The Kano State Hisbah Board has announced plans to sponsor the weddings of repentant thugs. The Commander-General of Hisbah, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, made this known after more than 1,000 youths surrendered their weapons and renounced violence. “This programme is part of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s initiative to support youths who have turned away from…
Governor Malam Umar Namadi has approved the appointment of Babandi Saleh as Permanent Member II of the Jigawa State Civil Service Commission. The approval was contained in a press statement signed by the Secretary to the Government of Jigawa State, Malam Bala Ibrahim. The statement said the Governor also approved the appointment of Ibrahim Adamu…
President Tinubu has appointed Mr. Rotimi Richard Pedro as the Director-General of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA. The President also named Dr. Karimah Bello as the Executive Director, Marketing. The other members of the management team are Stella Din from Plateau State, as the new Executive Director, News, while Sophia Issa Mohammed from Adamawa State,…
Residents of Ahoro-Afin community in Ifon-Osun, Orolu Local Government Area of Osun State, have raised the alarm over an alleged move to grant bail to two men accused of ritual killing. The suspects, Tajudeen Oderinde and Mojeed Alani, are standing trial for the gruesome murder of Lukman Akorede. In a statement on Monday, the community…
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has disclosed that over 7.3 million adolescent girls and women in Nigeria suffer from under nutrition. Hajiya Sulaiman-Ibrahim, also declared that 55 per cent of these population are affected by anaemia, a condition that can be exacerbated by poor menstrual hygiene and lack of…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has downplayed any supremacy battle with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade. Ooni described the 48 hours ultimatum by the Alaafin of Oyo to withdraw the Okanlomo of Yorubaland Chieftaincy title conferred on an Ibadan-based businessman, Chief Dotun Sanusi as empty threats of a dead empire. The…
Women from the Ilaje community in Lagos State have threatened to embark on nude demonstrations to protest what they described as the persistent destruction of their ancestral settlements. On Tuesday, despite heavy rainfall, hundreds of protesters under the banner of Egbe Omo Ilaje marched to the Lagos State House of Assembly in Alausa, Ikeja, calling…
The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education, has commenced a two-day training for enumerators on automated data collection tools aimed at tackling challenges of out-of-school children. Speaking at the training in Abuja today, the Acting Executive Secretary of NMEC, Dr John Onimisi, said that the exercise was designed to return more than…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Japan yesterday ahead of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9). The conference kicks off in Yokohama tomorrow. The President, whose plane touched down at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo at about 12:55am local time on Tuesday, was welcomed by Ambassador Hideo Matsubara, the Japanese Ambassador in…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has begun the trial of five persons accused of being behind the bombing of a Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. According to report, the Department of State Services, DSS, had arraigned the five men before Justice Emeka Nwite over their alleged involvement in the attack at St….