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The Chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission (TSC), Evangelist Joshua Olalekan Ifede, yesterday singled out female Muslim teachers who wore hijab for tongue-lashing. The Muslim women were among other teachers attending a promotion interview. He went ahead to order them to reduce their hijab to shoulder level otherwise they would not be interviewed.     Commenting on the incident, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), accused the chairman of religious profiling, provocative discrimination, power-drunkenness and abuse of office. MURIC’s comment was contained in a press statement issued by the director of the Islamic human rights organisation, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Friday, 16 th  April, 2021.   The statement reads:   “The chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission, Evangelist Joshua Olalekan Ifede, yesterday, Thursday 15 th  April, 2021, ordered female Muslim teachers who wore hijab to the venue of the promotion exercise to reduce their hijab to shoulder level

Some Nigerian newspapers yesterday published reports that the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami is on the watchlist of the United States. However, The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic human rights organisation, has described the report as fake news.     MURIC’s reaction was contained in a press release issued by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Wednesday, 14 th  April, 2021.     The statement reads:   “Our attention has been drawn to a trending report that Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy is on the United State’s watchlist for having links with terrorists.     “It is fake news. It is a lie from the pit of jahannam. It is a product of malice, envy and evil desire  concocted in the laboratory of the notorious ‘pull him down’ (PhD) syndrome. It exists only in the imagination of the authors of the evil plan. It will not stand the test of authenticity.     “Pantami is a honest, dillig

  Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, has confirmed the sighting of the moon signalling the beginning of Ramadan. In a live broadcast on Monday, Abubakar announced that the Ramadan fast will begin on Tuesday. He urged Muslims to ensure strict adherence to the COVID protocol during the Ramadan period.

Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have asked the Federal Government to honour its agreement with the union. They warned that should the government fail to honour its agreement in the next four weeks, they would be forced to declare another indefinite nationwide industrial action. President of NARD, Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, gave the warning on behalf of his colleagues when he featured as a guest on  Sunrise Daily  on Monday. “We have been given a leap of faith to believe in the system and we hope and pray that the system does not fail us,” he said during his appearance on the  Channels Television  breakfast programme. The doctor added, “If it fails us, we don’t have a choice but to call a meeting in the next four weeks, which is the timeline for this strike that we suspended. “If our demands are not met in four weeks’ time, I think it will go back to us going on indefinite strike again.” READ ALSO :  Resident Doctors Suspend Nationwide Strike Members of the