Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has rejected the 2027 general election timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing the schedule as insensitive to Nigerian Muslims because it coincides with the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement issued on Saturday, February 14, 2026, MURIC’s Executive Director, Ishaq Akintola, argued that the election dates […]
The Muslim rights group of Nigeria, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has once again supported the call for special courts to try corruption cases. Daily Times notes that this was a sequel to the demand by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) Acting Chairman, Mr Umar Abba Mohammed, for the establishment of Special Courts to […]
Director, Muslims Rights Concern (MURIC), Prof. Ishaq Akintola, on Monday urged Nigerians to embrace the federal government’s empowerment programmes in order to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country. Akintola made this appeal in a statement made available to newsmen in commemoration of the 2019 Eid-el-Maulud in Abuja. He advised youths to take advantage […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria has warned the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) to stop associating Christ with evil. CAN issued the warning over MURIC’s director, Ishaq Akintola’s comment on the abduction and conversion of 9 Kano children who were reunited with their parents after 5 years. READ ALSO: Tackle kidnappings, banditry in Nigeria, NSCIA urges FG According to […]