Ayade signs 2021 appropriation bill of N281.9bn into law
Cross River state governor, Sir Ben Ayade Wednesday signed the state’s 2021 budget into law. Christened, budget of Blush and Bliss, the 2021 budget has a total sum of N281.9billion, a sharp reduction from the previous budget sizes of over 1.01trillion. Speaking at the signing ceremony which held at the State Executive chambers of the […]
We stand with Kukah, says Nigerian Muslim Professionals
Nigerian Muslim Professionals association has asked those vilifying the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Archdiocese, Matthew Kukah for speaking against the current national situation to desist. The coalition noted that the country will be a better place if there were two or three persons like Kukah. It tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to take Kukah’s message as […]
Zakzaky Donates Blankets, Drugs, Mosquito Nets To Faskari IDPs
The leader of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky on Tuesday December 29, 2020 donated Blankets, drugs, mosquito nets to the internally displaced persons to help them stay warm during the cool season in Faskari town, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. At the event, the representative of Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky in Funtua, Sheikh […]
Bishop Kukah: It was unfair for a journalist or news media to report that I called for a coup
Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria: The Catholic Bishop Kukah of Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria, at a media conference with selected journalists held at St Bakhita Secretariat in Sokoto on Monday night urged Nigerians to get the accurate statement rather than relying on different lies being peddled about in his name. The cleric stressed that the message, “Another Christmas […]
KDSG Security Update: Tuesday 29th December 2020
…Nine bandits neutralized in Kaduna-Abuja Road general area …Troops foil bandits’ attempt to move rustled cattle The Kaduna State Government has been informed by the military securing the Kaduna-Abuja Road general area, that troops neutralized nine armed bandits following a firefight late on Monday night into the early hours of Tuesday. According to the operational […]
WHO IS SQUEEZING BAKARE’S BALLS? By Femi Fani-Kayode.
On 28th October 2019, Pastor Tunde Bakare said the following, “Tinubu will give account for all his deeds. He should not be seen as a generous man, he is an integral part of the rot in Nigeria”. This is a robust condemnation of a man that has been variously described as the ‘Lion of Bourdillon’, […]
A FAILING COUNTRY: HOW AND WHY PRESIDENT BUHARI LOST GRIP OF AUTHORITY
By UMAR ARDO, Ph.D Judging by the spate of insecurity currently pervading the country, Nigeria can be rightly said to have drifted inexorably into a complete failed state. All over the country, especially in the North, from my home state of Adamawa and Borno in the North-east, to Benue and Niger in the North-central and […]
Saudi Arabia bans underage marriage
The Saudi Ministry of Justice has banned the marriage of persons under 18 years. It also set 18 years as the minimum age for marriage The Minister of Justice and Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Sheikh Walid Al-Samaani, issued the new directive in a circular sent to all the courts in The Kingdom of […]
Twisting Bishop Kukah’s Christmas Message: Injurious to nation-building
CAN 19 northern states and Abuja has read with great shock attempts to further divide the nation by the Presidency, the leadership of MURIC and other individuals and groups aimed at twisting the crux of the homily Bishop Kukah gave at Christmas. Of grave misgiving is the baseless claim in a statement signed by the […]
SSCOE Sokoto graduates 11, 348….as Tambuwal assures of upgrading college to university of education
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto The Golden Jubilee and 22nd convocation ceremony of the prestigious Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE) Sokoto yesterday awarded various certificates of eduction to no fewer than 11, 348 in strict compliance with NCDC Covid-19 pandemic protocols. It also awarded fellowships to six distinguished Nigerians including former Niger state Governor Muazu […]