The Emir of Borgu in Niger State, Muhammad Dantoro, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to deploy troops to Borgu, to arrest the activities of kidnappers and criminal elements. Reacting to the news on the kidnapping of the Dodo of Wawa, Dr. Mahmoud Ahmed in Borgu, the Emir said that the call became necessary because…
It was reported that heavy gunfire enveloped the Presidential Palace in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, on Sunday, where the 83 year old President, Alpha Conde was arrested. Alpha Conde was elected president in 2010. Since then, he has run two terms successfully as the president of Guinea. According to the laws of a Guinea Conakry, it…
Adamawa State government has announced the closure of 30 boarding junior secondary schools out of the 34 junior schools in the state over insecurity. The closure, according to a statement by the commissioner of education and human capital development, Mrs, Wilbina Jackson, is to take effect from September 6, 2021 till further notice. The state…
The Federal Government is set to commence dredging and channelisation project of Asa River in Ilorin, Kwara State by the middle of September. This is coming after the Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on behalf of the State, requested for the swift intervention of the Federal Government on the issue of the perennial flood that befalls…
Members of the motoring public and general commuters travelling from or to Southwest, through Kabba- Omuo Ekiti Federal Highway are hereby notified of a failed section of the road at Ikoyi under Iyara local government area of Kogi State.This development has led to lack of free flow of traffic at the said portion of the…
The Zamfara State Police Command says it has rescued 5 female students out of the 73 abducted students of Government Day Secondary school Kaya in Maradun LGA. A statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Mohammed Shehu, notes that the students were rescued unconditionally and safely. According to the statement “It would be…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC kwara state command on Friday 3rd of September,2021 around 1am in the morning,impound an oil vandalism syndicate when they were intercepted in Afon,laduba village of Asa local government area of the state The NSCDC commandant in kwara state, Makinde Iskil Ayinla who disclosed this in a press…
First and foremost, we thank Almighty for the release of these kids. We thank all Good Samaritans who came together, jettisoning their ethnic and religion, to rescue these kids by their prayers and contributions—in kind and cash. It is indisputably one of the darkest pages of Nigerian history. It is indeed a catastrophe of gargantuan…
The Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIOTA) has approved the appointment of MR.RASHEED ISIAKA AIYELABEGAN, FNIM, MCIOTA, MCIA, as the Pioneer REGISTRAR of the institute.The appointment is for a one term period of 5 years. Mr. Aiyelabegan assumed duty on Wednesday 1st September, 2021, by this appointment he is…
BY Ibrahim Jabir Isah Few days ago, I came across a post on Facebook that is linked to the Kano Hisbah authority. The statement was “We can only arrest the poor people because Islam frowns at public criticism of leaders”. I paused to ponder and asked myself a rhetorical question. Who is/are the leader(s) in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved two ministers of their appointments. They are the Ministers of Agriculture, Mohammed Sabo Nanono and that of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman. The Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Femi Adesina, announced this on Wednesday. He said the Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abubakar, had been redeployed to the Ministry…
Nigerian Navy To Establish Naval Base In Kano As a response to governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s request for the Nigerian Navy visibility in the state, in strengthening the security of the state, the Nigerian Navy has approved the establishment of Kano Naval Base. This was disclosed by the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal…
Recently, an interesting scenario in the Islamic law of inheritance emerged in Zamfara State – “the home of Shari’ah”. It happened that a very rich and influential man once had a wife who bore seven children for him. Their marriage was a long lasting monogamy until the wife kicked the bucket a few months ago….
