Taiwo Adebayo

3 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Taiwo Adebayo |Dan Ikpoyi

KARA, Nigeria — Muslim families across west Africa are grappling with the steep cost of rams for the traditional sacrifice that is central to the celebration of Eid al-Adha, a struggle that mirrors the region’s deepening economic and humanitarian crises. At the Kara livestock market in southern Nigeria’s Ogun state, ram sellers and buyers are in a bind. Prices have at least doubled compared with last year, slowing sales for what is usually a busy market packed in the lead-up to Eid. kAmkDA2?

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Taiwo Adebayo |Yunusa Umar

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3 weeks ago | kdhnews.com | Taiwo Adebayo |Dan Ikpoyi

By TAIWO ADEBAYO and DAN IKPOYI - Associated Press At the Kara livestock market in southern Nigeria's Ogun state, ram sellers and buyers are in a bind. Prices have at least doubled compared with last year, slowing sales for what is usually a busy market packed in the lead-up to Eid. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

3 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Taiwo Adebayo |Dan Ikpoyi

A boy sells rams ahead of Eid Al-Adha celebrations at Kara market in Ogun South west Nigeria, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Workers offload a ram from a truck to be sold ahead of Eid Al-Adha celebrations at Kara market in Ogun South west Nigeria, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. A man feeds his rams to sell ahead of Eid Al-Adha celebrations at Kara market in Ogun South west Nigeria, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

3 weeks ago | sheltonherald.com | Taiwo Adebayo |Yunusa Umar

MOKWA, Nigeria (AP) — On May 29, Mallam Hassan Umar stood waist-deep and barefoot in muddy water, his eyes on the remnants of his Arabic school, now reduced to sludge and shattered wood by devastating floods. The Islamic teacher, clutching only the threadbare clothes he escaped with, started shouting the names of the pupils he housed and might never see again. Article continues below this adSome pupils tried to escape with him through the back of the house, which also doubled as the school.