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• urges pilgrims to pray for Nigeria Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Muslim community on the Eid-ul-Adha festivities, saying the feast symbolises faith and total reliance on God. The Governor also felicitated the pilgrims who gathered at Mount Arafah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a major pillar of their Hajj rites. He…

More than 2.5 million Muslims are expected to take part in the 2023 Hajj, as coronavirus pandemic restrictions in place since 2020 have been fully relaxed. That year, just 10,000 people were permitted to participate; 59,000 in 2021; and last year there was a cap of one million people. The pilgrimage of Hajj has begun…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 140 as minimum cut-off point for admission into Nigerian universities and 100 for polytechnics in the 2023/2024 academic session. The minimum cut-off mark was accepted at the ongoing Policy Meeting on Admissions presided by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, David Adejo, in Abuja.  

Pope Francis has confirmed his participation in the World Youth Day due to take place in the Portuguese capital Lisbon in August. “I am ready!” the head of the Catholic Church said in a video message to the world’s youth exactly 40 days before the start of the annual event. “He had already packed his…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Thursday in Paris, France said ongoing reforms, starting with removal of fuel subsidy and streamlining of exchange rate, will be sustained for a more competitive economy that attracts Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), urging investors to take advantage of opportunities in Nigeria. “We are ready for business, prepared to welcome investments,’’ he…

To celebrate is natural. Allah knows man because He created man and knows what brings happiness to man. By man, I mean man and woman. No one should accuse me of being gender insensitive. He categorically mentions it in the Qur’an “For every nation We have ordained religious ceremonies which they perform” (Q 22: 67)….

National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says airlift of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj would end on Saturday. The Commission says it has already completed the airlift of 70,837 pilgrims in 171 flight schedule. The Commission in a statement by its Assistant Director in charge of Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara, said…

Kano state Ministry of Education has approved Friday 23rd June 2023 as the date for the commencement of Eid-el Kabir Sallah Break for all Day and Boarding Public/Private Primary and Post Primary Schools in the state. Sequel to this, Parents/ Guardians of Pupils and Students in the Boarding schools are to convey their wards home…

The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has approved a 114% rise in the salaries of elected politicians, including the President, Vice President, governors, legislators and holders of judicial and public office. RMAFC is charged with the responsibility of determining the appropriate remuneration for political officeholders such as the President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy…

European football ruling body UEFA has unveiled the mascot for the Euro 2024 in Germany. A bear, was unveiled for the first time in the competition, and still unnamed. “The mascot pays homage to the enduring appeal of the humble teddy bear, said to have originated in Germany in the early 20th century,” UEFA said….

Saudi Arabia has announced dates for the 2023 Eid Al Adha holidays. The Dhul Al Hijjah crescent moon was sighted in the Kingdom according to local media reports. This means that Arafat Day in Saudi Arabia will fall on Tuesday, June 27 and Eid Al Adha will begin on Wednesday, June 28.

Leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo on Friday, volunteered to work with other groups to stop the massive oil theft going on in the region, insisting that the theft is being perpetrated by the Nigeria military cabal. Dokubo, while speaking with State House Journalists after meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at…

This week is a difficult one for me. The difficulty is in choosing what to write on. Is it on Senator Bulkachuwa’s confession on how he serially manipulate his wife (a retired president of court of appeal) to manipulate justice in favour of his political colleagues? All attempts by the outgoing Senate President (Ahmad Lawan)…

The executive governor of Kano state Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf has said that No decision has been taken yet on the status of the new emirates established by the previous administration. This was contained in a statement signed by press secretary to the governor Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa which was made available to journalists in…

President  Bola Ahmed  Tinubu has suspended the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), AbdulRasheed Bawa. Bawa’s suspension, according to a statement by the Director, Information, SGF Office, Willie Bassey, is to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. Details later.

Against the backdrop of widespread condemnation that followed the demolition of the Kano State Government House monumental roundabout, Governor Abba Yusuf has said that it’s done in the interest of the public. DAILY NIGERIAN reports that the demolition was criticized by the residents, including supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP and Kwankwasiyya movement….

President Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Senator Godswill Akpabio and Rt. Honourable Tajudeen Abbas as they were elected President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 10th National Assembly respectively. In a personal statement that he signed, Tinubu stressed that the election of the newly elected presiding officers by their colleagues…

Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has been re-elected as the Speaker of the Kwara State House 10th Assembly. This was sequel to a motion for his nomination moved by Hon. Halidu Danbaba (Kaiama/Wajibe) and seconded by Hon. Arionla Lawal (Ilorin East) during today’s inauguration plenary. The 38 years old Danladi-Salihu was the Speaker of the…

Management and staff of secondary schools in Kwara State have been enjoined to support government efforts on education with a view to restoring the lost glory of the sector. President, All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, ANCOPSS, Comrade Abdullahi Umar made the call at the State Executive Council Meeting of the Confederation held…

Silvio Berlusconi, the tycoon-turned-politician and former Italian prime minister, has has died in Milan at the age of 86. The right-wing leader, born in Milan on September 29, 1936, was widely known for his financial and sex scandals, but also transformed Italian politics. His dominance over the electoral sphere influenced the views of a generation…

TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED Tinubu, GCFR ON JUNE 12, 2023   Fellow Nigerians,   2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to…

Yobe State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of a local chief and his two sons over the murder of one Goni Waje in Dako Kangarwa village, Yunusari Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement in Damaturu, named the suspects simply as Jalomi, Ciroma and Bulama….

English Premier league side Manchester city has been crowned Champions League winner after beating Serie A giant Inter Milan 1 – 0. City score the only goal at the 68 minutes of the game thanks to Spanish Rodri. This means the Premier league side have won treble after winning FA Cup and Premier league, and…

Contrary to rumour making the round that President Bola Tinubu has directed the suspension of Mallam Mele Kyari as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, there is no such directive from the President. Presidency sources confided in THE WHISTLER on Saturday night that the President has not given such…

The Department of State Security Service has made u-turn over its previous statement that embattled CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele is in its custody. Previous tweet by DSS which contradicts a viral video showing Emefiele paraded by some security operatives has now been put off doubt, as the latest tweet on the official handle of the…

The Department of State Services, DSS, has denied the arrest of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The clarification by the DSS is coming against the backdrop of some media reports that the just-suspended apex bank boss is currently being detained by the secret police. This was made known by…

The immediate past Governor of Kano state Abdullahi Ganduje has said he could have slapped his benefactor and predecessor , Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, if he met him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. While briefing State House reporters after a meeting with Tinubu on the security situation in Kano State following the demolition exercise…

As if Nigerians were not crushed enough by the unabated multi-dimensional poverty, some layers of hardships are regularly added to the existing ones. This is perhaps to make sure that the most resilient among us also get crushed and completely crushed. But those who are pleased with God as their Provider will always console themselves…

Jigawa state pilgrims welfare board has concluded the airlift of over 1,600 intending pilgrims from the state in 4 batches to Saudi arabia for the 2023 hajj exercise. In an interview with Radio Nigeria at Nuhu Muhammadu Sanusi International airport before their departure, the Executive Secretary of the board, Alhaji Ahmed Umar Labbo said, the…

Courtesy, I am elated to be part of the epoch making event of the closing session of the Ninth Assembly in Kwara State. Indeed I am grateful to Almighty Allah for the opportunity to lead this Assembly in the last four years. All adoration belongs to Allah for sound health and wisdom to pilot the…

The Interim Managing Director of Nigeria Air, Capt. Dapo Olumide, on Tuesday, confessed that the aircraft used to unveil the country’s national career was chartered flight from Ethiopian Airlines. He said the aircraft was returned to the original owner, Ethiopian Airlines after the unveiling. Olumide stated this before the Senate Committee on Aviation. The Committee…

Two speakers have emerged for the seventh Nassarawa State House of Assembly in separate elections conducted today. Thirteen members elect have elected Daniel Ogah Ogazi as speaker in the state assembly chamber, while eleven members elect also returned Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi as the speaker in a separate election held at the chamber of state ministry…

