In the Qur’an, a mysterious figure, known as Khidr in Islamic tradition, kills a boy in an apparently random and gratuitous attack. He then explains: “And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief. So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.” (18:80-81) And according to Islamic law, “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father or mother (or their fathers…
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The Federal Government has set aside September 15, 2022 as a day to honour Oluwatobiloba Amusan and others for their exploits at the just concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.Team Nigeria won a total of 35 medals – 12 gold, 9 silver, and 14 bronze- to finish 7th on the medals table, a feat which made them the best team on the continent of Africa. And to honour this great feat of theirs which is Nigeria’s best since 1950, the President Muhammadu Buhari government have planned an honorary event for them which will hold in Abuja.Speaking on the development, Sports Minister,…
2023 election results will be collated manually – INECAIF Media first raised the alarm over the demotion of the INEC ICT Director, Engr Chidi Nwafor.He is the brain behind the development of BVAS to eliminate rigging.The Ogas are not happy with him because it was BVAS that stopped the rigging of Osun election. Without the BVAS, Osun state would have been taken but Chidi Nwafor’s electoral invention, the votes were counted and true winner announced.They got angry with him and demoted him from INEC ICT Director at Abuja Headquarters to INEC Enugu state Administrative Secretary. They were so furious that…
A disheartening video involving a groom and his bride on their wedding day has surfaced online and by extension triggered several reactions among internet users. In the clip that surfaced online, the bride died beside her husband on their wedding day, a situation that caused uproar among the guest present at the wedding As it’s been observed in the video, the groom sat beside her bride while others watched on from their sitting position and the wedding continues. The video also portrays that the wedding took place in a foreign country closely look like an Arabic community wedding.As the wedding…
Two yahoo boys apprehended for killing their friend for being richer than them in Osun State A young man identified as Wasiu has been m¥rdered by his close associates in Modakeke, Osun State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday, August 14, 2022. According to a source, “They were four of them who committed the act but two escaped. The suspects were arrested after some farmers who witnessed the crime quickly reported to the police. During interrogation, it was discovered that the yet-to-be identified suspects, lured the deceased to the bush under the guise of seeking spiritual help…
The Leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has again declared his support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 elections, Peter Obi.Chief Adebanjo made his position known in an interview he granted Sunday Sun on the 2023 general election in Nigeria. He restated his support for Obi over the candidates of the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar.Offering reasons for his decision, he told Sunday Sun: “I still stand firm on the position of Afenifere on power rotation.“The South West has had its own fair…
Publisher of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu, has informed presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP) Peter Obi that trolls believed to be his supporters attacked him online.The media mogul reported members of the Obidient movement to Obi when they met at a recent public event. The politicians shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. When the former Anambra governor asked what he’s been up to, Momodu said he’s cruising online with ‘small boys’.Out of curiousity, Obi probed to know who he was referring to and the businessman clarified that it was Obi’s ‘guys’ who were insulting him online. However, the LP candidate,…
A 37-year-old farmer cum okada rider, Adekunle Olarinde, is currently in police net for writing a letter to a university and a bank indicating the intention of his kidnap gang to strike except ransom was paid. He has told detectives that he wrote and included in the threat letter the phone number of another okada rider, Azeez Mufutau, to get him into police net so that he would stop demanding for the N20,000 he (Olarinde) was owing him.Olarinde was on Monday shown to journalists at a press briefing after his arrest by the Oyo State Police Command’s Monitoring Unit last…
Nephew to the founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, Daysman has broken his silence regarding his much talked about suspension from official roles in the church.Recall that earlier in August, Oyakhilome had suspended Daysman from office on the grounds of misconduct.The founder, while silent on Daysman offence, announced during a church service that he would be on “spiritual rehabilitation” following his suspending. The cleric had said, “Now, for the loveworld Next and Loveworld Innovations which are part of our youth organizations, the one who has been president of Loveworld next and Loveworld Innovations, Daysman Oyakhilome Woghiren is hereby removed…
A youthful Nigerian man has shared a video where his sweetheart continued crying as he was preparing to get a trip to Dubai The woman who had zero control over her tears clutched her man as the sweetheart continued to pet all her calmMany individuals expressed blended responses to the video as some told him not to break his girlfriend’s heartA short emotional video has shown the moment a lady could not hold back her tears as her man was about leaving for abroad. In the clip, the man held her tight, putting her head on chest. It was such…