Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has directed the suspension of the Ohi of Eganyi and Chairman, Ajaokuta Traditional Area Council, HRH Alhaji Musa Isah Achuja with immediate effect. In a letter to the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Kogi State, the governor also directed that the Chairman of Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Mustapha…
Kwara State Government is set to boost the state’s transport sector with provision of additional mini buses across the metropolis. Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Intervention, Mr. Kayode Oyin-Zubair disclosed this on Saturday while taking members of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN on an inspection tour of the transport facilities….
The former governor of Kano and senator representing Kano Central, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, has revealed that the majority in the Senate has started to propose the impeachment of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, due to the security problems. Senator Shekarau, who is a member of the Security Committee of the Nigerian Senate, testified to this during…
In an effort to reposition the Nigerian Army (NA) for operational efficiency and proficiency, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has approved the posting and appointment of some senior officers of the Nigerian Army to command, instructional and staff appointments across NA formations and units. Those affected in the redeployment released on…
Abdullahi Olesin, Ilorin Muslims politicians seeking elective office across the country have been challenged to tell Nigerians the strategies they will employ to solve the nation’s hydraheaded security challenges. Chairman, Hijrah Organisation of Nigeria, Prof Badmas Yusuf threw the challenges at the Muslim politicians and candidates during the celebration of 1444 Hijrah in Ilorin, Kwara…
It is high time we stopped this hide and seek game. The audacity exudes by these ‘guys’ who freely operate is beyond comprehension. One needs to be in Nigeria to believe this. Anyone—outside Nigeria—who reads the news about terrorists threatening to kidnap our President will outrightly discard it as joke. If the threat was made…
Kano State High Court Presided over by Justice Usman Naaba has sentenced the Kidnapper of a five year old Hanifa Abubakar to death by Hanging and a five year Imprisonment for all the five charges levelled against him. The Court also found guilty the 2nd defendant in the case Hashim Isiyaku in four charges and…
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu has said the lower chamber of the National Assembly will soon serve the President, Muhammadu Buhari impeachment notice over insecurity and other challenges confronting the country. Opposition senators on Wednesday angrily stormed out of plenary Wednesday, chanting Buhari must go and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,…
Some Senators on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over worsening insecurity in the country. The lawmakers angrily walked out of the plenary around 2.10 pm, chanting “Buhari must go” repeatedly. Addressing journalists at the Senate Press Corps, SPC Centre, the Minority Leader, Senator Philip Aduda, said President Buhari will be given…
Kwara State House of Assembly wants Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to work out modalities towards establishing modern markets for transaction of specific goods or items in different parts of the state. This was part of the resolutions of the House after considering a Motion on Notice titled” Need to Establish More Modern Markets Designated For Specific…
Terrorists have threatened to abduct Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari few weeks after his convoy was attacked in Katsina State. The convoy of an advance team of the president was attacked on its way to Buhari’s hometown of Daura ahead of Sallah. Two persons sustained injuries in the attack, which the presidency said was repelled. The…
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan first set a world record, then followed it up by winning gold in one of the most competitive fields in the entire World Athletics Championships. Amusan won the first semifinal heat of the women’s 100-meter hurdles in 12.12 seconds Sunday at Hayward Field, topping American Kendra Harrison, the previous world record-holder, in…
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over claims that he(Atiku) lobbied him to be his Vice-President in 2007. Tinubu had made the comment in response to Atiku’s criticisms over the controversial ‘Muslim-Muslim’ ticket the APC is running with. The Lagos Politician opined that Atiku…
The Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Abdul-Ganiyu Adekunle Salawudeen, joined his ancestors on Sunday after a protracted illness. The monarch reportedly died on Sunday morning at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will begin an African tour in Egypt on Sunday, seeking to draw on demand for non-Western alliances as Moscow pushes back against international censure over the war in Ukraine. In Egypt, Lavrov will meet officials trying to have close relationship with Russia. After meeting Arab League members in Cairo, he…
By: Ishowo Malik First and foremost, let me start by saying Nigerians are looking forward to the 2023 elections for so many reasons and factors, even myself, Ishowo Ayomide I’m also looking towards the election for so many factors, mostly because of the economy’s crippling insecurity, lawlessness, floundering economy, perennial suboptimal social services, and an…
In compliance with CBN directives, ten Nigerian banks have revealed the names of customers buying cheap dollars to likely resell at the black market. In a circular in July 2021, CBN had directed banks to publicize the identities of persons who engage in such behaviour and to restrict them from obtaining currency in the future….
