Leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said he built a mosque and named it after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mother following divine instruction. The newly built mosque in Oke-Afa, Lagos, named Abibatu Mogaji, the late Tinubu’s mother was unveiled on February 14 during Ayodele’s annual thanksgiving programme, which attracted political,…
A suspected Boko Haram operative, Ibrahim Mohammed, has confessed that he was paid N100,000 to bomb a mosque with its worshippers in Maiduguri, Borno State. The confession was disclosed on Wednesday by counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama on his X handle. According to Makama, security sources revealed to him that troops of Operation Hadin Kai arrested…
A mistake by Google Maps, naming a mosque in Konya, Turkey, after Nigerian footballer, Victor Osimhen, has sparked controversy among locals. The outrage was said to have started after a mosque in Konya, Turkey, was mistakenly listed on Google Maps as “Victor Osimhen Mosque.” This enraged worshippers who wondered why the Bulut Mosque was mistakenly…
Comrade M. B. Muhammad, one of the victims who was abducted from a Kaduna-bound train in 2021, has narrated his encounter with one of his kidnappers at a mosque in Kaduna State. According to him, the encounter happened a few days ago when he stopped at a Shema Mosque near Bakin Ruwa Junction in Rigasa…
A 52-year -old man, identified as Salihu Byezhe, has reportedly slumped during Subhi prayers and died at Gudaba village in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A resident of Gudaba, Musa Dantani, said the incident happened on Thursday when Byezhe went to observe Subhi (early morning prayers) at the community’s mosque. He…
Armed bandits led by notorious gunman, Bello Turji, has launched a violent attack on a mosque in the Shanawa community, Zamfara State, abducting score of worshippers during the operation. As gathered, the bandits stormed Shanawa community during the last prayer session for the day, Isha Solaat, Wednesday, leaving many worshippers injured and kidnapping several others….
