Politics is what the political scientists say it is. That also goes for democracy. The political scientists who studied it and how it was/is practiced across the globe should be the ones to tell us what it is and what it is not. Democracy is a system of government where majority have their way and…
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PRESS RELEASE FG DECLARES MONDAY OCTOBER 3, 2022, PUBLIC HOLIDAY TO MARK NIGERIA’S 62ND INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY The Federal Government has declared Monday October 3, 2022, as public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence Anniversary Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal…
As electioneering campaigns kick off today, the National League of Veteran Journalists (NALVEJ) in Kwara State, has enjoined politicians to shun violence. The league, in a statement by its chairman, Alh Tunde Akanbi and publicity secretary, Alh Abdullahi Olesin, urged candidates of various political parties and other stakeholders to play the game according to its…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will bring an end to security challenges facing the country before the end of this year. The President stated this during the 2022 Olojo Festival in Ile Ife. The President who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola said: “We must be vigilant, we must not…
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has reacted to the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The former presidential aspirant said he had been working silently behind the scene to ensure the return of normalcy into the party. The main opposition party slipped into an unusual crisis months ago after the party’s primary election held…
TURAKI @ 50: KWARA SPEAKER CONGRATULATES SALIU MUSTAPHA The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has congratulated the Turaki of Ilorin, Mallam Saliu Mustapha on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. Rt. Hon. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in a felicitation message to the Turaki of Ilorin and All Progressives Congress APC Kwara…
By Hadiza Ado Jinta After a careful scrutiny of his pedigree and experience as a one time House Majority leader, Kano State House of Assembly, the Managing Director, Kano Road Traffic Management Agency(KAROTA) Alhaji Baffa Babba Danagundi has been appointed as North-West Director, Tinibu Support Group(TSG) His appointment came on the heels of the Presidential…
Youths in kwara state have been charged to mobilize people from grassroots to ensure victory for All Progressives Congress candidates in the fourth coming 2023 general election. S. A Political to Kwara State Governor, Hon. sulaiman Abubakar gave the charge today at the Inaugural Ceremony of Tinubu/Shettima Local Government Voluntary Representative Forum, kwara State held…
PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS UNILORIN COUNCIL CHAIR ABIDU YAZID RAFINDADI President Muhammadu Buhari joins the government and people of Katsina State in mourning a former Secretary to the State Government and Chairman/Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Alhaji Abidu Yazid Rafindadi. Reacting to the news of the death, President Buhari said the “nation has lost a…
Yes, you will end up in Hell if you participate in the forthcoming 2023 elections as voters, contestants or ad-hoc staff. You may find this shocking. I find it shocking too. It is a recent fatwa (religious verdict) by some scholars. The evidence for this verdict is very simple: Democracy is Kufr (disbelief). Just like…
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology, Minna has announced the appointment of Professor Faruk Adamu Kuta, a Professor of Microbiology as the 8th Substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Institution. Professor Kuta whose appointment was announced on Thursday, the 22nd of September, 2022 by the Chairman of Council, Prof. Olu Obafemi, NMON, was…
“This is the last that we shall dance together,” Wole Soyinka wrote in Kongi’s Harvest. And that was what President Muhammadu Buhari did Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States of America. The President had his last dance, and how dainty and dignified were the steps. He didn’t do…
President Muhammad Buhari has approved the appointment of a former General Manager of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA Lokoja and Kano stations as the new Director General of the NTA. Dembos’ appointment according to a release by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has a three-year tenure. Read the press statement…….
Emir of Shonga, Dr Haliru Ndanusa Yahaya and the people of the area have appealed to government at all levels, philanthropic organisations and spirited individuals to come to the aid of flood victims in Shonga District of Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the President…
A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo has nullified the governorship primary election that gave victory to Mr. Emmanuel Bwacha as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 gubernatorial election. An aggrieved aspirant, David Kente, had dragged the party and its candidate to court over certain infractions in the conduct of…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has insisted that government is behind oil theft in the country. Mr. Obi, who was the guest speaker at the Private Sector Economic Forum of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), asserted that no one can steal oil except the government. “Subsidy is organised…
The Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) Zaria, says it is proposing a legislation to ban the consumption of animal skin, locally known as ‘kpomo’, in the country. Prof. Muhammad Yakubu, Director-General of institute, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the legislation was necessary to revive the comatose…
There was a heavy traffic gridlock at Idofian community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State this morning following a peaceful protest by the community who barricaded the popular Ilorin/Ajase-ipo highway. The protest was said to be due to the death of a Fifteen year old girl who was hit by a vehicle yesterday….
President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday has administered on 286 foreign nationals, including four Americans, 14 Britons and 86 Lebanese, the Oath of Allegiance adopting Nigerian citizenship. Rauf Aregbesola the Interior Minister told State House correspondents that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had, on February 9, 2022, approved a list…