Returnees from the holy land of Makkah have been admonished to keep praticing all lessons learnt during their hajj exercise in Makkah. Ustadh Sulaiman Dagbo gave this admonition today at a prayer held at Sobi Alagbado, Ilorin in honour of Alhaji Abdul Kadir Olamilekan. Ustadh Dagbo said Saudi Arabia is not a tourism centre for…
Chairman of the National Population Commission Alhaji Nasiru Kwarra has reiterated commitment of the Commission towards conducting acceptable census next year as it commenced trial census. Alhaji Nasiru Kwarra made the commitment during the launch of Census Night in Mararaba, Karu Localo Government Area of Nasarawa State. Chairman of the National Population Commission NPC, Alhaji…
Politicking is one of the most interesting things that lightens our collective daily hardship in Nigeria. Many hungry and angry Nigerians find Nigerian politics amnestic in the sense that it momentarily helps forget the existential threat, insecurity and poverty that combinably defines our national life. The meme in the town—or rather in the Nigerian political…
Let me start with some clarifications. I’m from Osun State, and my homestead is Ipetumodu, in Ife North Local Government Area. And I am not Osun in Diaspora. I was born in Osogbo, capital of the State, when my father was Principal of St Charles Grammar School in the 1960s. When he retired home, after…
Being my acceptance speech on being chosen as the running mate of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for the 2023 Presidential Elections in Abuja, Nigeria, on July 12, 2022. Protocols: My first duty, is to first of all acknowledge the position that His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari…
” The punishment for flouting the order is imprisonment for one year or a fine of RM3,000 compared to six months imprisonment or a fine of RM1,000 previously.” “Engaging in Polygamy without the permission of the court is henceforth banned in Malaysia,” speaker Datuk Juhari Bulat. The development came after the Kedah state assembly…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has ordered for an immediate upward review of petrol pump price from N165 per litre to N179 per litre. Maxilensnews gathered that the upward review of the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) is effective from Tuesday, July 19, 2022. This was contained in a notice to fuel…
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, today paraded a 40 year old suspect, Boodo Abdullahi Alhaji at the Command Headquarters in Ilorin. According to a statement by the command spokesman, Olasunkanmi Ayeni, the suspect was arrested at Owode through Banni in Kaiama LGA of the State. He was alleged…
Leaders at the Jeddah Summit for Security and Development have reiterated in a statement the need for the departure of all foreign forces and fighters from Libya without delay. The final statement that included the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and the United States, reiterated support for efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis as…
Federal Government has been admonished to find lasting solution to the insecurity ravaging the country. Bishop of Jebba Anglican Diocese, Kwara State, Right Reverend Oluwaseun Aderogba, gave the advice at the Second session of Eighth Synod of Igbomina Anglican Diocese held at Saint Peter’s Anglican Church, Arandun in Irepodun Local Government of Kwara State. Bishop…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared Ademola Adeleke winner of the just concluded Osun State Gubernatorial Elections.
