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35th National Quranic Recitation Competition Opens In Kano
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The thirty fifth edition of the National Qur’anic Recitation competition commenced (Friday) in the ancient city of Kano at New campus, Bayero university Kano.
The competition organized annually by the center for Islamic studies, Usman Dan fodio university, sokoto and which is hosted this year for the third time by Kano state government.
The main objective of organising the musabaqa is promotion of Qur’anic knowledge and general Islamic scholarship which when applied and implemented will culminate into getting sound Islamic and secular education.
The categories of the competition include the memorization of the whole Qur’an with Tajweed and Tafsir, complete Qur’an with Tajweed theoretically and practically, forty and twenty Hizbs respectively, ten Hizbs with Tanghim as well as two consecutive Hizbs.
Out of the thirty five years old of the National encounter Kano emerged overall winner twelve times under male category and won for sixteen years from females side.
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Gwana Nusaiba Diya’atu sani Abdulkadir from Kano state was a depending champion for last edition of the musabaqa hosted by Lagos State where Kano state government indicated its interest to host the ongoing one.
About three hundred reciters from both male and female categories are taking part in the competition representing thirty six states across the country and the federal capital Territory, Abuja.
Opening the musabaqa, the sultan of sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III represented by the Emir of kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero said the importance of the competition cannot be over emphasized as the glorious Qur’an is part and parcel of the entire life of the moslems.
In his address, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of kano state who enlisted some of the achievements so recorded by his administration including the establishment of Qur’anic and islamiyya schools management Board revealed that arrangements have been completed for the establishment of musabaqa laboratory in Kano.
Others who spoke at the occasion were the reprentative of the state Deputy Governor Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, the vice Chancellor of Usman Dan fodio university professor Lawal Sulaiman Bilbis representative of the chairman of the occasion Alhaji Aminu Dantata among the rest.
The participants already started staging their recitations later in the day.
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Stampede at Catholic Church in Maitama Claims Ten Lives During Food Distribution
Ten people have been confirmed dead in a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, on Saturday, 21st December 2024, during the distribution of food items to vulnerable and elderly individuals.
The unfortunate incident, which occurred around 6:30 am, resulted in the loss of ten lives, including four children, and left eight others injured with varying degrees of severity. Four of the injured have been treated and discharged, while the remaining victims are still receiving medical attention.
The FCT Police Command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the tragedy, extended condolences to the families of the deceased, and wished the injured a swift recovery.
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Port-Harcourt Refinery Fully Operational- Says NNPC
The attention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has been drawn to reports in a section of the media alleging that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery which was re-streamed two months ago has been shut down.
We wish to clarify that such reports are totally false as the refinery is fully operational as verified a few days ago by former Group Managing Directors of NNPC.
Preparation for the day’s loading operation is currently ongoing.
Members of the public are advised to discountenance such reports as they are the figments of the imagination of those who want to create artificial scarcity and rip-off Nigerians.
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Port Harcourt Refinery Halts Production Less Than a Month After Resumption
Less than a month after the porthacourt appeared to have resumed production, the facility has stopped working.
It was gathered that the lifting of petrol actually stopped last Friday, December 13, as the 18-arm loading bay of the new Port Harcourt refinery was empty.
While about 18 trucks littered the stretch of the busy road leading to the refinery itself, nine trucks were spotted inside the parking yard, while the loading bay was empty.
Journalists who visited the refinery on Thursday, December 19, 2024, observed that the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) had stopped completely.
The depot, which is usually a beehive of activities where tankers scramble for space at the parking yard, was a shadow of itself with literally no vehicular or human activity relating to operations.
This was after $1.5bn was approved in March 2021 and spent on the rehabilitation of the facility.
The inauguration of the 60,000 barrel per day production capacity plant by the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, was met with celebration and fanfare.
During the re-opening of the facility, there was lifting of petrol to the excitement of the cheering crowd.
However, less than 10 trucks of petrol were lifted that day as against widespread claims that about 200 trucks carried petrol out of the bay.
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