Month: September 2020

KHUTBAH FOR NIGERIA AT 60

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Al-Kahf 18:1 ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَاۜ [All] praise is [due] to Allaah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance. Al-Kahf 18:2 قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا [He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a good reward Al-Kahf 18:3 مَّٰكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا In which…

Let fairness prevail in selection of UI Vice-Chancellor – The Gaskiya Group (TGG)

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The Gaskiya Group (TGG) has been watching with great concern the ugly trend that is emerging in the on-going process of selection of a new vice-chancellor in the University of Ibadan. As stakeholders concerned with sustaining the rising profile of the University, we are afraid of this trend which in theory can be described as that of ‘ *ordination’ and ‘predestination* ’: a situation in which a particular candidate has already been ordained and predestined to occupy the office of the Vice- Chancellor, by some cabals in the University, even…

Niger Police nab Two suspects for fraud, car theft

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Police operatives attached to Chanchaga division of Niger state command on Monday 14th September,acting on tip-off, has arrested one Mohammed Idris Abubakar aged 26yrs ‘m’ of Sabi Nassarawa Bosso Area Minna, a fake military personnel with a Mercedes Benz, golden colour with Reg. No. California 5JUZ 074. The suspect allegedly defrauded over twenty POS operators at various points in Minna and other parts of the State of about One Million,Two Hundred and Sixty-Three Thousand Naira(1,263,000:00k).Idris Abubakar specialized in generating fake alert to defraud his unsuspecting victims, Police said the suspect…

2nd SUMMIT: Oyo Govt,NAPTIP pledge to support JIFORM …..as JIFORM President visits NAPTIP DG

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The second annual Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) global migration summit today received boost from the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) as the agency pledged support for the event. Speaking during a visit led by JIFORM President, Ajibola Abayomi,accompanied by Joseph Undu Seater of Daily Independent to the NAPTIP Headquarters in Abuja on Friday,the Director General of the agency, Barr. Julie Donli-Okoli applauded the foundation and expressed readiness to work with the body and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that the nation was rid of…

NiDCOM Chairman relaunches diaspora newsletter, plans online radio

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Impressed by the production of the repackaged Diaspora Newsletter, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has announced that the Commission will soon float a Diaspora radio station. She gave this hit when the staff of the Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of the Commission led by the Head of the Unit Abdur-Rahman Balogun presented her with copies of the newly produced official newsletter in Abuja. Dabiri-Erewa said the production of the newsletter will give those in the Diaspora some participatory responsibility and afford them the opportunity…

Think futuristically,plan for what will happen ahead – Adeyemi advocates

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By Maryam Kehinde Abdulazeez An Islamic scholar has urged Nigerians to put on their thinking cap, ” think by yourself, for yourself and about yourself, so that other people’s thoughts, opinions and manipulation of sentences and statement won’t drain you to be who you are not suppose to be”. This call was made while discussing the topic:- HIJRAH HIGHLIGHTS: Where are the thinking Muslims? during an Islamic weekly program tagged “TALK ISLAM” on Jordan 93.9 FM Abuja. Ustaz (Dr) Abdulfattah Adeyemi, the CEO Baynakum Family Counseling Centre, Abuja who doubled…

Time To Interrogate Internet Fraud In Nigeria By Seun Awogbenle

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To save our country from what has become a national embarrassment, we must therefore redouble our fight against Internet fraud and clampdown on all the criminals who are involved. Lack of economic opportunity will never justify this wave of obsession for fraud and resort to cybercrime. Cybercrime and advanced fee fraud is growing at a very disturbing rate almost everywhere in Nigeria. I read recently in the news that two lecturers of the Kwara State College of Health Technology were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged…

FG-ASUU Impasse Becoming Too Expensive To Ignore By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

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If ASUU remains adamant and the Federal government sticks to its guns, is this how we will all watch until these public institutions totally collapse? I pity Nigerian youths. The only thing they are probably enjoying in Nigeria today is this free university education, although I don’t know how sustainable this can be if we are really serious about good university education .If only Nigerians are fully aware of the damage being done to the nation’s tertiary education sector, especially its universities, with this impasse in negotiations between the Federal…

Femi Adesina Concocts Salacious Lies In Defense Of Dictator Muhammadu Buhari By Bayo Oluwasanmi

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Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, in a piece titled “Soyinka Slams President Buhari, Says Nigeria Divided Like Never Before Under Him” published by SaharaReporters, Tuesday, Soyinka explains why Nigeria has never been so divided in our history like under General Muhammadu Buhari. 1. “Does anyone deny that it was this president who went to sleep while communities were consistently ravaged by cattle marauders, were raped and displaced in their thousands and turned into beggars all over the landscape?” 2. Was it a different president who, on being finally persuaded to visit…

Oyo Govt distributes palliatives to Lebanon returnees

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Oyo State Government has distributed palliatives to the first set of Lebanese returnees in the state. Special Adviser on Diaspora to the State Governor, Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu stated that the exercise would be conducted in batches. The returnees, who are Oyo State female indigenes in their middle ages, were stranded in Lebanon in the process of seeking greener pastures. Speaking on the effort of Oyo State Government at ensuring the welfare of all its citizens, including those in the Diaspora, Mrs Sarumi Aliyu noted that about forty-eight stranded Oyo indigenes had…