President Muhammadu Buhari has denied that he got advice against the Bola Tinubu-Kashim Shettima ticket. The former Lagos governor announced the ex-Borno governor and Senator as his running mate after visiting Buhari in Daura, Katsina state. On Friday, Peoples Gazette reported that the Department of State Service (DSS) warned about the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the…
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe a fortnight ago discovered and destroyed 109 illegal refining sites and arrested 24 economic saboteurs in the South-South region. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Bernard Onyeuko, r stated this, Thursday in Abuja. He spoke at a news briefing on the operations of the Armed…
PRESS RELEASE SUSPENSION OF THE CONTINUOUS VOTER REGISTRATION (CVR) The Commission met in an extraordinary session today, Friday 15th July 2022, and discussed among other things, the suspension of the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). This followed the judgement delivered by the Federal High Court on Wednesday 13th July 2022 in which it dismissed the…
A Muslim cleric sent shock waves through my spine. I cannot bear it. It is alarming. It is unbelievable, uncivil, undemocratic and, worst of it, ungodly. While we have our biases and choices which are legitimate and which define us as humans who are free to choose, to think your choice of whom to vote…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has refuted circulating reports that he requested permission from President Muhammadu Buhari to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The paper, dated June 24, 2022, with the reference number SH/VP/605/2./0 and titled “Permission to retire from APC,” stated family pressure and other grounds for the purported choice. Mr. Laolu Akande,…
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has reaffirmed that investment in education yields the best results. Atiku made the assertion on Wednesday on the sidelines of the graduation ceremony of the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The ARU Awards…
As the globe marks World Population Day, Sociologist and health care providers in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital have expressed worry on the nation’s population growth and societal development. With a population projection by the United Nations of around Two Hundred and Sixteen Million at the end of 2022, they expressed concern on how family…
By Professor Babagana Umara Zulum Earlier today, I received with the greatest joy, the announcement of my mentor, His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima as the Vice Presidential candidate of our party, the APC and insha’Allah, the next Vice President of the Federal Republic under His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our incoming President, Bi’iznillah. It…
Tinubu paid Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina, on Sunday to brief him on his chosen running mate. The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has settled for a Muslim running mate, Kashim Shettima, NAN reports. A highly-competent source in the Tinubu Campaign Organisation, who requested anonymity,…
As Muslim faithful mark Eid-El-Kabir celebration , Kwara Online Publishers Association Of Nigeria, KOPAN, has sent message of felicitation to all faithful, urging them to exhibit the virtues and lessons of the day at all times. In a message signed by the Chairman, Hammed Adedayo Said, and the Secretary, Opeyemi Daniel Adeoti, KOPAN called for…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, kwara state Command Arrested three (3) Suspects; Lawal Ibrahim 25yrs, Muhammed Issa 19yrs, and Ibrahim Ahmed 20yrs for alleged Rape and Robbery. A case of Rape and Robbery was reported on the 5th July at the NSCDC Woro outpost. The crime reported to have happened at Woro Village…
By: Abdulmalik Ishowo. Muslims around the world will begin giving out Eid Mubarak wishes to friends and family. Eid Mubarak is a traditional greeting used in the Islamic religion during times of holy festivals such as Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. It’s a celebratory term that’s exchanged between communities as a sign of respect and…
Recently abducted Chinese Citizen in Ilorin rescued by Kwara Police. Acting on an actionable intelligence , eagle- eyed operatives attached to Kwara State Police Command ,apprehended some suspected ritualists whose stock in trade is buying, trading and trafficking in human body parts who couriered human skull from Lagos State into Ilorin and heading to Balogun…
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu sends his warmest greetings to the Nigerian Muslims, calling for deliberate efforts towards the nation’s unity. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in his Sallah message to the Ummah, made the call, maintaining that Nigeria is better off as an entity, hence the need for critical stakeholders…
The Executives and members of the Ode-Giwa Development Association, both home and in the diaspora have extended their heartfelt appreciation to His Excellency Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; the Executive Governor of Kwara State over what they consider a great honor and privilege by the appointment of one of their illustrious sons, Mallam Abdullateef Gidado Alakawa as…
We do not have option than to give thanks to Allah who spares our souls. Obviously not by our doing as they say, it is by His grace. I don’t think anyone should appreciate life and existence than Nigerians living in Nigeria. It is killing all over. No one is safe. The most fortified places…
Education in Nigeria is in a sorry state. This makes foreign education appealing to many parents and their children. Though only a few can afford the expense without pain, many go through Hell to get themselves or their families educated abroad where they become second citizens. This is, to many Nigerians, better than schooling in…
The Ag Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Kwara State Command DCC Jonah Gabriel has ordered the deployment of 2000 personnel of the corps across the state to ensure a hitch-free Eid-Kabir celebration. The Commandant felicitates with His Excellency, Mallam Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq, the Executive Governor of Kwara State, His Royal Highness, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari,…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has been defined as an enduring legacy and unifying factor in the country. Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq said this in a message to the passing out ceremony of the 2021 Batch B, Stream One corps members deployed to the State, held at the Kwara State Stadium, Ilorin….
