Following an emergency meeting of Kogi East Critical Stakeholders (KECS) held on 2nd April, 2024 at Abuja, a group called Prince Abubakar Audu Political Structure, Kogi East has issued a rejoinder against it. The rejoinder which is signed by the Head of Secretariat Audu/Falake Political Structure (Kogi East) Emmanuel Ekele, Fmr. DG. Protocol, described the communique as heavily hinged on deliberate falsehood and lies to mislead the unsuspecting people. The rejoinder reads in full as follows: We wish to clarify certain deliberate and erroneous impressions created by certain groups bent on continuous lies and blackmail pretending to be concerned about…
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The Supreme Council For Islamic Affair (NSCIA) under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has confirmed that Tuesday 9th April, 2024 is the 30th day of Ramadan 1445 and Wednesday 10th April, 2024 will be the 1st day of Shawwal 1445 AH and Eid el Fitr. The announcement is contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Secretary-General, NSCIA, Prof Salisu Shehu, Monday evening. “The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, wishes to inform the Nigerian Muslim…
The renown human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has warned the administration of President Bola Ahmad Tinubu against implementing the programs and policies of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Nigeria, describing the institution as an imperialist institution established to exploit the economies of developing countries. Falana who spoke recently in a popular interview program that is viral on social media, Politics Today, said that the withdrawal of petroleum subsidy and increase in electricity tarrif are all instructed by the IMF to inflict hardship on the people of the country. He explained that for an economy to grow and flourish,…
The National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) had announced that there will be a total eclipse of the sun on the 8th of April 2024 that can only be viewed in places around United States, Mexico and Canada. The last time this type of total eclipse occured was 364 years ago where the moon entered between the sun and the earth and it’s shadow created darkness during the day. More so, after the 8th April, 2024 total eclipse, the next total eclipse will take place in the next 365 years. The Monday, April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse will cross…
Disciples and family members of renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi have debunked the insinuations in the social media that the cleric is dead. The disciples carpeted the wrong story filtering the social media platform as figment of imagination without any iota of truth. It could be recalled that the social media creativity since last week went on rampage with the claim that the Islamic cleric has been in a critical condition of health, another claim also denied by the Sheikh’s family members. Also speaking to the our correspondent, one of the disciples of the cleric, Malam Daha Azhary…
Victims of last Friday’s clampdown by the Kaduna Police Command that led to the death of five persons including minors and twenty-five injured have threatened seeking legal redress before a competent court of jurisdiction. This is contained in a statement issued on their behalf, Saturday, by Aliyu Umar to announce the extent of damage meted on them by the police. “On a final note, we wish to state categorically that we are not going to accept this Extrajudicial act perpetrated by the police and shall seek legal redress before a competent court of jurisdiction in the country” part of the…
Following the recent clampdown on Pro-Palestinian Demonstration in Kaduna, where the State Police Command killed five and injured 25 protesters, a popular human rights activist and political scientist, Zainab Dabo, has called on Governor Uba Sani to relieve Samuel Aruwan of his position as Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs. Aruwan has been a loyalist of the immediate past Governor Elrufai under who he served in different capacities adding that he does not fit into the Uba Sani composition. Dabo made the call on her verified X handle (formerly Twitter) recently his method and that of his boss, the…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kano State, Abdullahi Abbas has said that the Judicial Commission of Inquiry (JCI) set up by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to Investigate the immediate past administration in the state, led by Abdullahi Ganduje ought to have started from 1999-2003 and also cover 2011-2015 when 70 percent of government property was sold or fraudulently allocated to friends and families. He also noted, that sharing of the state assets took place right under the nose of Abba Kabir Yusuf when he was the Commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport. This is contained in…
The cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been convicted by the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday for abusing the Naira. Preciding over the case, Justice Abimbola Awogboro fixed April 9 for sentencing. The court fixed the date after Bobrisky pleaded guilty to a four-count charge of tampering with the N490,000 by spraying brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Earlier, the EFCC, through its Counsel, Suleiman Suleiman, had withdrawn the two-count of laundering N180.7 million through his company, BOB EXPRESS. However, no reason was given for the decision. Following the plea of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed 26 fresh charges bordering on abuse of office and corruption against the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, April 8 on counts bordering on accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receipt of property fraudulently obtained, and conferring corrupt advantage on his associates contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000. The sheet of the 26 fresh charges was filed on April 3rd by the EFCC Prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN).…