Kwara State governor, Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, has approved the observance of every first day of the month of Muharram (Hijrah) in the Islamic lunar calendar,
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic rights advocacy group, has urged the Nigerian government to declare the first day of Muharram as a public holiday, as it does every January 1. This is contained in a New Year Message released by Professor Ishaq Akintola, the director of the group on Sunday.
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