Zongo Media

12/07/2023

“In fact, there is a register at the MMDCE offices where all of those marriages are entered into, and the last time I spoke to one MCE, they didn’t even know that they were supposed to do that.”

A legal practitioner, Sena Hotor has said that the majority of Islamic marriages in Ghana are not recognised by law. According to him, this is because most Muslims, particularly those within the de…

12/07/2023

“If you want to know about Catholicism, ask a Catholic, I am not going to read a book on Catholicism written by a Presbyterian. If you want to know about Islam, ask a Muslim, so it is we Muslims who must own our curriculum.”

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), has been urged to allow only Islamic and Quranic experts to develop a curriculum for Islam studies. A founding member of Talim Ghana, a M…

04/07/2023

According to her, the educational and professional development outcomes for the Muslim woman were at the barest minimum in the past but it is not so anymore because there is more recognition for the importance of education, especially for the girlchild.

Founder and convenor of Alliance For Women in Media Africa (AWMA), Shamima Muslim has pointed out that there is a renaissance within the Muslim community and that has caught up with the Muslim woma…

04/07/2023

President Akufo-Addo said by embracing formal education, Muslim children would be afforded the opportunity to rise to the highest levels of their calling.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Muslims to take advantage of the Government’s progressive educational policies to enable them to continue to offer critical expertise to na…

04/07/2023

The Zongo youth have been advised to invest their time in productive ventures that could shape their future and make them useful to society.

They have been asked to also pursue personal development goals to make them economically independent and contribute meaningfully to the development of their communities.

The Zongo youth have been advised to invest their time in productive ventures that could shape their future and make them useful to society. They have been asked to also pursue personal development…

22/06/2023

The event brought together all 23 Assembly members, approximately 60 Jummah Mosque Imams, chiefs, opinion leaders, women groups, and municipal chief executives from the East, North, and Central Ayawaso Municipalities.

The Ayawaso Muslim Development Fund which is a socio-economic development fund created to support the communities in the Ayawaso districts was launched at the Ahlu-Sunna Wal Jamah Office on June 15…

14/06/2023

860 Hajj pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from the Tamale International Airport to perform their Islamic spiritual duties. They form part of the 2,000 pilgrims to be airlifted from the airport in northern Ghana.

860 Hajj pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from the Tamale International Airport to perform their Islamic spiritual duties. They form part of the 2,000 pilgrims to be airlifted from the airport…

30/05/2023

He was born in 1930 and had 11 children (six males and five females).

On the 16th of February 2023, the death was reported of Shaikh Rashad at the Kumasi Zongo. Below is a short biography of the Shaikh who is well-known among Muslims, particularly scholars. His fathe…

30/05/2023

He said the friendship between Manhyia and the Muslim community over the years fostered peaceful coexistence and community development and should be sustained for posterity.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has graced a Quran recitation ceremony put together by the office of Kumasi Zongo Nkosuohene (Development Chief), Ali Barry, in collaboration with the Council of Ulamau in the …

25/05/2023

24/05/2023

Ambassador Alhaji Salamu Amadu who is also the President and Founder of the Afro-Arab Group of Companies, expressed concern about the heightened abuse of drugs in Zongo communities and pledged to support addicts with entrepreneurial skills if they agree to be rehabilitated.

Launch of Say No To Drugs campaign for Zongo communities – Source: Graphic Online Alhaji Salamu Amadu, the National Zongo Youth Ambassador for Peace and Development, and the concerned youth f…

24/05/2023

Alhaji Sumaila Mahama (Somawura) who is the head of the Sakpare Clan in the Wasipe Traditional Area of Gonja presented the Communique indicating that the Savannah Region is not different from Gonjaland and the entire region is under the authority of Gonja.

Source: Nkiligi FM Online “So long as Gonjaland remains Savannah region, every Yagbon Imam should be the automatic Imam of the region just as every Yagbonwura is the automatic President of the Sava…

17/05/2023

Currently, if you ask me, “What does it mean to be a good Muslim man in Ghana?”, the answer is to be a Muslim man who has the ability to do all his obligations as a Muslim man according to his ability in Ghana.

