By Franklin Daniel Perhaps it started long time ago, but at the moment it’s going round on every media that some girls are sleeping with dogs over 1.5 million naira. Maybe it’s a matter of choice, but deep down within all of us we could perceive in such an act something not morally good. Perhaps,…
Nigerians have been advised to re-orientate themselves and join hands with government in tackling insecurity in the country. The Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Al-Hikman University, Ilorin, Professor Abdullateef Oladimeji gave the advice during the maiden Ramadan Lecture organised by Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, Ilorin, Kwara State. Professor Abdullateef Oladimeji…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all candidates who registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to start printing their 2022 UTME notification slips from Saturday, 30th April, 2022, ahead of this year’s exercise. The Director, Information Technology Services, Mr. Fabian Okoro, made the announcement via a statement released to…
1. Buhari, the arrow head of the Federal Government is presently rounding off his government. 2. He doesn’t have anything on the tenterhook that will make him see ASUU’s demands as crucial unlike someone who wants a return ticket or has just commenced his tenure (1st or 2nd). 3. The said government is even broke,…
The month of Ramadan is the month of Qur’an. It is conventional to see tafseer (Qur’an exegesis/explanation) being held in mosques, open spaces or any designated venues. In the South of Nigeria, these tafaaseer (plural) are attended by both males and females. In the North, females do attend too but only in some cases. This…
The Federal Government has declared Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd May, 2022 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Workers Day and EIdul-Fitr Celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulates workers across the country on this year’s celebration. Ogbeni Aregbesola commended workers for…
This not the best of times for Nigeria virtually in all areas. There is a lot of tension in the land with our fellow citizens being subjected to various forms of inhumanity. Children cannot go to school in many places, especially in the north east, and their future hangs on the balance. For many years…
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, Wednesday, declared that former President Goodluck Jonathan cannot contest the 2023 presidential election by 137 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). There have been speculations that the former President may defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling…
The implication of local government state joint account is that their is denial of funds to explore the Potentials of these local government areas and their natural resources to ignite the development which they yearn for. Professor Abdulrauf Ambali re-echoed this during the 8th Inaugural lecture of the Kwara State University, Malate, entitled, ” Administration…
Adamawa State House of assembly has declared the seat of the member representing Michika state constituency, Joseph Ayuba vacant for defecting form the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC). During Wednesday’s plenary presided by the speaker of the house Rt. Hon Aminu Iya Abbas, the house citing section 109 1(G) of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command has arrested thirty suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The suspects, comprising of twenty-eight males and two females were arrested at different locations in Ado-Ekiti based on credible intelligence obtained by the Command. They are Godspower Falodun, Omoniyi Pelumi, Victor Damilola, Akerele Olugbenga, Oluwatosin…
• Commends President Buhari Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Engr. Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu (MNSE), an indigene of the state, on his appointment as Controller General of Federal Fire Service. In a statement on Tuesday, the Governor said the appointment is well-deserved for an officer who has risen through the ranks and distinguished…
PRESS STATEMENT PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS JAJI OLOLA ABDULGANIYU AS CONTROLLER GENERAL OF FEDERAL FIRE SERVICE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu as the Controller General Federal Fire Service with effect from Friday 22nd April, 2022. Until his appointment, Engr Abdulganiyu was the Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Administration and…
FOOD SECURITY: PRESIDENT BUHARI LAUDS AfDB FOR BEING PROACTIVE President Muhammadu Buhari has given plaudits to the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) for planning ahead of whatever negative consequences may come from the Russia-Ukraine war in terms of food security. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, during an audience with the AfDB President, Dr…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has effected a minor cabinet reshuffle involving two ministries. The Governor directed the Honourable Commissioner for Environment Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh to proceed to the Ministry of Solid Minerals; while the Honourable Commissioner for Planning and Economic Development Mrs. Remilekun Banigbe reverts to the Ministry of Environment. According to…
