Tag Archives: IMAM

Family of late Wa chief Imam finally accepts Bawumia’s GHS 20k donation

Family of the late Chief Imam of Wa, Imam. Dr Suleman H.M Bakuri, has made peace with Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia whose donation to the family was rejected following what has come to be described as a “mishap”. A mediation and reconciliation process led by the New Patriotic Party …

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National Chief Imam suspends P. A.

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, has suspended his Personal Assistant, Alhaji Khuzaimah Osman, from acting as an officer of his office. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Secretary to the Chief Imam Advisory Board, Alhaji Ali Kadiri-English, on Thursday, 17 September 2020. According to …

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Wife of Chief Imam murdered

The wife of the Chief Imam of Ayere community in Ijumu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State, Nigeria, Mrs. Yemisi Baderu, has reportedly been murdered. According to reports received from Kogi State, Nigeria, the woman was murdered with cutlass in the presence of her husband on Thursday night. The …

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Government’s special courtesy has touched my heart – National Chief Imam

The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has told an emotional story of how the government of Ghana extended an extraordinary courtesy to him which enabled him travel to Senegal for the funeral of the son of his teacher and mentor. Sheikh Ahmed Tijjanni Ibrahim Niass, who was Khalipha …

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Chief Imam’s son kills friend over mobile phone

    The son of the Chief Imam of Isale Oja community in Agege, Abdulrahman Olayiwola, has been arrested by Lagos state police for allegedly stabbing his friend, identified simply as Pelumi, to death during an argument over a stolen phone. According to police sources, Pelumi had given Mr Olayiwola …

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Imam who married a man charged

A Ugandan Imam who married man dressed as a woman has been arrested and charged. Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba was charged with having carnal knowledge with a person against the order of nature, according to Daily Monitor newspaper. His charge was read out at a magistrate court in Kayunga district in …

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Ugandan imam who ‘married man suspended’

A Ugandan imam who married a man thinking she was a woman has been suspended from his post, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports. Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba was shocked to discover some two weeks into his marriage that his hijab-wearing wife Swabullah Nabukeera was a man named Richard Tumushabe, the newspaper …

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PHOTOS: Imam arrested over $3Million fraud

The EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office has arrested one Mallam Abdulrashid Imam for defrauding one Arc. Mohammed Dewu, to the tune of over $3, 024, 000 (Three Million and Twenty Four Thousand United State Dollars). The arrest came as a result of a petition written by one Arc. Dewu who alledged …

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