Federal Government has declared Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th July 2022, as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-Kabir. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this in a statement by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Shuaib Belgore. Aregbesola congratulated all Muslims and Nigerians both at home and in the Diaspora on the occasion.
Sadiya Madu Gwary Assuming the strike is suspended soon, do our universities have the capacity to accommodate the thousand of returnee students along with the three sets of jambites on ground? It is no news that public universities in the country have been under closure for the past four months. All thanks to the Federal…
RE- KILLING OF A POLICE INSPECTOR AND THE KIDNAP OF A CHINESE NATIONAL IN SHAO/OLORU EXPRESS WAY ILORIN. On 2nd of July 2022, at about 1615hours information was recieved by the Kwara State Police Command to the effect that, some armed men suspected to be kidnappers invaded the premises of CGC construction company along Shao…
It was an honour and privilege to be asked to represent His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III at the 2nd Annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington DC on June 28-30, 2022. His Eminence did not give me any prepared speech to read there so, whatever I said or wrote…
The academic world will never cease to amaze me. Let us look at just one example. Take an invitation to present a paper at an international event, as I was in June 2022. This particular event was the 90th commemoration of the establishment of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland. About 30 of…
The Nigerian Population Commission (NPC) in Ekiti State says it will deploy technological innovations to conduct an accurate, reliable and transparent census come April 2023. The NPC Federal Commissioner, Ekiti State, Hon Ayodeji Ajayi, said this at a news conference on Monday, in Ado Ekiti on the proposed trial census. He said: ”The trial census…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman has approved recruitment of at least 197 different medical professionals, to boost Human Resources and efficient service delivery in the state’s health sector. According to a statement singed by the Press Secretary, Kwara State Hospital Management Board, Halimah Sulu-Gambari the appointment includes employment of eight consultants, 23 medical doctors, and 72…
The Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq is playing a strange kind of politics that is not known or understood by many, including some of his ally and associates. His approach to politics and political balancing has been described by some as political nonsense. In the absence of context or understanding of Gov. Abdulrahman’s approach,…
By Hadiza Ado Jinta Research conducted by a team of journalist sponsored by UNICEF at Kankara local government Area of Katsina state has revealed that the GEP3 intervention provided by the UNICEF in the local government has played a significant role in the increase of enrollment of the girl-child. Several reasons and obstacles were seen…
Pope Francis has expressed disappointment as he cannot make a planned visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday due to knee pain. The 85-year-old pontiff suffers chronic arthritis in his knee, according to Vatican sources, and has cancelled a string of events in recent months. “The Lord knows how greatly…
A Bosnia man, Senad Hadzic has arrived Saudi Arabia, for this year’s Hajj after walking across seven countries and covering about 5, 700 kilometers. Mr. Hadzic left his home last year December to perform this year’s Hajj on foot crossing Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Jordan and finally Saudi Arabia. Hadzic said he trek in the…
Police arrest Popular pastor in Ondo over alleged abduction of over thirty persons The police in Ondo state have arrested the pastor of The whole Bible deliverance Church, for allegedly abducting over thirty persons including children The arrest followed complaints of some parents who reported the case to the police in Ondo town. Spokesperson of…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, departs Lagos this afternoon for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government holding tomorrow.Prof. Osinbajo, will join other leaders to deliberate and take decisions on the political, security and humanitarian issues regarding the sub-region at the regular…
It is better to be a foreigner in Nigeria than a citizen. This is ironic but real. Foreigners, especially whites, are given maximum protection. Though foreigners are not to be hated; the point is, humans are humans. Yet when Nigerians find ourselves in foreign lands, they are treated as second citizens at best or as…