Ahead of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) slated to hold between 6th and 14th May, 2022, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reminded prospective candidates of the need to adhere strictly to examination etiquette, warning that stiff penalty awaits anyone who runs foul of the laid-down rules and regulations governing the…
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend made a personal donation of at least N20m to fast track the take off of the Muhammad Kamaldeen University in Ilorin, calling the project a worthy investment in human capital development and urging wealthy individuals to support it. The university is the initiative of the late Muslim…
Sources from the Ancient Palace of the highly revered monarch confirmed the demise of the Iku Baba Yeye. Alaafin, or The Owner of the Palace in the Yoruba language, is the title of the emperor of the medieval Oyo empire and present-day Oyo town of West Africa. He ruled the old Oyo Empire which extended…
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has joined family, friends, well-wishers and the good people of Ilorin Emirate to celebrate the Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari on his 82nd birthday anniversary. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in a congratulatory message to the first class Emir described Dr. Sulu-Gambari as a fine…
The homily delivered by Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah on the occasion of 2022 Easter celebration threw a jab at President Buhari’s lackluster administration. This angered the spokespersons to the President and sparked reactions from them. This should be expected—that is what they are paid for. Bishop Kukah is well known within government circle (past and…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has allocated 2022 hajj seats to States Muslim Pilgrims Welfare boards, FCT and armed forces group. NAHCON Chairman Barr Zikrullah Hassan announced the distributions of the Hajj 2022 allocation received from Saudi Arabia to States Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards today during hajj operational meeting with Chief Executives of…
Abdullahi Jalaludeen-Kano The Executive secretary of Kano state pilgrims welfare Board Alhaji Mohammad Abba Danbatta says 43,000 Hajj seats have been allocated to Nigeria for this year’s Hajj operations. Mohammad Abba Danbatta stated this while updating Journalists on the 2022 Hajj operations. He said the National Hajj Commission has informed all the state pilgrims board…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to resist agents bent on causing breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group will be allowed to destabilise Nigeria. ‘‘We have the land, we have the resources, and we have the people. But I do not know why people…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has confirmed the appointment of CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, as the 25th indigenous Force Public Relations Officer. CSP Adejobi was appointed in acting capacity on 16th February, 2022 after taking over from CP Frank Mba who was nominated by the Inspector-General of Police for the Senior Executive Course…
TEN (10) TIPS AND REALITIES REGARDING PARTY PRIMARIES AND THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 2023: 1. Once you’ve purchased a particular party’s form and agree to participate in the primaries you cannot withdraw and contest on another party’s platform in the same election. 2. Regarding the issue of consensus candidate, all aspirants must write…
Manchester United Football Club forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has announced the death of one of his sons. The former World Footballer of the year made announcement via his verified Instagram account today.
Abdullahi Ahmed Kwara State Government has been urged to implement the new retirement age and service years of Sixty-five and forty for teachers in the state. The new President of All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, ANCOPSS, Kwara State Chapter, Comrade Umar Usman Abdullahi made the call during his inauguration in Ilorin. Comrade…
SERIAL PERSECUTION: BAUCHI SPEAKER TENDERS RESIGNATION LETTER FROM APC, OBTAINS PDP MEMBERSHIP CARD Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Abubakar Y Suleiman has formally tendered resignation letter from All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Guda Ward of Ningi Local Government, the…
In the early to middle 1990s the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) came up with some witty and ingenious car stickers in protest against the poor wages in the Nigerian University System. These included: ‘My boss is a comedian, the wage he pays is a joke’. And ‘My take home pay cannot take me…
In its definition, English learning dictionary puts “Abusive” as wrongly, unjust and being physically injurious, characterized by repeated violence. Simply put, relationship is the condition of being related, either in a romantic or sexual involvement. Marriage on the other hand referes to coming together of a man and a woman after a mutual understanding to…
