The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has enjoined Nigerian Muslims to maximize the spiritual opportunity presented by the advent of the holy month of Ramadan to pray for peace and unity in Nigeria as the country prepares to usher in a new administration on 29 May, 2023. Orelope-Adefulire gave this advice on Thursday, 23 March, 2023 via a press statement she signed to felicitate with Muslims all over Nigeria on the commencement of the holy month. “I greet my Muslim brothers and sisters all over Nigeria on the advent of this…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has felicitated Muslims faithful across the country, especially in Lagos State on the commencement of the holy month of Ramadan. He urged Muslims to use the holy month to pray for peace in Nigeria and Lagos in particular, adding that the Ramadan period should be used to exhibit the best virtues that Islam teaches. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Thursday, 23 March, 2023 implored Muslims, as well as Christians and other religious groups to demonstrate love, tolerance, empathy, compassion, and peaceful coexistence in this…
As we begin this year’s Ramadan, I bring warm greetings and congratulations to all Muslims who have received the grace of Almighty Allah to witness this holy month. Ramadan is more than a month of fasting. We fast to strengthen our relationship and our appreciation of Allah. We fast to make ourselves better servants of both Allah and our fellow man. However, this month is more than abstention from food and drink from dawn to dusk. It must entail imbibing the spirit and true meaning behind the holy month. We must keep hold of the excellent and wonderful things the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike There was massive celebration on the streets of Umuahia, Abia State capital on Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 after the candidate of the Labour Party(LP), Dr Alex Otti, was declared the winner of the sate governorship election. Otti scored 175, 465 votes to defeat Ambrose Okey Ahaiwe of Peoples Democratic Party who had 88,529 votes. Otti was declared the winner by Prof Nnenna Oti, the Returning Officer of INEC for Abia State, after collation of the last LGA, Obingwa. Otti’s victory did not come easy as his victory was delayed for four days, after the controversial 108,000 votes…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, may be in for fresh trouble as over 250 Constitutional and Human Rights lawyers have called on the National Judicial Council to direct all courts in Nigeria not to entertain cases brought before them by the EFCC. The lawyers, who said this was part of the resolutions reached at the end of their Annual Conference, with the theme: “Democracy and the Rule of Law”, held in Abuja between March 20 and 21, 2023, said it would only be appropriate for Nigerian courts to entertain EFCC cases when Bawa must…
The All Progressives Congress in Ogun State has maintained that it “won fair and square” the gubernatorial elections held on Saturday, 18 March, 2023. In a press statement issued in Abeokuta Tuesday evening, 21 March, 2023, and signed by the APC’s State Publicity Secretary, Tunde Oladunjoye, the party posited that “the election itself was largely peaceful and the outcome was a true reflection of the wishes of the good people of Ogun State.” The statement reads further: Despite political thuggery, vote–buying and violence perpetrated by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ogun people stood firm and ensured their votes counted.”…
Hearing in the case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against Ali Bello and another over an alleged N3 billion fraud has been adjourned till May 22, 2023 for continuation of hearing. Prosecution opened their case (FRN Vs. Ali Bello and another) against the defendant by calling two witnesses – a compliance officer from Zenith Bank, Daniel Udoh; and a compliance officer from the United Bank for Africa, Bananda Edward. Rotimi Iseoluwa Oyedepo, SAN, was lead Counsel for the EFCC in the case filed with suit no FCH/ABJ/CR/550/2022. The first witness tendered in evidence the bank statements of…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has directed all workers to picket all the offices of Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) nationwide starting from next week over current cash crunch in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, gave the directive on Wednesday, 22 March, 2023 during press briefing at Labour House in Abuja. Ajaero said the directive became imperative following the expiration of one week ultimatum given to the apex bank to make cash available for Nigerians. The Labour boss said the directive became imperative following the expiration of one week ultimatum given to the apex bank to…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Boko Haram militant group has extended its frontier outside Nigeria by establishing a recruitment base in Dinallahi village located about 10 kilometres south of Diagorou in the Tillaberi Region of the Republic of Niger. The terrorists had already erected two hangars in the village with the intention of teaching young boys and girls extremist views. There has been a massive migration of Boko Haram terrorists fleeing ISWAP onslaught in the North East Nigeria’s Sambisa forest in the past few weeks. The influx of the terrorists into Niger has led to a rise in kidnapping and attacks.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate in Abia State, Alex Otti as the winner of the Saturday, 18 March, 2023 poll in the South-East geopolitical zone. Otti, a former Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc, scored 175,467 votes to defeat his closest contender and immediate-past Chief of Staff to Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, Okey Ahaiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 88,529. Otti was declared the winner by INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Nnenna Otti, Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Technology, Owerri (FUTO).