The state Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, Commandant Muhammed Tukur Ibrahim has commissioned the newly built Divisional office at Araromi, Isolo Opin in Ekiti local government of Kwara state. The building and a Patrol van was donated to the Corps by Isolo-opin community. While presenting the office, the…

Federal Government  says underage  candidates would henceforth be banned  from the National Common Entrance Examination conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO) for admission into unity colleges across the country. The government directed NECO to put strict measures in place to prevent underage from registering for the examination, including making birth certificates compulsory as registration…

Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a message of commiseration to the government and people of the Republic of India over a multiple train crash in the country which killed over 280 passengers. The fatal accident involving two passenger trains and a goods train in the Indian city of Balasore, in the eastern state…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the appointment the incumbent Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff, and Sen. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Abiodun Oladunjoye, State House Director of…

Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), the umbrella sociocultural organisation of the good people of Ilorin Emirate, has called on relevant authorities to ensure the swift removal of the offensive advertisement of an alcohol on the advertisement billboard along Offa Garage Road, Ilorin. The Union, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam…

Buhari is now a former president. Power is sweet, intoxicating, but transitory. One must relinquish it willy-nilly—as a result of death or through change of government. Since 1999, Buhari is the second former president, after Obasanjo, who left office because he is statutory barred to continue. Another commonality between them is that they handed over…

Ridwan Jamiu ‘And the Lord said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart’ (Jeremiah 14:14) In the countdown to the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria,…

The outgoing President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.) has approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerians. This was contained in a statement by the Head of Press and Public Affairs of the Ministry of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi made available to the media on Sunday. According to the statement, the airports include Akure…

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been sworn into office as President, Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, administered the oath of office at exactly 10:37 am, Nigerian time. Earlier, Kashim Shettima took the oath as Vice-President as exactly 10:28am.  

The secretary of the state government of Kano State Alhaji Usman Alhaji has officially handed over documents of power to the Kano Governor Elect Engineer Abba Kabir Yusif during a ceremony that took place at Government House Kano. He said on behalf of the outgoing governor Alhaji Umar Ganduje comprehensive handing-over notes had been provided…

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has said, the self-professed leading Yoruba groups, OPC and Afenifere had never worked for the victory of Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. CNG was replying to the statement by the OPC that tends to threaten the North from demanding what is due to it describing the development as unguarded…

Four-man robbery gang on Friday robbed a Hausa biz man and carted away $11million in the Oke-Sokori area of Abeokuta, in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspects escaped the scene with the $ 11 million stacked in two ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bags, after demobilising the car of their victim, a Hausa trader, who…

Moved by the recent threat to the North by the Oodu’a Peoples Congress (OPC) on the issue of contesting the National Assembly leadership sharing formula announced by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, the Oodu’a Peoples Frontiers (OPF) said, time immemorial, the North has always supported Yoruba Presidency. In a statement issued…

The supreme court has dismissed the suit seeking the disqualification of Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC). A five-member panel of the supreme court held on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the locus standi to institute the suit. The panel said the…

A conglomeration of about 107 Anti-Corruption crusade groups led by Crime and Corruption Monitors, has impressed on the incoming administration of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is cleaned of entrenched corrupt leadership symbolized by its current Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa. This follows a protest by the Anti-Corruption crusade…

A Northern Nigerian group, Democratic Watch Initiative has written a letter to the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu demanding his immediate intervention in the process of selecting leadership of the 10th National Assembly, saying that he should allow democracy to take charge in the process. The group in a letter addressed to the president-elect and…

I want to thank Allah, exalted is He, for the historic event in which my brother Governors bestowed upon me the Chairmanship of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). The significance and the huge responsibilities of this office are not lost on me. I hereby pledge to uphold the ideals and vision of the NGF whilst…

The Ohanaeze Youths Group has called on Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa to step aside from his position and face probe over corruption allegations against him. National President of the group, known as, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide Mazi Okwu Nnabuike disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday….

