Old Students Association

August2014

Dua and Holy Qur’an Website

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Islamic Knowledge

“OH ALLAH, GRANT PEACE AND MERCY ON PROPHET MUHAMMAD ,SALLALAHU ALAIHI WASALAM ( S.A.W) and his followers, ancestors, like the way you granted peace and mercy to prophet Abraham (S.A.W) /his followers and ancestors. Allah you been the most merciful Lord, hear us o Lord. Oh Allah bless our prophet Muhammad (S.A.W), his followers, ancestors,…

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Common Mistakes in Salaat

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Islamic Knowledge

1. Leaving the salaah altogether. This is indeed kufr (disbelief) and the evidence is found within the Quraan the authentic sunnah and the consensus of the ummah. Allah taaala states: If they repent and establish the salaah and give the zakaah, they are you brothers in faith (deen). [Al-Quraan 9:11] And Allah taaala says: What…

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The Ideal Muslimah

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Islamic Knowledge

The True Islamic Personality of the Muslim Woman as Defined in the Qur’an and Sunnah By Dr. Muhammad ‘Ali Al-Hashimi   Translated by Nasiruddin Al-Khattab and Revised by Ibrahim M. Kunna and Abu Aya Sulaiman Abdus-Sabur Copyright and published by the International Islâmic Publishing House (IIPH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1999. The Ideal Muslimah: the…

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Suicide Bombing Is Haram

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Islamic Knowledge

Written by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen What is the ruling regarding acts of jihaad by means of suicide, such as attaching explosives to a car and storming the enemy, whereby he knows without a doubt that he shall die as a result of this action? Indeed, my opinion is that he is regarded as one who…

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Nigeria of the 60s and 70s

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Nigeria

Gone are the days when life was really good

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Nigeria History in Pictures

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Nigeria

Name Ethnicity Religion Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Hausa Muslim Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunankwe Aguiyi-Ionsi Igbo Christian General Yakubu Cinwa Gowon Ngas Christian General Murtala Ramat Muhammed Hausa Muslim General Olusegun Matthew Aremu Obasanjo Yoruba Christian Alhaji Shehu Shagari Fulani Muslim Major-General Muhammadu Buhari Fulani Muslim General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Gwari Muslim Chief Ernest Shonekan…

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Suffering in Midst of Plenty

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Nigeria

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Segun Gele: Master of Nigeria’s Gravity-defying Headgear

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Nigeria

By Misty Showalter, CNN, July 16, 2010 Segun Gele poses with ladies wearing his headtie creations Story Highlights • Gele has been worn by Nigerian women for decades, but has recently become more fashionable • He gained popularity for tying headwraps when he offered to do it for a woman at a friend’s wedding •…

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Dr. Issa and Dr. Amina Odidi Ring Open NASDAQ

Date: August 19, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Nigeria

History is being made once again as Nigerian born Dr. Isa Odidi and Dr. Amina Odidi, one of Canada’s top pharmaceutical scientists and prolific inventors and their pharmaceutical company Intellipharmaceutics have been invited by a stock exchange based in the United States of America (NASDAQ) to ring the opening bell before trading begins in New…

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Ireland gets its first black mayor

Date: August 18, 2014 Author: busari Categories: Nigeria

DUBLIN, Ireland – Ireland elected its first black mayor Thursday, the latest sign of how rapid immigration is changing this once all-white nation. Rotimi Adebari, a Nigerian who arrived in Ireland seven years ago as an asylum-seeker, was elected unopposed to lead the council of Portlaoise, a bustling commuter town west of Dublin. Adebari, 43,…

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