BY AKINWALE GASKIN To those committed to equity and justice, the ongoing argument of whether northern Nigeria should produce Nigeria’s next president, or the president should come from the south, is very troubling, dishonest and fraught with dangers. This argument arrogantly or ignorantly presupposes that we have only two regions in Nigeria. Nothing can be…
Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has sent his warm greetings to Christians as the Christendom celebrates Easter to commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Engr. Danladi-Salihu while congratulating the Christian community in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Sheu Abdulkadir Yusuf urged the…
By: AbdulMalik Ishowo. The promotion and protection of human rights for all and the rule of law is essential to all citizens and sundry , recognizing that the effective counter terrorism measures and the promotion of human rights are not conflicting goals, but they are complementary and mutually reinforcing. However, the human cost of terrorism…
RE: FRACAS BETWEEN TRICYCLE OPERATORS AND NURTW/RTEAN IN PARTS OF ILORIN. Report of a free for all between Tricycle operators (TOAN), members of National Union of Road Transport workers (NURTW) and Road Transport Employee Association of Nigeria( RTEAN) at Okolowo area of Ilorin was received by the police Command today 14/4/2022 at about 1000hrs. The…
The month of Ramadan is known for worship. Lazy Muslims and worshippers, like this writer, try their utmost to make up for what they had failed to do of worship in the previous months of the year. Lackadaisical Muslims endeavor to devout their precious time to worship in this once-in-a-year month to establish an affinity…
PRESIDENT BUHARI RECONSTITUTES BOARD OF FEDERAL MORTGAGE BANK President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. This is with a view to repositioning the bank as a core banking institution with core competence in mortgage finance. Recall that the President had, in January this year, appointed…
I join our Christian brothers and sisters to celebrate this year’s Easter, which is the most significant event/festival in the Christian calendar. This year’s celebration is very unique for adherents of the two great faiths in Nigeria. It culminates the 40-day season of Lent for Christians, where the faithful is expected to fast, pray,…
The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has approved the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee for the appointment of Salisu Yusuf as the Head Coach of the Super Eagles B (otherwise known as CHAN team) as well as the U23 (Olympics) team. Yusuf, who was Head Coach of the Super Eagles B…
Long before Kwara consummated its unprecedentedly humane minimum wage package for the workforce, senior citizen Saliu Ajibola Ajia, PhD, authored an article in October 2020 in which he observed that the state wage bill was so huge that little was left for development. It was an article incredibly rich in verifiable data. Even so, its…
By: Ishowo Malik Ayomide We all understand that in Nigeria we are currently faced with so many challenges, too numerous to mention. One of the major challenges faced in Nigeria is “Poverty”. while some people will say bad leadership, others will say unstable power supply, lack of basic infrastructures, and still others would say poor…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has directed political appointments seeking elective position in 2023 to tender their resignation letters not later than April 15, 2022. In a statement issued by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Professor Mamman Saba Jibril, the governor said the recent Electoral Act 2022, signed by President Muhammadu Buhari, provides that…
Kwara State House of Assembly has advocated stringent measures against indiscriminate refuse disposal in Ilorin, the state Capital. This was sequel to a Motion on Notice titled ” Need to Curb Use of Road Medians and Walkways as Refuse Dumps in Ilorin Metropolis” sponsored by member representing Share-Oke Ode Constituency, Abdulrazaq Owolabi. Mr Owolabi observed…
ISHOWO-ISIAKA, Adebayo “My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions” – 1 kings 12:11 The above Biblical quotation defines the unending rivalry between the rich and the poor. There is no way the rich would ever allow the poor to defeat or beat them – both subsist in a…
As a budding political analyst, I’ve followed closely the recent consensus arrangements in Kwara PDP as we head towards 2023 general elections, while I was impressed by the sagacity of the party leaders in ensuring that only the best out of the best have so far been given the tickets, I find it more noteworthy…
As the country is moving closer to electioneering process that would usher in a new government at the center and in most of the states across Nigeria many issues had come up to the national discuss which include the disintegration tendencies, seccessionist agitation from the south, fear that elections may not hold, kidnapping , Fulani…
The family of the famous Ilorin-born and Lagos based reformer, Sheikh Adam Abdullahi Al+Ilory has been thrown into mourning following the death of their patriarch, Sheikh Ridwanullahi Adam-Abdullahi-Al-Ilory, the first son of the late founder of the Markaz Agege. One of the Markaz old students, Sheikh Abdul-Rasaq Abdul-Azeez Ishola confirmed the sad news on…