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu says Africa has lost one of her rare gems in Professor Jamiu Mosobalaje Oyawoye CON, the crown prince of Offa kingdom who transited to the great beyond today Monday 22nd of May at the age of 96. Rt. Hon. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in a…

  Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has stated that the Dangote refinery was established at a total cost of $18 billion. He stated this while giving a speech at the commissioning of the Dangote refinery in Lagos state earlier today, May 22. According to Emefiele, the Dangote Group and the CBN partnered…

Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has expressed dismay of the recent post-election dialogue between the President-elect, Bola Tinubu and the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso. It’s in the public domain that Tinubu was reported to have met with Kwankwaso for four hours in France, on a wide range…

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has described the death of Elerin of Erin Ile, Oba Ibrahim Abdulganiyu Ajibola Olusookun II MFR as a colossal loss. Rt. Hon. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in his condolence message noted that the first-class monarch was an accomplished personality who ruled his community for 41…

Why this dehumanization? Why must Nigerian students suffer like refugees in their motherland just to purchase Direct Entry Form? Why do we progress only to retrogress? Why a step forward but two steps backward? Why is JAMB undoing what it has perfectly done and for which it has received several commendations? It is a pity…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) has again remitted N2billion as its interim surplus for the 2023 operating year, more would be remitted as its operations for the years are completed. This is in furtherance of the pledge by the Prof. Is-haq Oloyede-led management, on assumption of duty, that it would leverage on technology and…

The Federal Road Safety Corps wishes to dissociate itself from a baseless and unfounded opinion currently published on different news platforms, linking the Corps to seeking the introduction of Sharia Law to compliment existing extant regulations on enforcement of traffic rules and prosecution of offenders. The public is to note that the entire statement does…

We live in a country where law and order are like missing documents from official files. Though we know the provisions of the law but because they have grown wings and flown without traces from our statute, everyone abuses the law. Senator Ike Ekweremadu was not that lucky. As a major partner in the Nigerian…

The Supreme Court has affirmed the victory of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the elected Governor of Osun State. Justice Emmanuel Agim, who read the judgement on Tuesday affirmed the ruling of the Appeal Court that had upheld the electoral victory of Ademola Adeleke. The five-member panel of the apex court…

The Governing Council of University of Abuja has approved the appointment of Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the institution’s Deputy Vice Chancellor academics. The Council made the appointment at its 96th Regular Meeting held on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th May 2023. According to a statement issued by the Registrar, Mallam Yahya I. Mohammed, the…

A candidate, Miss Aminat Suleiman Yahaya, who was featured in a widely-circulated video on tiktok and other social media platforms, alleging that she was rescheduled repeatedly to sit the Board’s 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) in Abuja, while staying in Ibadan, has apologized to the Board for misleading the public and attempting to embarrass the…

The victim in Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s organ harvesting trafficking case, David Nwamini, has pleaded with the UK government to remain and work in the UK, expressing fear that “they could arrest him or kill him in Nigeria.” Nwamini’s impact statement was read in court on Friday at the sentencing where the former Deputy Senate President,…

Nigerians are not safe anywhere on Nigeria’s territory. They are not also safe anywhere in the belly of Nigeria’s earth. On earth, they are not safe; in graves, their eyes must be wide open—though they are deceased—for the fear of disentombment after being honorably entombed. Our dead could not rest in peace any more due…

The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), has expressed concern on possible escalation of various forms of cancers in the years ahead, depending on how long they have been consuming the Indomie Noodles brand. More worrisome, according to a statement signed by the Director General of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, is that…

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has joined the race for the 10th Assembly speaker. Doguwa, who represents Doguwa /Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State, sent a letter communicating his intention to members-elect. He said the desire to aspire to the position was fueled by his passion for nation building….

