Month: June 2022

PHOTO: A Week without Imam Shuaib Agaka By Yushau A. Shuaib

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_Tick… tick… tick… And the breath stopped suddenly at 11.33 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2022._   It was the moment I lost my beloved motherly father and brotherly friend, my dad, Imam Abdulhameed Shuaib Agaka (PhD).   I had arrived Ilorin on Friday and met him at a private hospital where he had been admitted for the treatment of malaria. I gently collected the prayer rosary from his fingers and held his hand gently, even if a bit tightly… He responded with a very brief smile, without uttering a…

Why Tinubu Will Not Make A Good President By Tunde Sobamowo

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Tinubu is not, and cannot be a Team Player. He is always and will always, be the Team Leader. That is him, it is too late, if not impossible for him to change. He wants to be the Bride in every wedding and the corpse in every funeral. The centre of the political universe. He took the credit for making President Buhari, president.   Tinubu will run President Buhari and other leaders of APC out of the Party as president and leader, of the party. He cannot share the limelight…

How Fayemi, Akpabio, Tambuwal, others wasted over N1b on failed presidential ambitions

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TUNDE AJAJA examines the practice of politicians and their associates spending millions to buy presidential forms only to pull out of the race at the last minute   At any time in Nigeria’s history, whether in the years of economic boom or now that a whopping 16.82 per cent inflation rate has eroded the value of the naira, N100m is a lot of money.     Thus, when the ruling All Progressives Congress pegged its presidential forms at that sum, the outrage that greeted the announcement was somewhat understandable, especially…

Ortom offers Automatic Employment to 2 Children of Late AIG Awunah into Benue Civil Service

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Two children of the late AIG, Don Awunah have been offered automatic employment into the Benue State Civil Service with immediate effect.   Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom made the announcement Friday, June 10th, 2022 in his funeral oration at the burial ceremony of the deceased AIG Awunah held at his country home, Tse Awunah Chiba, Mbachohon, Gwer West Local Government Area.   The Governor who said the employment of the children was a way of his Government appreciating the late senior Police officer for his contribution to the development…

Senate President urges striking NASS workers to call off action, embrace dialogue

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has appealed to the striking workers of the National Assembly to call off their industrial action and instead, embrace dialogue for speedy resolution of the disputes.   Lawan made the appeal at a meeting which he summoned to find a way out of the lingering issues between the workers and the management of the National Assembly.   Workers of the National Assembly under the aegis of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria(PASAN) had embarked on an indefinite strike from Monday to press home…

2023: Labour Party charges Nigerians to vote Peter Obi as President

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Labour Party charges Nigerians to vote Peter Obi as President in 2023 The National Secretary of Labour Party (LP), Mr Umar Ibrahim, has said that Peter Obi remained the Party’s presidential flag-bearer, saying there was no faction in the party. Ibrahim made the declaration while addressing newsmen on Friday in Kaduna. It will be recalled that Festus Okoye, the INEC Commissioner for Information, declared Peter Obi as winner of the LP presidential primary, which took place on May 30 in Asaba, Delta state. Ibrahim asserted that that there was no…

2022 BATCH ‘B’ ORIENTATION: Call Up letters out on Sunday – NYSC …..COVID -19 RDT test compulsory – NCDC

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The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has said the Call Up Letters for Prospective Corps Members that will participate in the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Orientation Course will be available on Sunday.   The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah disclosed this during a webinar jointly organized by the NYSC and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as part of efforts to sustain the safe conduct of Orientation Exercise.   He said though there was a decline in COVID-19 cases worldwide, there is the need “not to let down…

Hats Off to Jagaban! By Olawale Olaleye

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One of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s agelong political ideologies, is that power isn’t served a la carte. It’s a philosophy that encourages power seekers to go after it as much as they want it and like the kingdom of God, which suffers violence, take it by force and own it.   But I’d never shared this idea with him. Reason for this is not far-fetched. He has refused to live up to billings internally, especially, given his Darwinian approach to politics. For as many as had wanted to seek power in…

Friday Sermon: Taming The Divorce Rate In Our Societies By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful   All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation. May the salutations of Allah, His peace and blessings be upon our beloved Prophet, his family, his companions and his true and sincere followers until the Last Day – then to proceed:   Dear brothers and sisters! Know that marital life is built on affection and compassion as indicated by the words of Allah Almighty as follows:   “And among His Signs is that He created for you wives…

HOW ELECTIONS ARE RIGGED IN NIGERIA By Law Mefor

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In Nigeria, where politicians lack alternative business addresses, depending on power, political patronage, contracts, and so on to survive and remain relevant, the election is a do-or-die affair. Those who seek to topple incumbents and incumbents who want to retain power need to be properly guided. Seeking political power in Nigeria is not a patriotic endeavour.   This situation has been worsened by a near absence of a political party system in the real sense of the word. A political party is a platform where like-minds come together to seek…