For alleged cheating and dishonesty regarding food quality and quantity in the ongoing Ramadan Iftar programme, the Jigawa State Government has sacked 22 vendors and companies participating in the programme. The programme initiated by Governor Umar Namadi targeting 7.9 million beneficiaries across 640 free meal centres in the state is to provide relief and nutritious meals to vulnerable citizens during the 2026 Ramadan period. But on Friday, due to questionable financial dealings, the Jigawa State...

Following an alleged breach of the Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS)’s preaching guidelines, the leadership of JIBWIS has formally suspended a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Alkali Abubakar Salihu Zaria, from delivering his annual Ramadan Tafseer in Damaturu, Yobe State. The cleric was accused of employing inflammatory language and drifting from the established methodology of Qur’anic interpretation. Sheikh Alkali was prevented from continuing his Tafseer sessions at the Mokas Mosque after a high-level meeting...