Responding to a statement issued by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) seeking the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to retract a flier it sent out and apologize to Christians, the FIRS says as a responsible corporate entity, it would never denigrate Jesus Christ. It would be recalled that FIRS had posted a flier on its social media platforms and got it circulated during Easter with the headline: “Jesus paid your debts, not your taxes”, a post that triggered rage from the apex Christian body in the country CAN. In a reaction last night, FIRS said the message was “our…
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Aliko Dangote remains the riches man in Africa and the richest black man in the world. He is worth $13.4 billion this year. The Dangote Group of Companies remains the largest employer of labour in the private sector in Nigeria. This information is released by Forbes this week reporting that the Dangote net worth had risen to $13.4 billion. Other Nigerians listed in the report include Mike Adenuga who is worth a whooping $6.7 billion and Abdussamad Rabiu worth $5.2 billion followed by Femi Otedola that is worth $1.4 billion, all in 2024 despite the global economic downturn. The Forbes…
The Shari’a Police in Kano, called Kano State Hizbah has on Tuesday confirmed arresting seven women accused of stealing fabrics and other textile materials at the popular textile market Kantin Kwari in Kano. The Commandant of the Hisbah Board, Kano Municipal Area Command, said the arrests were made following the apprehension of a constabulary police officer, who was conniving with the thieves to perpetrate the crime. Commenting on the development, Chairman of the Kantin Kwari Market, Hamisu Sa’adu Dogon Nama said the suspects have been terrorizing the market for a while especially due to the congestion. He commended the Hisbah…
Kano State House of Assembly has cleared Mustapha Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, son of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, as commissioner and member of the state executive council despite criticisms by opposition in the state. Among those also cleared is Adamu Aliyu Kibiya, former Commissioner for Land that was sacked in September, 2023 for issuing death threat to Judges of Kano Election Petition Tribunal. for threatening lives of Tribunal Judges. Others include, Abdujjabbar Umar Garko and Shehu Sule Aliyu Karaye. Mustapha is the eldest son of Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in…
A renown Kaduna Cleric based in Zaria, Sheikh Sherif Awwal Zaria, has blasted former Kaduna State Governor Nasiru Elrufai accusing him of mistreating and inflicting sorrow in the lives of various individuals. In a video clip that has gone viral on social media, showing him delivering religious sermon, the cleric also condemned Elrufai for looking down on the holy Quran when he alleged that Elrufai declared that not even reciting the Chapter of Yasin of the holy Quran to seek God’s intervention against him will affect him and boasted that he would even pay for the sacrifice to be done…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, has sentenced two officials of Keystone Bank, Anayo Nwosu and Olajide Oshodi, to five years imprisonment over N855m fraud, thereby affirming the judgement of a Lagos State High Court. The Appeal Court, in a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Folasade Ojo, held that the separate appeals filed by Nwosu and Oshodi against their conviction by Justice Kudirat Jose lack merit. In the judgment agreed with by the panel’s two other Justices, Justice Olukayode Bada and Justice Paul Bassi, the Appeal Court resolved the three issues formulated for determination in favour of the Economic…
A lecture of the Department of Physical and Health Education, at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Dr Kamar Abdulkadir, has been reportedly murdered in his office. Abdulkadir was brutally murdered on Sunday when the attackers sneaked into his office and attacked him with knife and hammer. Sources revealed to Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, that the victim was later found dead in the pool of his own blood with several injuries inflicted on his body by his killers. “His hands were peeled off when he tried to stop the attackers from stabbing him.…
The Executive Secretary (ES) Kano State Hospitals Management Board, Dr Mansur Nagoda, has announced the sacking of three officer of Kabo General Hospital over allegation of charging patients N12,000 for X-ray as against the approved hospital price of 2,000. The announcement is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Kano on Monday signed by the Public Relation Officer (PRO) Hospitals Management Board (HMB), Samira Suleiman. He also approved the suspension of the Accountant, Auditor and Head of Laboratory for selling the free HIV test kits given to facilities by the state government. The affected individuals have also been…
President Bola Ahmad Tinubu will depart Abuja on Today, April 2, 2024, for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Faye. This is contained in a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday saying, the President’s trip was on the invitation of the Republic of Senegal. President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, will join other regional leaders to witness the inauguration at Diamniadio Exhibition Centre on Tuesday. “The President will be accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, and…
Rescue Movement for New Nigeria aka Rescue the Vulnerable Initiative a registered Civil Society Group in Nigeria, felicitates with Christians on the occasion of the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The group also urges Christians to pray for Nigeria during this festivity that the power of resurrection will lift Nigeria out of the various challenges the country is presently facing. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director, Media and Publicity of the group, Rev Emmanuel Olorunmagba and made available to newsmen in Kaduna. While soliciting prayers for Nigeria the group also added that, “as we…