Paris Saint-Germain has suspended Lionel Messi with immediate effect. The suspension will take place now and it will be valid for the next two weeks, as revealed by RMC Sport. Paris Saint-Germain decision follows Messi’s trip to Saudi Arabia this week not authorized by the club. Leo Messi’s side now awaits official communication from PSG…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday said it would commence the release of results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.   This was contained in the minutes of the meeting held at the end of an emergency management meeting held over the weekend in Abuja.   In the…

The Federal Government has debunked reports that it has suspended fuel subsidy removal  stating that the implementation of the policy is still on course. The reaction is against the backdrop of some media reports that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday said that the Federal government has suspended the…

Tinubu’s ADC is some full load of competence Trained in UK, China, how Tinubu’s ADC rose through the ranks As part of his preparation for the May 29 inauguration, the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appointed Lieut. Col. Nurudeen Alowonle Yusuf as his Aide-de-Camp designate. Barring any last-minute twist, this writer can authoritatively confirm the…

When I wrote an article titled “Aishatu Binani’s Shrewd and Subtle Jab at Supporters”, some readers reacted and asked if I was supporting female governorship. They considered the article a subtle praise and support for Aishatu Binani’s candidacy. That was February 3, three months ago before the election. They could be right. Why won’t I…

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to the country on Monday evening after about a month trip to Paris, France. He was received by mammoth crowd of enthusiastic associates and supporters who thronged the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja where his plane touched down. The President-elect was in company with his…

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin, His Royal Highness, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-gambari, CFR on the occasion of his 83rd birthday.   This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Sheu Abdulkadir Yusuf.   “Happy…

Muslims almost all over the world are in festive mood. We are happy to have successfully completed Ramadan fasting. We started this year fasting on Thursday and it ended on Thursday. This is not unique. Probably many of us do not observe that the day Ramadan commences is likely the day it ends. The only…

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has rejoiced with Muslims, as faithfuls celebrate the end of Ramadan and commencement of Shawwal culminating into the Ediul Fitr 1444AH. Rt. Hon. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in his Eidul fitr greetings to the Muslim faithfuls harped on the need to sustain the reflection and…

I made a case for the poor in my last Friday article titled “Hopeful in Ramadan; Hopeless after Ramadan”, Maxilens News published it with the title “Fate of the Poor Man after Ramadan”. Among other things, I discussed how the main objective of Zakat which is to eradicate poverty—or at least reduce it—has been defeated….

•Appoints Hon Kure as committe’s spokesman   The Kwara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has constituted a seven man Investigative, Peace and Reconciliation Committee to wade in and unravel the circumstances responsible for the crisis rocking the party with the aim of finding peace and foster unity within the rank and file of…

Abdullahi Ahmed Ahead of the 2023 Eidel Fitri Celebration, Kwara State Government says it has concluded arrangements to ensure a hitch-free celebration. The government, in a statement, advised members of the public to be law abiding and organised themselves in an orderly manner towards successful conduct of the Eid prayers at the Ilorin Eid Prayer…

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has declared PDP’s Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Winner of Adamawa Governorship Election As announced by the returning officer Professor Muhammad Mele said, Ahmadu Fintiri who is the incumbent governor of the state scored a total of 430, 861 votes to defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Aisha…

The Outgoing Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has over the weekend begged for forgiveness from those he might have offended in the course of discharging his duty or while governing the state. Ganduje Seeked for the forgiveness while speaking during a Ramadan lecture at Al Furqan Juma’at Mosque located at Nasarawa GRA Kano…

Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, has been declared winner of the Adamawa Governorship election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa Professor Hudu Yunus Ari declared Binani as winner midway into the collation. Reports have it that results from 10 out of the 20 local government areas had been declared while the exercise was…

One needs to be poor to experience what the poor go through. It is not easy to observe fasting for a whole month. Yet, a Muslim who does not merely profess Islam will fast it come what may; except those who are exempted by the Law Giver (Allah). I do not intend to discuss those…

Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Engineer Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has charged journalists to continue to ensure professionalism in the discharge of their duties. Engineer Danladi-Salihu representing Ilesha-Gwanara Constituency, gave the charge while receiving a Survenier donated to him by the State House of Assembly Press Corp to congratulate him on his re-election in the just…

2023 UTME now holds on 25th and not 29th April earlier announced It would be recalled that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had earlier conducted its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday, 30th March, 2023, in 725 centres across the country. However, the exercise ran into some technical hitches in some centres thereby denying some…

