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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, has approved Monday, July 8, 2024, as a public holiday in the state in commemoration of the new Hijrah Year (Muharram) 1446.<\/p>\n

Muharram is the Muslim\u2019s first lunar month in the Islamic calendar.<\/p>\n

A statement by his spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye in Ilorin on Friday, said the first day of the Muharram 1446 falls on Sunday, July 7, 2024, according to many calculations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Governor shares in the mixed memories that this occasion brings to the Muslims annually, and calls for deeper introspection on the journey of the community and its duty to be the light bearers for tolerance, mutual respect, and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Governor wished the community a blessed new Hijrah year and prayed Allah to accord everyone its blessings and uphold the community upon goodness.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, has approved Monday, July 8, 2024, as a public holiday in the state in commemoration of the new Hijrah Year (Muharram) 1446. Muharram is the Muslim\u2019s first lunar month in the Islamic calendar. A statement by his spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye in Ilorin on Friday, said the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":123197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1205,254],"class_list":["post-123199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-kwara","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nKwara declares Monday work free for hijrah - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, has approved Monday, July 8, 2024, as a public holiday in the state in c ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-declares-monday-work-free-for-hijrah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwara declares Monday work free for hijrah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, has approved Monday, July 8, 2024, as a public holiday in the state in c ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-declares-monday-work-free-for-hijrah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-05T19:13:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-05T22:12:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1720198274.82124.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"468\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-declares-monday-work-free-for-hijrah#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-declares-monday-work-free-for-hijrah\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwara declares Monday work free for hijrah\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-05T19:13:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-05T22:12:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-declares-monday-work-free-for-hijrah\"},\"wordCount\":146,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-declares-monday-work-free-for-hijrah#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1720198274.82124.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kwara\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-declares-monday-work-free-for-hijrah#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-declares-monday-work-free-for-hijrah\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/kwara-declares-monday-work-free-for-hijrah\",\"name\":\"Kwara declares Monday work free for hijrah - 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