Month: January 2023

2023: Osun residents welcomes Oyetola with fanfare

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The immediate past Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, was on Monday received with funfair in Osogbo, the State capital, as members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and well-wishers trooped out in large number to welcome him at the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign, Office.   Oyetola who was given a tumultuous welcome and excitedly ushered into the Campaign Office, marvelled at the huge crowd awaiting his arrival.   The ecstatic party’s loyalists sang solidarity songs to express their unalloyed support for Oyetola and his wife, Alhaja Kafayat.   The immediate past Governor…

Stop Listening to Devil’s Whispering; Osun has moved on – Gov Adeleke tells Oyetola

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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has urged his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola to stop listening to Devil’s whispering on a possible return to governorship, declaring “our God is of justice, equity and honesty, not of electoral banditry and deceit. “The Holy books even noted that the devil’s whispering is real and no one should mistake the voice of the devil for God. Our Almighty God has spoken resoundingly in favour of a new Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke. Mr. Oyetola should better be reading ‘auzubilahi mina shaytani rajeem’ so he can hear…

AMF Amir urges students to be conscious of the life … as TAA ends annual Islamic camping in Abuja

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The Achiever Ambassadors (TAA) Islamic Foundation of Nigeria, just ended her 5-day 202 annual camping programme nationwide tagged “The Blissful message”. When delivering his formal opening 1 the theme: “Youth, Piety and World Glittering – A Missing Link”, Ustadh Misbahudeen Carew, in FCT Chapter, urged the participants to be conscious of how their youthful age will be deployed in the society. He advised them to hold tenaciously to the Qur’an and Hadith of the Prophet Muhammed as the only way which they can be saved from the deviated sects in…

MURIC condoles Almuminat over members’ death

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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has sent its condolence to the AlMuminat on the sad incident which occurred along Shagamu-Ore expressway in which seven Muslim sisters lost their lives.     The Islamic rights group in a statement signed by Mrs. Zulfah Bankole,Public Relations Officer (PRO), described the incident as most unfortunate, prayed Almighty Allah repose the souls of those who lost their lives in the accident.   “We pray that Almighty Allah will forgive the sisters and place them in aljannah firdaus. We also pray that Allah subhaanahu wa…

A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE SPECIAL EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE EXPANDED GENERAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE (EGPC) OF THE NIGERIAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS (NSCIA) HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 4TH JUMADAH THANIYAH 1444/ 28TH DECEMBER 2022 AT THE NATIONAL MOSQUE AUDITORIUM, ABUJA COMMUNIQUE

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1.0 PREAMBLE The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) convened a special extraordinary meeting of its Expanded General Purpose Committee (EGPC) with a view to appraising the state of the Ummah, considering the reports of its various committees and taking a position on the 2023 general elections. The meeting was presided over by the President-General of NSCIA and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar IV, CFR, mni. It was attended by Muslim leaders across the country including the Deputy President General, NSCIA (South), Alh. Rasaki Oladejo;…

Igala Youth Forum honours Omachi Atta Igala, Dr Kashim Akor

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.     The Omachi Atta Igala’, Chief Kashim Akor has advised youths and age groups in Ankpa local government to develop the flare of healthy associations and interactions among themselves, so as to discourage criminal elements arising from the bad companies.   Chief Akor dropped this hint during a special honor bestowed on him by Igala youth forum of Nigeria, Ankpa federal constituency during it’s second inauguration, and award session at the township stadium on Sunday.   The Igala kingdom title holder maintained that as far Ankpa…

2023: It is time for action,says APM National Chairman, Yusuf Mamman Dantelle

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The National Chairman, Allied Peoples’ Party , Alhaji Yusuf Mamman Dantelle Says the new year 2023 is time for action by teeming Nigerians in deciding their fates.   He stated this in his new year message to party members and the teeming Nigerians in Abuja on Sunday, saying their destinies is in their hands in view of the election year.   “By the special grace of God Nigerians have survived 2022 in spite of political upheavals, economic hardship, terrorism and other Socio-economic quagmire.”   “2023 provides us another opportunity to…

Tinubu reacts to Obasanjo’s endorsement of Peter Obi,says it’s worthless

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The Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressive Party APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reacted to the endorsement of the presidential candidate of Labour Party,Peter Obi by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo.   Tinubu response to the alleged endorsement was contained in a release signed by Bayo Onanuga,Director, Media & Publicity, Presidential Campaign Council.   The statement read in full;   “We read with amusement the endorsement of Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential Candidate by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his New Year message on Sunday.  …

Ensuring an Economic Productive Nigeria 2023. By Adefolarin A.Olamilekan

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Last last, year 2023 is here with us. Glory to Almighty God for sparing our life into the New Year. Life is a gift that can’t be compared to no other.   That why with all the shackles and buckles that shaped the event’s of the foregoing year 2022, that thrown many Nigerian’s off balance. Not forgetting global events that also rubb on us, talking off the unending Russian-Ukraine war. We just have to remain optimistic that this New Year would be better, prosperous and progressive for us. Nevertheless, 2023…

What is new about New Year 2023? By Festus Adedayo

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So that mythical Nigerian year, 2023, is here at last? For Nigerians, 2023 is not just a year of newness as all years represent for mankind. It is a year with gross implications; political, economic and social. It is a year that is at once dreaded, expected, venerated and evokes apprehension, as well as a feeling of déjà vu across board. It is a year of consequence to our existence as a people. A year that has been romanticised as the year of the Nigerian becoming, many analysts have even…