OPINION : NIGERIA- THE RACKET AND CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE
By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju A few days to this day three years ago, Boko Haram was festering, Asari and his kinsmen were threatening fire and brimstone over Jonathan’s re-election fortunes. Buhari had become the APC flagbearer and Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in buses campaigning. We were jittery. The information filtering to us in the Southwest was […]
Wamakko urges Nigerians to work for sustainable peace, unity, prosperous Nigeria
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has urged Nigerians to work towards sustainable peace, unity and prosperity of the country irrespective of religious, ethnic or cultural differences. Wamakko who represents Sokoto North Senatorial District in the National Assembly made the call through his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Bashir Rabe Mani in […]
INNOSON Addresses EFCC Alleged Fraud Charges & Media Blackmail Against Their CEO.
PRESS RELEASE. Our attention has been drawn to the fraud charges filed against Chief Dr Innocent Chukwuma OFR popularly known as Innoson by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. We deem it fit to alert the general public that the alleged fraud charges filed by the EFCC is a ploy orchestrated by the Commission […]
NUC Approved New Grade System For Universities.
The National Universities Commission, NUC is no longer using a scale of 5, the new system is based on a scale of 4. First Class is 3.5 – 4. Second Class is 3 – 3.49. Second class lower is 2.0 – 2.99. NUC Executive Secretary, Professor Shehu Galadanchi released to all Nigerian Universities. THE NEWLY […]
SAME OLD SONG, SAME OLD DANCERS
By ANDREW FADASON The All Progressive Congress-led administration has made up its mind on obtaining foreign loans amounting to $30 billion for Nigeria. It is soliciting the support of every imaginable expert in actualising its objective. According to President Muhammadu Buhari, the foreign loans would be invested in critical infrastructure including power, health, roads, ports […]
Senator Wamakko urges corps members to be patient, patriotic, diligent
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, representing Sokoto North Senatorial District has urged outgoing corps members across the country to strive to be patient, patriotic and diligent in their future endeavours. He described NYSC scheme as a major contributor to sustainable national integration, peace, unity and development. Senator Wamakko who is also […]
ATM: Soldier slaps police personnel in Sokoto
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto A bloody clash was Friday averted at the UBA Gusau road branch, Sokoto ATM service spot when a soldier in civil wears slapped a police personnel attached to the bank. The scenario also led to gun shots in the air which led customers on queue and passers bye around the bank […]
Muslims are not required to cover up: ‘Hijab’ has nothing to do with morality or Islam
by Tarek Fatah • January 25, 2014 • 77 Comments “Young women put on a hijab and go dancing, wearing high heels and lipstick. They wear tight jeans that show their bellies,” 75-year old Nawal Al-Saadawi, Egypt’s leading feminist, noted recently. She is bitter at how the covering of a women’s head has been misrepresented as an act of […]
PDP Challenges President Buhari On Lingering Fuel Scarcity
…Says Nigerians Languishing Under His Rule The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari, as Minister of Petroleum Resources, to find a quick solution to the lingering fuel scarcity now ravaging all parts of the country. The PDP, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday insisted that […]
El-Rufai lied, Atiku contributed to Buhari’s victory in 2015- Timi Frank
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has said Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State lied by saying that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar did not make tangible contribution to the 2015 presidential campaign of the ruling party. El-rufai, who spoke on a Voice of America (VOA) Hausa Service […]