The first important thing about Good Characters of Muslim Men in Ghana that I will explain today is “What does it mean to be a good Muslim man in Ghana?” Being a good Muslim man is among the larges…

17/05/2023

Sectarian violence is largely carried out by extremists in these sects as a way to assert their superiority over other doctrines. Most often, such violence involves pockets of clashes between members of the three main sects of Islam within the Zongos – Sunnis, Shias, and Tijanias and this brewing hostility that no one is paying attention to.

Religious tolerance is a critical aspect in promoting unity and maintaining harmonious relationships between different religious followers and Ghana has come a long way as a multi-religious society…

17/05/2023

The Ghana Hajj process was released by the National Hajj Board chaired by Alhaji Ben Abdallah Banda.

15/05/2023

Before Black Sherif, there was another Muslim superstar called Sulley Muntari who is a very popular football from Konongo.

The young rapper from Konongo Zongo in the Ashanti Region recently won the Artiste of the Year at the 24th edition of the Ghana Music Awards. He made a historic trip to his town where he was receiv…

15/05/2023

Organised by the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) and the Office of the National Chief Imam, the conference was aimed at deepening the relationship between Christians and Muslims for national development.

The second Annual National Catholic/Muslim Leaders’ Dialogue Conference was held on Thursday, May 11, 2023, in Accra with a call to promote religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence. Organ…

21/06/2022

Accra New Town won the GHS10,000 at stake at the African Games Zongo Football Competition after walloping Madina 4-0 in the final on Sunday. Bernard Cofie, 30, also from Accra New Town emerged the top-scorer after netting 4 goals in 3 games. The winners took home a giant trophy sponsored by P5 Ventures. Skipper Cofie struck thrice with Mubarak Yahaya adding the other goal....

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Accra New Town won the GHS10,000 at stake at the African Games Zongo Football Competition after walloping Madina 4-0 in the final on Sunday. Bernard Cofie, 30, also from Accra New Town emerged the …

21/06/2022

400 pilgrims who departed the Kotoka International Airport in Accra to Saudi Arabia have been received by Ambassador Habib Tijani, Ambassador of Ghana to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Medina. According to the Chairman of the Hajj Board, Sheikh Ibrahim C. Quaye, four flights will move from the Tamale Airport while five will be moving from Accra, from June 30, 2022....

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400 pilgrims who departed the Kotoka International Airport in Accra to Saudi Arabia have been received by Ambassador Habib Tijani, Ambassador of Ghana to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Medina. Acco…

21/06/2022

A Latino-Muslim nonprofit in Tijuana, Mexico, has raised funds to build a shelter for asylum seekers and refugees from Ghana, Kenya, Russia and Afghanistan, among others. It opened the doors of the shelter on Saturday after three years of raising funds. The two-story shelter is in Tijuana’s Zona Norte close to the U.S.-Mexico border. The 8,000-square-foot facility has the capacity to serve up to 150 people arriving at the border seeking asylum....

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A Latino-Muslim nonprofit in Tijuana, Mexico, has raised funds to build a shelter for asylum seekers and refugees from Ghana, Kenya, Russia and Afghanistan, among others. It opened the doors of the…

07/06/2022

Military-uniformed men reportedly clashed with some youth in Zamerama Line, a suburb of the Ablekuma Central Constituency in Accra. According to peacefmonline.com, the men fought with the youth of the Zongo community over a land allegedly belonging to a leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Lord Oblitey Commey, popularly known as Lord Commey. A video making rounds online showed the uniformed men with guns attacking the youth while threatening to shoot them....

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Military-uniformed men reportedly clashed with some youth in Zamerama Line, a suburb of the Ablekuma Central Constituency in Accra. According to peacefmonline.com, the men fought with the youth of …

07/06/2022

After the leak of a letter from the Office of the President reprimanding Sheikh I.C. Quaye for illegally appointing a non-member of the Hajj Board as a signatory to Hajj accounts in Saudi Arabia, the Hajj Board has released a statement refuting claims of disunity among them. Find the statement below: The attention of the National Hajj Board has been drawn to some alleged media publications stating that there was a ‘One Man Show at the Hajj Board....

