The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the National Examinations Council (NECO) to move its exam scheduled for Saturday, July 9, as it clashed with the first day of eid-el-Adha (Sallah). MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made this request in a statement on Sunday. It is understood that NECO has scheduled Data Processing (Practical) from […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has raised an alarm that some staff of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are denying some Muslims the right to register for Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in some south western states. MURIC Director, Professor Isiaq Akintola, made this known while he delivered a speech in Ibadan on Sunday during a […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to avoid picking Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State as his running mate. The Islamic group in a statement signed by its Director-General, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, said Wike is one of […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged Tinubu to consult the ‘Noble Dozen’, before picking a running mate for the 2023 presidential election. It would be recalled that, Tinubu became the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, after he became victorious in the party’s presidential primaries at Eagles Square, Abuja on Wednesday. The Islamic […]
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Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has kicked against the decision made by the Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku, to appoint only Christians as principal officers of the Taraba State University (TSU). The Islamic rights group also questioned the Ishaku’s alleged lopsided appointments of permanent secretaries which, which according to them, favoured Christians only. MURIC, in […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has stated that God allowed the death of Dare, third son of Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to test the faith of his father and that of his church members. The group had said this in a message of condolence it sent to Pastor Adeboye, who is the General Overseer of the Redeemed […]
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Ishaq Akintola, director, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a living legend, and says it will be in the best interest of Nigeria for him to win his re-election bid in 2019. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Muslim cleric said Buhari is keen on the progress of Nigeria and […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) “change its tactics”, saying it will no longer take legal action against Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana over his controversial ‘This is Nigeria’ video. Recall that week, MURIC had issued the artiste a seven-day ultimatum for the withdrawal of the video and had also demanded an apology. In a statement issued on […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, to withdraw his ‘This is Nigeria’ video and apologise to Nigerians, or face legal action. In the recently released video, some girls dressed in hijab were seen dancing the “shaku shaku” dance. But MURIC, in a statement by Ishaq Akintola, its director, […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked Christian leaders in West Africa to counsel “their brothers in Christ” over the threat issued on the continued detention of Leah Sharibu, the Christian among the schoolgirls abducted in Dapchi, Yobe state. Although the federal government has promised to secure her release, parents and the loved ones of […]
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