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By admin  -  July 30, 2020 EID-EL-KABIR: OYO OPEN PRAYING GROUNDS, SAYS SOCIAL DISTANCING COMPULSORY …FAITHFUL MUST OBSERVE ALL COVID-19 PROTOCOLS — GOVT The Oyo State Government, on Thursday, said Muslim Praying Grounds across the state will be opened for the 2020 Eid-el-Kabir prayers, warning, however, that Muslim faithful must ensure strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols in the state. According to the government, it has become imperative for the sake of public health and wellbeing of all worshipers that the Eid prayers are conducted in strict compliance with the guidelines on prevention of COVID-19. The government urged the leadership of each praying ground in the state to ensure availability of hand wash points and compulsory use of nose masks. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that part of the protocols that must be observed during the Eid Adha festivity include observance of the social distancing rule...

AUTHOR: https://aibnetwork.blogspot.com/?m=1 JULY 30, 2020 9:23 AM Four out of the 50 people arrested in a nightclub in Ilorin, the Kwara capital, have tested positive for COVID-19. The club attendees were arrested in the early hours of July 18 by officials of the Kwara technical committee on COVID-19. They were quarantined and their samples were taken for COVID-19 test. Speaking to NAN on Wednesday in Ilorin, Femi Oladiji, chairman, medical advisory committee on COVID-19 in the state, said the affected persons had been contacted. “I have been formally informed that four persons have been confirmed to be COVID-19 positive and they have been informed based on the telephone numbers they submitted,” Oladiji said. “If you are told about your result, it is left for you to come or not. We can’t force you. There are so many people out there that are carriers. “If we had not gone to arrest them, they would have been going about their normal lives. “The best thing actually at this stage is prev...

By Ibrahim Agunbiade  30 th  July, 2020 The Director of Administration at the office of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaj Yusuf Nwoha, died yesterday. He was involved in a ghastly motor accident at Okene, Kogi State while on his way to Owerri to mark the Id Al-Kabiir. Two other people lost their lives in the accident.     The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described Yusuf Nwoha’s death as shocking and debilitating. MURIC spoke through its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, in a statement circulated to the media on Thursday, 30 th  July, 2020.     “The death of our highly respected and much beloved brother, Alhaj Yusuf Nwoha, was announced yesterday. He died in a motor accident which occurred at Okene. It is shocking, debilitating. We are devastated.     “An indigene of Owerri in Imo State, Yusuf graduated from Bayero University, Kano. He embraced Islam in the early 80s and has since been very passionate about...

By  Admin   -   July 29, 2020   Three robbery suspects were earlier today set ablazed by angry mob in Okeho, Kajola local government area of Oyo State after their 18-seater bus got involved in an accident. The robbers, who gained entrance into the bank with Ak47 and dynamite, were fleeing when they got involved in an accident. Reacting to occurrence, the Police Commissioner, in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Fadeyi Olugbenga, called for calm noting that the Police is already on the trail of those who are still on the run among the robbers. The statement read: “the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP. Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, psc wishes to state that today 29th July, 2020 at about 1658hrs, there was a bank robbery in which dare devil armed bandits who came with white 18-seater bus invaded First bank Okeho in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State with an intent to rob. “The armed robbers who gained entrance into the bank ...

A file photo of a police patrol van.   A robbery attack on a bullion van in Ebonyi State has led to the death of four policemen. The Ebonyi State Police Command confirmed the killing of the security officials on Wednesday, hours after the incident occurred. A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Loveth Odah, explained that the policemen were escorting the bullion van to one of the first-generation banks along Ogoja Road in Abakaliki, the state capital. She added that they were attacked and killed by suspected armed robbers along Ezzamgbo axis of the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway. According to the police public relations officer in Ebonyi, the driver of the van and other officers sustained various degrees of gunshot injuries during the encounter. She noted that the bullion van was trapped in traffic at Ezzamgbo around the flyover in the area which was still under construction. A map of Ebonyi, a state in south-east Nigeria.   Odah said ...

Social distancing, one of the safety guidelines for preventing the spread of COVID-19, was observed during the 2020 hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Hajj is a pilgrimage Muslim faithful across the world are expected to perform at least once in a lifetime.IJ In june, Saudi Arabia authorities had only those residing in the country will be allowed to perform 2020 hajj due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year, worshippers with face masks filed into the holy mosque in an orderly manner while social distancing was observed. Below are photos.