worrie

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to the Lagos State Examinations Board to shift one of the dates of its Entrance Examination into Lagos State Model Colleges which falls on 19 th  July, 2021. The group argues that 19 th  or 20 th  July are still being considered for the Muslim festival of Id Al-Adha while neither date has been confirmed.     The appeal was contained in a statement issued by the director of the organisation, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     The statement reads:   “T he Lagos State Examinations Board has set aside 15th – 17th and 19th July, 2021 for the conduct of Year 2021 CBT-based Screening Test Entrance Examination into Lagos State Model Colleges. Coincidentally, the Muslim festival of Id Al-Adha is being speculated to hold on 19 th or 20 th  July, 2021. This has raised tension among Muslims in the state who have called our attention to the likelihood of a clash between the examination and their festival.     “From the look of things, 19 th  July, 2021 will

An elderly man, Alhaji Moshood Salahudeen, was killed while 14 other Muslims sustained gunshot and cutlass-inflicted injuries on Sunday, 26 th  June, 2021 when masquerade (egungun) worshippers of the traditional religion attacked members of the Qamar ul-Islam Society who were holding a programme in front of their mosque at Oluode Aranyin, Ita Olookan area of Oshogbo, Osun State.     Meanwhile an Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has condemned the killing. The group described the killing as dastardly and called on the Commissioner of Police, Osun Police Command to fish out the killer and his accomplices.     MURIC made the demand in a statement circulated to the media on Tuesday, 29 th  June, 2021 by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     The statement reads:   “Egungun worshippers killed an elderly Muslim and wounded 14 others in Oshogbo on Sunday, 26 th  June, 2021. The Muslims were hoding a programme in front of their mosque, the Qamarudeen Ce

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has faulted the Federal Government offer on the increment of hazard allowance for health workers in the country, describing it as a joke. According to the association, the increment is nothing compared to the hazard faced by health workers in the country. The government had offered to increase the hazard allowance of N5000 for all health workers in its health establishments in the country by 350 percent and 600 percent for junior and senior workers respectively. The Federal Government also agreed to increase the retirement age of doctors and other health workers from 60 to 65 years and 70 years for Consultants. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, announced these on Tuesday night after a meeting between the Federal Government and representatives of all the professional bodies and unions in the health sector. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Deputy Director (Press and Public Relations) in the Ministry of Labour and Employ

  An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, to investigate the circumstances that led a Muslim parent to withdraw his daughter from the school after a teacher allegedly harassed the girl.     MURIC’s request was made by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Wednesday, 26 th  May, 2021.     MURIC said, “One of the teachers of the Obafemi Awolowo International School (OAUIS), Mrs. Adeyemo, has allegedly harassed a female Muslim student of the school. The intimidation has made the girl’s parents to withdraw her from the school.     “The girl who was in the habit of using her hijab from home and removing it at the school’s gate (since hijab is not allowed by the school’s authorities) was harassed by Mrs. Adeyemo. Although the girl had removed her hijab as usual at the school’s gate, the teacher still confronted her after she entered the school claiming that she had seen the girl in