Day: February 22, 2024

Friday Sermon: Cost Of Living Crisis, Share Your Food With People In Ramadan By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful   All Praise is due to Allah, We praise Him and we seek help from Him. We ask forgiveness from Him. We repent to Him; and we seek refuge in Him from our own evils and our own bad deeds. Anyone who is guided by Allah is indeed guided; and anyone who has been left astray, will find no one to guide him. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the Only One without any partner;…

OPERATION VELVET: FCT Police Raids black spot, arrests 307 suspects

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Following the coordinated raid operation by the tactical teams of the FCT Police Command, led by the Commissioner of Police CP Bennett Igweh on 11th February,2024 at Gidan-Dambe, Dei-dei – Zuba, Abuja, where 307 suspects were arrested, the suspects were screened and a hundred and seventy (170) of them were found wanting. According to a statement signed by SP Josephine Adeh,FCT Police Command PRO,a hundred and sixty-five (165) of the one hundred and seventy (170) suspects found wanting, were promptly profiled by the police operatives and arraigned in the Abuja…

BREAKING: Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Igboho returns to Nigeria after 3 years

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Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has returned to Nigeria after 3 years.   A statement by Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, on X page on Thursday, February 22, confirmed that the activist returned to the country for his late mother’s burial.   He wrote: “I can confirm that Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho is currently on his way to Igboho Town for the final burial of his mother MRS S.A.ADEYEMO.   “The body of MRS S.A ADEYEMO was picked up from the mortuary in SAKI TOWN…

Deputy Speaker, Kalu hails Senate over passage of South East Development Commission Bill

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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has expressed gratitude to the Senate for passing the Bill seeking the establishment of South East Development Commission (SEDC).   The proposed legislation sponsored by Kalu was passed by the Senate on Thursday, after considering and adopting its clauses at the Committee of the Whole, chaired by the Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio.   Recall that the House of Representatives on December 21, 2023 at its Committee of the Whole chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Kalu, unanimously…

400,000 policemen not enough to secure Nigeria’s -Kalu …… Says State Police necessary for effective policing

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has said that the number of policemen which is placed at about 400,000 is not sufficient to provide security to over 200 million Nigerians.   Speaking during a courtesy call on him by the association of Clerks of State Houses of Assembly on Thursday, Abbas who was represented by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon Benjamin Okezie Kalu, said that it became necessary to establish state police.   He said state policing will increase internal security because the…

Senate passes South East Development Commission Bill

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The Senate, on Thursday, passed the Bill seeking the establishment of South East Development Commission (SEDC), to be charged with the responsibility to receive and manage funds from allocation of the Federation Account for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, houses and other infrastructural damages suffered by the region as a result of the effect of the civil war.   The Red Chamber took the decision while considering the bill’s clauses at its Committee of the Whole, chaired by the Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio.   Recall that the House…

Military reiterates commitments to security and safety of Nigerians ….. As Troops neutralize 286 Terrorists arrest 244 others within one week

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Nigeria Defence Headquarters has assured that the Nigerian Armed Forces will waste no time and spare any effort to ensure security and safety of citizens across the country.   The Authority said it will continue to take necessary measures to ensure a secured and safer environment for citizens.   Major General Edward Buba,Director Defence Media Operations, disclosed this at a bi-weekly media briefing held at Defence Headquarters Abuja Thursday.   General Buba Accord said “Following the chorus of voices saturating the air waves in the country, there is no gain…

EDO APC GUBER PRIMARY: Sen Osunbor clarifies says “I’m still an aspirant provided the process is free and fair

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Senator Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor has clarified on why he pulled out of Thursday APC rescheduled guber primary. Osunbor clearly explained that he is ready to be part of a primary election that is transparent and fair not an inconclusive primary election that was greatly flawed. In a letter dated February 22, 2022 addressed to the National Chairman of APC, Osunbor explained that: “It has become necessary to provide this clarification to my letter referenced above dated 21st February, 2024. I was specific in the letter that I did not intend…

Flyingdove Institute of Information signs MoU with Joseph Ayo Babalola University to run undergraduate programs

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The Management of FlyingDove Institute of Information Technology(FIIT),Ijah Pada kwali, FCT today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with one of the leading private universities in Nigeria,Joseph Ayo Babalola University(JABU),Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State. The signing of MoU had both management of the institutions in attendance.   The President,Flyingdove Institute of Technology(FIIT),Dr.Shakirat O. Animashaun and Dr Luqman Animashaun,Director,Flyingdove Institute of Technology, Abuja signed on behalf of the institute while Prof. Olasebikan Alade Fakolujo, Vice-Chancellor and Mr. Dapo Adeniyi, Registrar signed on behalf of Joseph Ayo Babalola University.   The MoU covered Colleges of…

SUPER EAGLES, GALLANT TROOPS AND OUR REWARD SYSTEM By Chidi Omeje

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It is no longer news that Nigeria’s senior football team, the Super Eagles, had a spectacular outing at the just concluded AFCON 24 held in Cote d’Ivoire. Even though they did not bring home the trophy, their superlative performance that saw them reach the finals was not lost on Nigerians.   The emotions, passions, high hopes, and dashed hopes that attended that tournament, which even culminated in the deaths of not less than five Nigerians, could be an interesting topic, but that is not the crux of this intervention.  …