Mr Sunday Olajide, has implored Muslim faithful to use Eid-el-Fitr celebration to pray for the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to succeed when inaugurated on May 29. Olajide said that they should pray for guidance, wisdom and divine direction for Tinubu from God to govern the country in tackling economic stagnation...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The member representing Hawul Local Government Area at the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ayuba Wakawa has felicitated with Muslim Ummah after the successful completion of this year’s Ramadan fasting period and the peaceful conduct of the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. Hon. Wakawa, who...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged Muslims to imbibe the spirit of equality, justice, peace and fair play, as they celebrate the 2023 Eid-el-Fitr. The NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, made the appeal in a statement he titled: “Happy EId-El Fitri: May We...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun and his predecessor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, have congratulated Muslim faithful on the successful completion of Ramadan fast. Adeleke, in a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, on Friday in Osogbo, urged Muslim faithful in the state not to jettison the virtues of...
Gunfire ripped through residential neighbourhoods of Sudan’s capital Khartoum at the start of the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr on Friday. This happened after the army deployed on foot for the first time in its almost week-long fight with a paramilitary force. Soldiers and gunmen from the paramilitary...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has tasked politicians seeking redress in courts to accept the outcomes in good faith. Abubakar, who made the assertion in his Eid-el-Fitr massage to Nigerians on Friday in Sokoto State said: ”The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Muslims faithful in Maiduguri city have observed a peaceful Eid-el-Fitr sallah celebration as the two supplication rakaats were observed peacefully in many Eid mosque within the metropolis. Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, Governor Babagana Zulum, Borno Deputy Governor, Hon. Umar Usman Kadafur, APC Deputy...
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday morning, arrived on the parade ground of the Mambilla Barracks, where he joined other Muslim faithful to perform the Eid-el-Fitr prayer. The President, who arrived around 9:10 am, was accompanied by some of his family members and personnel aides. Others at the praying ground...
The Federal Government says it is considering how best to achieve subsidy removal without disrupting livelihoods in Nigeria. Amb. Gabriel Aduda, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, said this while briefing newsmen on Thursday at the end of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2023). He said the Federal...
Buhari names one of his ‘proudest achievements’
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the peaceful outcome of the 2023 general elections”will go down on record as one of the proudest achievements of my administration in addition to our neutrality in the conduct of the elections.” President Buhari stated this in his goodwill message...
A mushroom plant scientist, Prof. Sami Ayodele, has urged the Federal Government to create an opportunity for farmers to embrace mushroom cultivation to serve as alternative means of farming and income generation for the country. Ayodele made the call in Abuja on Thursday while delivering the National Open University...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – Sen. Aliyu Wamakko has secured the release of 62 inmates serving various jail terms in various Correctional Centres in Sokoto State. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Sokoto by Bashar Abubakar, Wamakko’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. The statement...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has declared Friday, April 21, as the first day of Shawwal, 1444 AH in Nigeria. Abubakar, in a broadcast in Sokoto on Thursday said the reports for the sighting of the crescent...
The National Assembly (NASS) says the first batch of induction programmes for the 10th assembly Senators and Reps-elect is slated for May 7 and 8. It also announced that the second batch is for May 14th and 15th. The management expressed readiness for the inauguration of Senators and Reps-elect...
The management of the National Assembly says training of members-elect will begin on May 7 ahead of inauguration of the 10th Assembly. The announcement is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by the Chairman, Planning Sub-Committee on Media and Publicity, Dr Ali Umoru. Umoru stated that...
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, has indicated readiness to appear before the House of Reps adhoc committee investigating alleged loss of over $2.4 billion unremitted oil revenue The revenue is from illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil export from 2014 till...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Goni Alkali has disbursed the sum of N38.1 million to the families of 43 police officers and men who died while in active service in Borno state. Presenting cheques to the Next of Kin of the deceased...
The crescent of Shawwal, the 10th lunar month, signifying the end of Ramadhan, has been sighted in Tumair and Sudair, in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. Consequently, Friday, the 21st of April, 2023, is the Eid-l-Fitr celebration in the country. This was announced via a verified twitter handle of the...
The G36 Supporting Groups, a body of support groups for Sen. Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambition, has urged the President-elect not to give room for cabals in his administration. The Chairman of the group, Dr Samson Bilesanmi, who spoke at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos, also urged Tinubu...