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After the leak of a letter from the Office of the President reprimanding Sheikh I.C. Quaye for illegally appointing a non-member of the Hajj Board as a signatory to Hajj accounts in Saudi Arabia, t…

07/06/2022

Islamic University College Ghana (IUCG) recorded an unprecedented history by electing its very first female Student Representative Council (SRC) President, Asiya Rufai. Asiya Rufai, a level 300 Communication student specialising in Public Relations won by a landslide victory with 52.67% unseating the incumbent vice president Ibrahim Jaiden Zakari to become the first female SRC President since the inception of Islamic University College....

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Islamic University College Ghana (IUCG) recorded an unprecedented history by electing its very first female Student Representative Council (SRC) President, Asiya Rufai. Asiya Rufai, a level 300 Com…

07/06/2022

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia were among a host of dignitaries at the Islamic funeral of former Second Lady, Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama. The ceremony, laced with Islamic protocols for funerals, was a full State function in honour of the former Second Lady. Hajia Ramatu, the wife of late former Vice President Aliu Mahama, died on April 7 this year and was buried according to Islamic customs in Tamale, the same week she died in April....

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia were among a host of dignitaries at the Islamic funeral of former Second Lady, Hajia Ramatu Aliu Mahama. The ceremony, l…

07/06/2022

The New Patriotic Party Deputy Nasara Coordinator for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency, Ibrahim Mohammed, has shockingly expressed that the majority of the Zongo communities have been overlooked by the government. Mr Ibrahim Mohammed revealed that NPP sympathisers in the various Zongo communities are fed up with the maltreatment given them by the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia led government. He also challenged Regional Executives of the party to single out a monumental project done for the Zongo communities after striving to win power for the Akufo-Addo’s government in 2016....

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The New Patriotic Party Deputy Nasara Coordinator for Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Constituency, Ibrahim Mohammed, has shockingly expressed that the majority of the Zongo communities have been overlooke…

03/06/2022

The Ghana Philanthropy Forum has launched the Volta Muslim Community Development Foundation in Ho to facilitate self-help initiatives among inner-city communities across the Volta Region. The launch was witnessed by members of the various Muslim communities, where the construction of an Islamic Senior High School for the Volta Region was announced as an initial undertaking. Dr Ben Ocra, the President of the Ghana Philanthropy Forum, said it would help provide a permanent avenue and forum to build Zongo communities to be aligned with and complement the development objectives of the region and the nation as a whole....

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The Ghana Philanthropy Forum has launched the Volta Muslim Community Development Foundation in Ho to facilitate self-help initiatives among inner-city communities across the Volta Region. The launc…

03/06/2022

Sheikh I.C. Quaye...

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Sheikh I.C. Quaye

02/06/2022

The state funeral of the late former Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana Hajia Ramatu Mahama has been scheduled for Saturday, June 4, 2022. The event which will have the President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as its Guest of Honour will be held in Accra. Hajia Ramatu Mahama who died on April 7, 2022, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital after a short illness has been buried in accordance with Muslim customs....

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The state funeral of the late former Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana Hajia Ramatu Mahama has been scheduled for Saturday, June 4, 2022. The event which will have the President of Ghana Nana Ad…

02/06/2022

The Ejisu-Besease Zongo community was left in shock when a car drove into residents killing three and leaving others injured last Sunday. On Monday, May 30 2022, two of the deceased, Hamidu Mohammed, aged 62 and Masawudu Nalko, 40, were buried per Islamic custom. They died shortly after arriving at the Ejisu Government Hospital. The third victim, Abdul Rahman Mohammed, aged 50, who sustained severe injuries, was transferred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

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The Ejisu-Besease Zongo community was left in shock when a car drove into residents killing three and leaving others injured last Sunday. On Monday, May 30 2022, two of the deceased, Hamidu Mohamme…

02/06/2022

The Police in the Upper West Region have arrested three persons in connection with the flogging of the lovers who filmed their s*xual act. The lovebirds were consequently tied to a pole at the forecourt of the Wa Naa’s Palace and flogged by some residents, on Tuesday, May 31. The officers first arrested 32-year-old Bushran Khidiri, a phone repairer. He is alleged to be one of the young men who forced the young lady in the leaked s*x video to the Wa Naa’s palace for flogging....

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The Police in the Upper West Region have arrested three persons in connection with the flogging of the lovers who filmed their s*xual act. The lovebirds were consequently tied to a pole at the fore…