The Founder, Muslims’ In Light Organisation, Sufi Centre Nigeria, Dr Rasheed Akinbile, has congratulated Muslims nationwide for completing the Ramadan fast, marking the commencement of the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. He further charged Muslims with the need to demonstrate discipline, generosity, and integrity as taught in the holy month of Ramadan. Akinbile delivered this message during his…
The Wale Akinterinwa Campaign Organisation and the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation have hit hard at each other over allegations concerning the billboards of one of the Ondo State governorship aspirants, Wale Akinterinwa. Both Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and a former Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa, and the other 14 aspirants will be contesting for the…
The Newspapers Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria; the Nigerian Union of Journalists; and the Nigerian Guild of Editors, among other media industry stakeholders, have demanded a probe into the abduction of FirstNews editor, Segun Olatunji, by the military. On March 15, 2024, Olatunji was abducted from his Lagos home in Abule Egba by gun-toting men in…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he has no plan to leave the party ahead of the 2027 general election. Obi said he was committed to resolving the internal crisis rocking the Labour Party, stressing that he was a man of peace. Obi spoke in Gombe State on Sunday…
A group, EnterpriseNGR, says it has graduated 100 youths from its internship programme established to empower young Nigerians with a view to eradicating unemployment and underemployment in the country. In a statement on Sunday, the group explained that it trains young Nigerians after which they are placed in different firms as interns, an opportunity that…
Increasing the amount of titled landed property by 25 per cent could have a significant impact on the Gross Domestic Product of the country, a report by Ubosi Eleh & Co. has stated. The report titled “Reinvigorating Nigeria’s Economic Potential With Dead Capital” stated that in Nigeria, trillions of naira lay dormant in idle assets…
The Kogi State government has attributed the delay in the distribution of the Federal Government’s palliatives in the state to the fact that the state has not received the allocation in full. The Executive Secretary of the Kogi State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Mouktar Atimah, in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that the state had…
The Lagos State Government has called for collaboration of stakeholders to improve corporate governance and sustainability among its agencies. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Government Parastatals Monitoring Office, Adetutu Ososanya, made the call on Friday at a one-day workshop organised for heads of parastatals, agencies, and government-owned companies held at Alausa with the theme ‘The…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to release the result of its probe into the alleged dollar bribery video involving immediate-past governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. Yusuf, in a statement on Sunday by his spokesperson, Sanusi Tofa, said Ganduje should rather be ashamed of himself and prepare to face…
The Lagos State government has removed illegal structures on setbacks on Fafunwa Street, Victoria Island. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on Sunday through his handle @tokunbo_wahab on X. He added that the mechanics on MacGregor Road in the Ikoyi area of Lagos were also dislodged after several complaints…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has appointed a 38-year-old engineer, Omobayo Godwin, as his new deputy. This was coming on the heels of the impeachment of the former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, by the state House of Assembly on Monday. According to the panel set up for the impeachment proceedings of the former deputy gov,…
ABDUCTORS of the two students of Federal University, Wukari, in Taraba State are demanding a ransom of N50m in exchange for the freedom of the students. The Head of Information and Protocol Unit of the institution, Mrs Ashu Agbu, disclosed this in a telephone conversation with journalists on Sunday. “The abductors revealed that they came…
