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CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC SECTS AND GROUPS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA BY ABDULRAUFU MUSTAPHA ( 2014) A REVIEW BY IBRAHIM ALI (2020) IBRAHIM ALI.  INTRODUCTION The revelation received by Prophet Muhammad saw the emergence of another formidable book religion in the global space in 7th century in Mecca and its growth in medina but his death 632 AD brought a split in the Umma (Muslim community) into two strong groups, the Sunni and the shia Islam sect. Seyyed (2002:36) opined that, the split came as a result of leadership crisis between the Ansar (land owners), Muhajiran ( Emigrants) and the family of the prophet who argued that the right person to succeed the prophet should be his Cousin ALI who also happens to be among the first converts and who also suffer to propagate the faith with the prophet. But Abdulraifu (2014:56) argued that, the split that has it historical lineage from the spread of the religion continued in northern Nigeria, a Muslim giant in Africa. According to Abdulraifu ...

MEET THE PROFESSOR IBRAHIM GAMBARI, THE NEW CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRESIDENT Prof Ibrahim Gambari: 5th HOD ABU, Dept of Pols & Int’l Studies (1982-1984) Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, CFR, OCORT, a scholar-diplomat is the Founder/Chairman of the Board of Directors of Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, a non-governmental think-tank on research and policy studies on conflict prevention and resolution as well as democratization and development in Africa. SCDDD seeks to promote the evolution of Africa into a prosperous, politically stable and globally respected continent which is motivated by the culture of good governance. Prof Ibrahim Gambari has had an illustrious career, spanning academia, government and international diplomacy, culminating with his appointment as the first United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa (1999-2005). In that capacity, he worked closely with heads of government, key poli...

There is ‘enormous evidence’ COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab ―US ON MAY 3, 2020 6:03 PM, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cited in vanguardngr.com that there was “enormous evidence”that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. “There is enormous evidence that this is where it began,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.”But while highly critical of China’s handling of the matter, Pompeo declined to say whether he thought the virus had been intentionally released. Pompeo press further by saying that, President Donald Trump has been increasingly critical of China’s role in the pandemic, which has infected nearly 3.5 million people and killed more than 240,000 around the world.He has insisted that Beijing recklessly concealed important information about the outbreak and demanded that Beijing be held “accountable.” According to pompeo, Trump has tasked US spies to find out more about the origins of the virus, even though he blamed China at first b...

ALMAJIRI SCHOOL,  REFORMS OR BANISHMENT: A  CASE STUDY OF KANO. PLEASE, YOUR OPINION IS NEED WITH REASONS.