In what he described as a pressure tactic to threaten his reputation and business, the founder of Rahmaniya Group, Abdulrahman Bashar, has vowed to challenge a judgement given against him by a Dubai court. A Dubai court had sentenced Abdulrahman, a billionaire Nigerian oil tycoon to one year in prison for an alleged financial crime involving his dealings with CE Energy Company, an oil and gas firm. Abdulrahman, in a statement issued Monday, 10 February, 2025 said he was working with the global law firm, HFW, to overturn the judgment delivered on Thursday, January 30, 2025, which he claimed he…
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The National Chairman of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON), Professor Saleh Usman, has denied allegations that he is truncating the preparation for the 2025 Hajj Pilgrimage by canceling deals with Saudi Arabia Muaashir Companies. The Chairman, who was responding to allegations by the Forum of States Pilgrim Welfare Agencies, which claimed that he had singlehandedly canceled contracts with Saudi-based Muaashir Companies, something that might truncate the 2025 Hajj, noted that “these allegations target my hard-earned reputation as an Islamic scholar.” Making the allegations on behalf of the forum, its Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Adamawa State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare…
The Registrar the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has urged the federal government to allow the National Universities Commission(NUC) to manage the budgets of tertiary institutions in addition to its role as the regulator that accredits courses in schools. Oloyede, who is also a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, made this call on the Sunday edition of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Television. The registrar of the board said university education is so sensitive, and the government should allow experts to administer these tertiary institutions. Oloyede faulted…
The Supreme Court has thrown out the suit filed by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, seeking to remove 27 members of the State House of Assembly on the grounds of their alleged defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Apex Court on Monday, 10 February, 2024 dismissed the suit in a ruling delivered by Justice Musa Uwani-Aba-Aji following the dramatic withdrawal of the appeal by Fubara through his lead counsel, Yusuf Ali SAN. Governor Fubara, in the notice for withdrawal of the case, simply informed a 3-man panel of Justices of the Court…
Sudanese leadership has announced the roadmap to returning power to democratic elected government, even as it called for the support of the African Union, the United Nations, and the Arab League as well as other international organisations to assist in the return of normalcy to the country. Sudan is presently ruled by General Abdel Fattah al-Burham, who is the President of the Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since over a year ago have continued to launch a conflict of unmitigated brutality that has resulted…
The European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN) Programme has launched a toolkit to help community radio professionals to ensure fair, accurate, ethical, and inclusive reporting of electoral issues across the country. The toolkit titled “Doing Civic and Voter Education: A Toolkit for Community Radio Professionals in Nigeria,” also aims to empower community radio to engage with marginalised groups, such as women, youth, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). According to a statement, the EU-SDGN programme, fosters inclusive voter education, provides strategies for countering misinformation and hate speech, and ensures that all members of society,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared four associates of Lagos drug kingpin, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu (a.k.a Barryshine, Ejeoto) wanted for their involvement in multiple drug trafficking activities for which ‘Barryshine’ is currently facing criminal charges at a Federal High Court in Lagos. According to a statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, the decision to declare the suspects wanted followed an order granted to the NDLEA by Honourable Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos. Those wanted for their involvement in multiple drug trafficking activities include: Olarenwaju Abdulai (a.k.a Alhaji…
The attention of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has been brought to reports circulating in online media platforms under a mischievous headline: “Uproar in NDDC As Ogbuku, Wike Fight Dirty.” Nothing can be farther from the truth. We are, therefore, constrained to respond to the false story claiming that “there is rumbling in the Commission following the jostle for the position of the Managing Director currently occupied by Dr Samuel Ogbuku.” To set the records straight, the NDDC Managing Director has a very cordial relationship not only with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, who…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC has catered for the needs of people in the Niger Delta region in every aspect of life including the area of healthcare. Way back in May 2005, the NDDC went into partnership with Pro-Health International to provide free medical outreach at Primary Health Centre Enwang in MBO Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. The importance of this medical outreach in the rural area cannot be overemphasized due to limited medical interventions in the area. During the intervention, both the young and the elderly were catered for from mild ailments to serious medical issues.
All roads lead to Idanre, Ondo State, on Saturday, 15 February, 2025, as the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; his Ondo State counterpart, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa; former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko; members of the National Assembly and other dignitaries attend the burial ceremony of the Obamoluwa of Idanre kingdom, High Chief Moses Akinmade. The event will also attract former Military Administrator of Lagos State and Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa; Senate Majority Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele; Senator Ali Ndume; and the Chairman of The Nigerians in Diaspora…