Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President Bukola Saraki have paid tributes to former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua who died nine years ago. Jonathan became president when Yar’adua died on May 5, 2010. “On this day nine years ago I lost a friend, colleague, brother, and boss, President Umaru MusaContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent greetings to Nigerians in general and Muslims in particular as they commence the month-long Ramadan fast. In a message on Sunday night following the news of the sighting of the lunar month of Ramadan, President Buhari called for the continued peace, progress and prosperity ofContinue Reading
Ahead of the cinema release of the new movie which she stars in, ‘Heaven’s Hell’, on May 10, 2019, Nollywood actress Nse Ikpe-Etim has condemned the alleged sexual harassment of women labelled a prostitutes by police officers after a raid on an Abuja night club. She disclosed this on SaturdayContinue Reading
An elder statesman and former minister in the second republic, Alhaji Magaji Mu’azu (Ubandoman Gombe) has passed on late Sunday evening at the age of 80. He died after a protracted illness at the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Gombe where he was receiving treatment for some months. According to familyContinue Reading
The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed to Lagosians how to unseat godfathers in politics of the State. The governor spoke yesterday in Lagos at an event organised by the Bridge Club tagged, “An evening with His Excellency, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State.” He notedContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Abuja dismissed the speculations that he was in the United Kingdom to compile the names of those who may be appointed as ministers during his second tenure of office. The president stated this when he reacted to a question from a correspondent of theContinue Reading
Gunmen have again attacked Plateau Polytechnic Staff quarters located at Heipang in Barki Ladi Local Government Area of the state. Our Correspondent gathered that during the attack which occurred in the early hours of Monday, the gunmen abducted a lady identified as the younger sister of the institution’s Assistant Registrar,Continue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 2019 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has urged Muslims to use the Ramadan period to pray for Nigeria. Abubakar enjoined the Muslim Ummah to also use the Ramadan period to re-dedicate and re-connect themselves to the virtues of Prophet Muhammad. The former Vice President gave theContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected an ex parte application for an order stopping President Muhammadu Buhari from swearing in Justice Tanko Muhammad as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. Muhammad has been acting as the CJN since January when President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the former CJN, JusticeContinue Reading
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III has declared today, 6th of May, 2019, the first day of the Holy Month of Ramadan. He declared that the sighting of the moon in almost every part of the country earlier on Sunday which is the 29th day of the MonthContinue Reading