AIG Ayoku – Maritime Lagos AIG Babaita – Zone 8 Lokoja AIG Mba- FCID Annex Lagos The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, has ordered the posting/redeployment of Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to Departments, Commands, and Formations in line with his manpower development policy of fitting the right persons…

Nigeria is a country with a never ending interesting episodes. In Nigeria, it is never a dull moment. We regale ourselves even as we suffer hardship from those who make subjecting us to hardship their topmost priority. What I consider an earnest debate about rulers and regimes in Nigeria is: “who and which among them…

Kwara State House of Assembly has confirmed Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen as Grand Khadi of the State Shariah Court of Appeal Ilorin.   The confirmation of Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen was sequel to his screening on the floor of the House, which was presided by the Speaker, Engineer Yakubu Danladi-Salihu. Responding to some of the questions put…

By Ajide Akingbade To many Nigerians, the name Nigeria is no longer a title contender but just a figurehead in the African community. The country battles a severe cash crunch, severe poverty, lack of jobs, poor governance, etc. According to the Nigeria bureau of statistics (NBS), 2022, 50 million of Nigerians live below poverty level…

Former United States President Donald Trump has presnted himself for court hearing in New York. The development was held amid tight security and a global media frenzy, as the Republican billionaire becomes the first American president in history to face criminal charges. In a spectacle playing out on live television – with rival protesters rallying…

A Magistrate’s Court at “Gidan Murtala” in Kano has ordered a man Isyaku Shu’aibu from Ja’en area neighborhood to slaughter his cock. His neighbor Malam Yusuf Muhammad Ja’en filed a complaint in the Court that the Cock belonging to Isyaku Shu’aibu has been violating his rights by preventing him from sleeping due to cock crow…

By Abdullahi Ahmed All Nigerian Confederation of Principals of Secondary School, ANCOPSS, has appealed to the Kwara State Government to look into the issue of salary disparity between the workers of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB and others. President of the ANCOPSS, Comrade Umar Abdullahi made the appeal during the state Executive Council…

We are living in a very difficult and unfortunate time. Hypocrisy and phony religiosity best characterize us than any other thing. People claim what they do not have but have what they hate to be attributed to them. Not to exempt myself, we claim what we do not have but have what we hate to…

Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has welcomed the elevations of three indigenes of Ilorin Emirate in the services of the Nigeria Police, describing the development as one of community’s finest moments in the realm of police service. The Union, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Nurudeen Ibrahim, on behalf of…

Build up to this just concluded general elections in Kwara State, I wrote to predict where pendulum would swing, pointing out candidates that may likely win and lose in the polls. The piece was titled “2023 elections: How it will be won and lost “. In the said article, I x-rayed Kwara State Senatorial districts,…

By Hadiza Ado Jinta The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has begun a five-year strategic plan to help Nigerian children left behind in developmental strides meet up with their counterparts in other parts of the world. UNICEF spokesman Geoffrey Njoku started this on Thursday in Enugu during a ‘Training-Of-Trainers on Child Rights Curriculum’ for university…

The Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III has declared tomorrow (Thursday) 23/3/2023 as the first day of Ramadan, 1444AH The Sultan made the declaration at his palace in Sokoto following receiving information from moon sighting committees from various states in the country. He charged Muslims to commence fasting Ramadan Tomorrow (Thursday) His eminence also…

Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu has described the victory of Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the 2023 Guber Poll as a confirmation of the full-strength love people of Kwara have for him and are well pleased with his administration out-and-out. Rt. Hon. Engr. Danladi-Salihu in his congratulatory message…

The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Ubah Sanni, has been declared as the winner of the guber race in Kaduna State. He won with a slim margin after polling 730002 against his closest rival from PDP who polled 719196 .

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the family of the late music legend Alhaji Jaigbade Alao, praying Allah to grant him al-jannah Firdaus and comfort the family. Alhaji Jaigbade died on Monday morning, according to media reports. “On behalf of the government and people of Kwara State, I send our condolences to the…