(1) Today, being Father’s Day is I guess the most appropriate time to discuss our Almajiri problem in Nigeria. Now, Almajiri is a system of Islamic education practiced in northern Nigeria. Almajiri derives from an Arabic word, rendered al-Muhajirun, which translates to a person who leaves his home in search of Islamic knowledge
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is said to be considering offering ministerial appointments to all three All Progressives Congress (APC) governors that were voted out of office in the last elections when he constitutes his new cabinet.
MEMBERS of the Presidential Taskforce on the Apapa Traffic Gridlock has been given two extra weeks to resolve the problem by the federal government after they failed to meet the earlier deadline given to them.
TALK between labour unions and the federal government have broken down after a negotiating committee set up to negotiate the consequential adjustment arising from the N30,000 ($82) new minimum wage has rejected what the government is offering.
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has told Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (Lastma) officials that they are not to spare anyone who violates traffic laws even if they are his family members of commissioners in his cabinet.
BOKO Haram offshoot the Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) has killed Lt Col Chike Azubuike the commander of the 158 Battalion of the Nigerian Army during a recent raid on a military base in Borno State.
(1) It has been 18 days into the new government and we are still waiting for President Buhari to name his new ministers. It looks like somethings have simply refused to change. If we were a serious nation really keen on lifting 100m people out of poverty as we have been hearing of late, the government would have hit the ground running with a plethora of job-creating initiatives over the last fortnight
EKITI Magistrates Court has sentenced 36-year-old Ige Omotosho to six months imprisonment without the option of a fine for stealing a basket of kolanuts valued at N10,000 ($27.50).
Mr Omotosho, whose address was not provided, allegedly committed the offence on June 7 at about 5pm at Ologbara-Gbara farm in Iyin-Ekiti. Prosecutor, Sergeant Olubu Apata, told the court that the convict went to the farm of Mr Obalore Ogunjemilua and stole a bag of kolanuts valued at N10,000.
PAN-Igbo organisation the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (ONYC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint former minister of science and technology Dr Ogbonnaya Onu as the new secretary to the government of the federation.
CONTROVERSIAL Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who once stood bail for Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has been elected as the new senate majority leader by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is said to be considering offering ministerial appointments to all three All Progressives Congress (APC) governors that were voted out of office in the last elections when he constitutes his new cabinet.
MEMBERS of the Presidential Taskforce on the Apapa Traffic Gridlock has been given two extra weeks to resolve the problem by the federal government after they failed to meet the earlier deadline given to them.
TALK between labour unions and the federal government have broken down after a negotiating committee set up to negotiate the consequential adjustment arising from the N30,000 ($82) new minimum wage has rejected what the government is offering.
GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has told Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (Lastma) officials that they are not to spare anyone who violates traffic laws even if they are his family members of commissioners in his cabinet.
BOKO Haram offshoot the Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) has killed Lt Col Chike Azubuike the commander of the 158 Battalion of the Nigerian Army during a recent raid on a military base in Borno State.
EKITI Magistrates Court has sentenced 36-year-old Ige Omotosho to six months imprisonment without the option of a fine for stealing a basket of kolanuts valued at N10,000 ($27.50).
PAN-Igbo organisation the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council (ONYC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint former minister of science and technology Dr Ogbonnaya Onu as the new secretary to the government of the federation.
CONTROVERSIAL Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe who once stood bail for Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has been elected as the new senate majority leader by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
