Kano State Government through Hisbah (Sharia police), on Wednesday, confirmed that it has procured a set of furniture, food items, as well as clothing materials for N1,800 intending couples under its mass wedding scheme with over N800 million as budget. Commissioner for Information, Halilu Baba Dantiye confirmed to the Guardian that the mass wedding ceremony was part of the state palliative initiative. He hinted that a plan was underway to unveil the distribution of grains to the less privileged amid criticism on how interventions that were meant to cushion the impact of the removal of fuel subsidy was converted to fund mass wedding.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has sympathized with the Muslims following the tragic collapse of a section of the historic Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna State while observing Friday's prayers session at about 4 pm leading to the death of 10 people. In a statement on Saturday, CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, sympathized with the families who lost loved ones in the unfortunate incident and prayed for the quick recovery of the injured.“In this moment of sorrow, we stand united as one people, acknowledging the importance of mutual respect, understanding, and peaceful coexistence among the various religious communities in Nigeria. Tragedies such as this remind us of our shared humanity and the need for solidarity during times of crisis.“We commend the swift response of the relevant authorities and emergency services in rescuing survivors and providing necessary medical attention.

Pope Francis has condemned in totality the desecration of the holy Qur’an(Muslim holy book) recently in Stockholm when two men dares the Muslim world through burning of the holy book. Pope in his statement through a local media today said, “I feel angry and disgusted by these actions”. “Any book considered holy must be respected out of respect for those who believe in it, and freedom of expression should never be used as an excuse to despise others,” he added. “Allowing this is rejected and condemned,” the pope said. 

The Saudi Arabian government has apologised to Nigerian pilgrims over its inability to meet up with required number of tents to accommodate the 95,000 Nigerian pilgrims at Mina. It was learned that some Nigerians could not be accommodated under the tents that were provided by the agency for the pilgrims yesterday when they visited Mina for a holy ritual. The agency, Muttawwif of Africa and non-Arabs, later made an adhoc arrangement that 10,000 Nigerian pilgrims were relocated to a tent that were mend for Turkish pilgrims to ease their hardship under the scotching sun.

The Federal Government (FG) has declared June 28, Wednesday and June 29, 2023, Thursday as public holidays in celebration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration which was disclosed on Monday in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade.

The Federal Government has declared Friday and Monday as public holidays for Muslims in the country to celebrate the end of Ramadan fasting. The announcement was contained in a statement by Shuaib Belgore, permanent secretary in the Ministry of the Interior. Belgore said Rauf Aregbesola, the minister of interior, made the announcement on Wednesday.