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced that 1 million pilgrims (Hujjaj) will perform this year’s Hajj. The Ministry also announced the following policies for the 2022/1443 Spiritual Exercise: – 1 million Hujjaj will attend Hajj from inside and outside the Kingdom – Maximum age limit 65 years…
Sobi FM’s Senior News Editor, Investigative reporter and Fact Checker Dare Akogun alongside five other outstanding journalists across Nigeria have won the journalism fellowship on Trans Fat Free Nigeria campaign, organised by the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA). Adesola Ikulajolu (ICIR), Temitope Bademosi (TVC), Sunday Elom (Orient Daily Newspaper), Felicia Dairo (Premium Times),…
There are different categories of Muslims. There are Muslims by birth who can only be known as Muslims when they say they are Muslims. One cannot find any trace of Islam on them, even by their names, because they do not bear their Muslim names. This is common among the Yoruba where you see someone…
The House of Representatives has called for the suspension of Hajj Saving Scheme by National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON. In a motion by a member from Katsina State, Aminu Ashiru-Mani, the house of representatives said there is urgent need to investigate the Hajj saving scheme. The lawmaker explained that the scheme was established in…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-constitution of members of the governing boards of some agencies under the Federal Ministry of Transportation. The agencies affected are the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, (MAN, ORON) and the National Inland Waterways…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has sensitized market sellers on the need for peaceful coexistence among themselves and report any problem that may arise, to avoid conflicts. Kwara Commandant of NSCDC, Makinde Iskil Ayinla on Wednesday, at Mandate market, Ilorin urged the people buying and selling, to live in peace and avoid…
The Federal Government has ordered telecommunications companies in Nigeria to immediately bar all outgoing calls for all Nigerians who have failed to link Subscribers Identity Modules( SIM) with their National Identity Numbers( NIN). It said enforcement of the policy begins from Monday April 4, 2022 as part of necessary steps for enhanced security across the…
OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE POST OF VICE-CHANCELLOR Introduction The Council of the University of Ilorin hereby announces to the general academic community that the post of Vice-Chancellor of the University will be vacant with effect from 16th October, 2022. In accordance with the provisions of the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act No….
It did not come to me as a shock. You shouldn’t expect less when you speak the uncomfortable truth to a corruption ridden government, to a government that does not govern, to a government that only exists in name. I always ask myself if those elected to govern Nigeria are the ones actually ruling us…
By Aminah Salako – Adekunle Nigerian youths have been advised not to celebrate corruption and questionable wealth, but rather be concerned with source of suspicious wealth. The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command, ACE Atinuke Akinroyeje made the call at a one-day symposium, with the theme: “Say ‘No’ To Get Rich…
As Ramadan 1443 AH fast commences the world over, the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has enjoined Muslims in the state and across Nigeria to maximize the benefits of the Holy month and pray for the country to overcome challenges bedeviling the country. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in a statement issued…
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Traditional Rulers, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has announced the commencement of 1443 Ramadan fast urging the people of Ilorin Emirate and environs to take part accordingly,tomorrow (Saturday). Alhaji Sulu-Gambari stated this at his palace , Friday night. He noted that the announcement is in…
By Ishowo Malik Ayomide It’s not longer news that Ramadan will be commencing on the 2nd of April 2022, and if not that day, it might commence on the 3rd of April 2022, it’s due to the moon sight. However, the Holy Month appears to be a Month of blessing, forgiveness and mercy, in which…
The Abuja-Kaduna train bombing is yet another grotesque episode in the series of seemingly unabated attacks. It is apt to conclude that, in Nigeria, “government exists but does not live or lives but does not exist.” However, it is sad that there still exists in Nigeria those who believe government exists and is up to…
Ramadan Moon Sighting: Muslims in Nigeria advised to look out for the crescent that will signifies the commencent of Ramadan Fast from tomorrow 1st of April 2022 equivalent to 1443 After Hjra. The Nigeria Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs in a statement by the Director of Administration Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu, said the search for the…
