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A Tribute to My Father, Imam Shuaib Agaka By Yushau A. Shuaib

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Most tributes are written to eulogise the dead and not the living. I often ask the questions: Must our guardians and mentors die before we honour them by commending their outstanding qualities and exemplary lifestyle as enduring lessons? How sure are we that we would not leave before the demise of such beloved ones, as we constantly defer or procrastinate about giving honour and expressing appreciations when due? My father, Imam Abdulhameed Shuaib Agaka is very much alive, continuously playing a major role in my life, and generally being a…

7 Reasons You Should Start Drinking Coconut Water Now

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Coconut water is a refreshing natural beverage loaded with lots of nutrients and health benefits. It is nature’s gift to humans, with its low sugar content and refreshing properties, as well as other little-known That clear liquid that is 95% water found in coconuts is the treasure we speak of. The coconut water or coconut milk harvested from young coconuts, about 5-7 months of age, have the most water and contain more nutrients than mature coconut milk. The health benefits range from lowering blood sugar to helping in dental care. 1. Antioxidant properties Coconut water…

Top 12 Health Benefits Of Ginger And Garlic Mixture You Should Know

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If you are searching for natural ways of improving your health, then you need to learn the health benefits of ginger and garlic now. These spices are packed with active ingredients that play a variety of roles in your body. They are available in various forms, such as dried powder, paste, capsules, extract, and more. Ginger and garlic have been used as both medicine and seasoning for more than 500 years. In the middle ages, ginger was used to cure the plague. Garlic is no less important. The restorative functions…

Famous philanthropist Fatima Abdu celebrates birthday planting trees

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Buoyed by her personal impact in the lives of the people she has impacted with kind gestures, some youths in Akwa Ibom and Borno States took to the street to celebrate the Amazon by planting trees in commemoration of her birthday. Ubong Assam, a beneficiary of Barrister Fatima’s gesture wrote this on her birthday, ‘You are indeed a rare gift to humanity, rendering selfless services to humanity irrespective of tribes and religion spreading across the country. Your support to our organisation in Akwa Ibom and other states is highly appreciated.…

Taking Action to Empower Women in West Africa By AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq

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Across the globe, societies are seemingly convulsed by campaigns for greater equality on gender and identity grounds. We have an equivalent gender parity problem in West Africa. It is more straightforward in many ways, but no less pressing. We must act deliberately and decisively to improve outcomes for women in order for Africa to reach its developmental goals. This is why, today, Thursday October 1, Kwara State, the Nigerian State of which I am Governor, will be hosting its first annual regional West African conference on gender equality and the…

The other sides of Oyetola: Tribute to my Principal @ 66 By Ismail Omipidan

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Today, Tuesday, September 29, 2020, is the 66th birthday of my Principal, Adegboyega Oyetola. To celebrate him, I have elected to speak about a few of his attributes as a leader. Interestingly, those attributes, one of which is the fact that running a State in a depressed economy is possible, have not only changed my perception about taking up the job of a media aide to a complete stranger, but have further rekindled my hope about the future of our State and the country at large. I have said it…

My Angel is 60 By Rauf Aregbesola

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My sojourn in Kaduna in the 1980s, first for my youth service and later for a paid employment, will remain ever memorable. This is because it was there that I found the love of my life, Iyaafin Sherifat Abidemi Aregbesola. I was a dashing young man with long hair and ideological fire burning in my soul. I had been caught in the throes of the ideological fervour of the time. I left The Polytechnic Ibadan fired with idealism and was prepared to change the world. People of my generation actually…

Nigeria@60: NIS Using Citizens-Passport Integrity To Launder Nigeria’s Image By James Sunday

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The History of the Nigerian State cannot be complete without the contribution of our citizens doing the country proud by their ingenuity, skills, expertise, Knowledge and achievements that is globally recognized.   Nigeria as a nation is adjudged the most populous black nation in Africa, largest growing economy, first African country to automate its SLTD upload to the International Police Global System (IPSG), attracting for the country the 1st in Africa and 54th globally. With Nigeria’s agrarian land mass, agriculture may replace its dependency on oil. The most educated black…

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…

A Governor and his love for probity By Rafiu Ajakaye

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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is an emerging phenomenon in the Nigerian political space, thanks to his style, his drive to make things easy for the poor within resources available to him, and the pace at which he is demystifying governance. He lives in his own house. He drives his own car. He carries his own files. He goes about town on official duties without the air that comes with governance in the country. And he recently made himself a subject of school quiz when he officially wrote to the…