Guide
11 articles tagged “Guide”
Are Treasury Bills Halal? Nigeria's Favourite Investment, Examined (2026)
T-bills are the default safe investment in Nigeria, recommended by every adviser. Why they fail the riba test, and the sukuk and fund routes that replace them.
Are Cooperative Societies Halal? A Nigerian Guide to the Fiqh (2026)
Cooperatives finance more Nigerian households than banks do. Which cooperative practices are halal, where interest creeps in, and how to run a compliant coop.
Paying School Fees Without Riba: Halal Education Financing in Nigeria (2026)
School fees are many Nigerian families' largest bill, due in lumps that defeat any budget. The halal toolkit: planning, fee negotiation, qard, zakat and financing.
Are Loan Apps Halal? What Nigerian Muslims Should Know (2026)
Quick loan apps have reached millions of Nigerian phones with rates that would embarrass a moneylender. The fiqh verdict, the harassment economy, and real halal options.
Is Forex Trading Halal? The Answer Nigerian Traders Do Not Want (2026)
Retail forex is marketed across Nigeria as a path out of hardship. What the fiqh actually says about leverage, swaps and CFDs, and the honest halal alternatives.
Non-Interest Banking in Nigeria (2026): The Complete Guide
Six licensed non-interest banks, a CBN framework with real teeth, NDIC insurance and a sukuk market doing the heavy lifting: how halal banking actually works in Nigeria in 2026.
Opening a Non-Interest Bank Account in Nigeria (2026): BVN, KYC Tiers and Requirements
What you actually need to open a halal bank account in Nigeria: BVN rules, the CBN's three KYC tiers, documents by account type, and which banks let you start with almost nothing.
Fund VI Explained: The Complete Guide to Nigeria's Non-Interest Pension
Every Nigerian PFA now runs a non-interest pension fund. Fund VI grew from ₦7.79 billion at launch to ₦369.6 billion by April 2026, and switching in is free. Here is how it works, what it holds and what it has returned.
Takaful in Nigeria: The Complete Guide (2026)
Five NAICOM-licensed operators, a new statutory footing under NIIRA 2025, and real money returned to participants. How takaful works, who offers it, and the honest gaps in the market.
Zakat in Nigeria: The Complete 2026 Guide to Calculating and Paying
The 1447AH nisab, published in naira by Nigerian institutions, how to calculate zakat on cash, gold, shares and business stock, and where the organised zakat channels actually are.
The Complete Guide to Halal Investing in Nigeria (2026)
Nigeria now has 20 SEC-registered Shariah funds, a sovereign sukuk programme, an Islamic equity index and a non-interest pension fund. Here is the full halal investing toolkit, with verified numbers and honest caveats.