Tag Archives: ISLAMIC

Former Stanbic Bank chief makes strong case for Islamic banking Renowned economist and banker, Alhaji Alhassan Andani has reiterated the importance of Muslims practicalising their faith in all aspects of their lives. The one-time CEO of Stanbic Bank Ghana stressed that an important part of manifesting the Islamic faith is …

More than 12 million Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic to work as slaves between 1515 and the mid-19th Century. Some two million of the enslaved men, women and children died on their way to the Americas. The slave trade began after the Portuguese started their exploration of the …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday, 19 March 2022 joined leadership of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa, from Ghana and Nigeria, at Aplaku, Accra, to open Ghana’s first Islamic Nursing Training College. Speaking at the ceremony, Dr Bawumia said despite the existence of over 90 public nursing training colleges …

The sex tape of Alhaja Kafilat Rufai a.k.a Alhaja Kaola, a popular radio presenter and founder of Kaola Communications and Kaola Travel and Tours has been shared online. Alhaja Kaola who presents the Islamic program ‘Albayan with Alhaja Kaola’ on Fresh FM, Ibadan, was seen in the viral video, giving …

Religious police in the Nigerian city of Kano crushed and burned almost 4 million bottles of confiscated beer in what officials said was one of their largest hauls in their efforts to clamp down on alcohol, BBC reported. Bulldozers were used to crush the bottles in the full glare of …

A Ghanaian has been arrested along with other African recruits in the ranks of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant – Libya (ISIL-Libya), according to a recent report. The report dated February 3, 2022 was the 29th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team on the Islamic …

Popular Ghanaian Islamic Cleric, Numerologist and Philosopher, Mallam Sham-una Uztaz Jibril, has dropped a hint of the next West African country to witness a coup d’etat after Burkina Faso. Though he would not mention the name of the country directly, his explanation suggests it is a francophone country that has …

The leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in an overnight US special forces raid in north-west Syria, President Joe Biden says. Mr Biden said the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had “removed a major terrorist threat to the world”. Qurayshi detonated a bomb that killed …

Seasoned Journalist, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has sent a word of caution to the security services in Ghana to be on guard as some African countries experience coup d’états. Commenting on the military takeover in Burkina Faso on Monday resulting in the overthrow of President Roch Kaboré, Mr. Pratt admonished the security …

The Katsina State Police Command says three members of the Hakika Islamic sect have been arrested for conspiring and jointly having carnal knowledge of a married woman under the guise of indoctrinating her into their sect. The Hakika sect has allegedly been recruiting and indoctrinating adherents into their radical teachings …