The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the award of a contract to Dangote Industries for the construction of five roads totaling 274.9 kilometres at the local cost N309,917,717,251.35 to be advanced by the company as tax credit. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this at the end of the council meeting presided…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, launched an App, Eagle Eye, designed to ease the process of reporting economic and financial crimes in Nigeria. Speaking during the launch, Executive Chairman of the Commission, Malam Abdulrasheed Bawa, described the App, being the first of its kind by any law enforcement…
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is ready to use everything within its powers to end insecurity in the country and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to their knees. The president stated this at a Presidential Dinner with the 469 members of the National Assembly, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Tuesday. Insecurity,…
The newly elected chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), Kwara State chapter, Abdullateef Ahmed, has expressed the readiness of his administration to partner with members of the Kwara Online Publishers Association of Nigeria, (KOPAN). Speaking earlier today while receiving a delegation of members of KOPAN at the NUJ Press Center located along Offa…
By Abu Mar’yam Hanafi Abdulkadri Nowadays, the rate at which Muslim men abuse the practice of polygamy (polygyny) is likely unprecedented in history. In Northern Nigeria, polygamy has become more of customary practice than a socio-religious responsibility. Many Muslims in Yorubaland who subscribe to plural marriages are equally abusing this right. And sadly enough, this…
