Igbo youths under the aegis of Ohaneze Youth Council, OYC, have described as treasonable, the recent two-weeks ultimatum issued by Arewa Youth Development Foundation to Southerners residing in the North, to quit or face dire consequences. AYDF had last week during a protest in Kano against the purported registration and issuance of identity cards to northerners resident in one of the South-East states, called for dissolution of Nigeria so that the various regions could go their separate ways. The Northern youths also gave all southerners living in the North two weeks to quit to make room for their brothers and…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Today, being the 29th day of Ramadan, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on Muslims nationwide to look out for the new moon of Shawwal. The Sultan, in a statement by chairman, Sultanate Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Wali Junaidu, said: “This is to inform Muslim Ummah that Saturday 26th July, 2014, equivalent to 29th day of Ramadan 1435AH, shall be the day to look for the new moon of Shawwal 1435AH. “Muslims are therefore requested to start looking for the new moon of Shawwal on Saturday (today) and report its sighting…
Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared that life is sacred, thus anybody who bombs himself under the illusion that it is a pre-condition to enter heaven, is delusional. The Sultan, who said this yesterday when he hosted security chiefs during the breaking of the Ramadan fast in his palace in Sokoto, further explained: “For us, one single life lost means a lot to us because life is sacred. You cannot love God if you do not love your neighbour and if we all agree that you cannot love…
In a determined effort to eliminate terrorism by routing insurgents from their hideouts in parts of the North East and North West once and for all, the Federal Government has placed purchase orders for 40 helicopters for attacks and transportation from the United States and Russia. Reliable security sources within the Presidency revealed this to some journalists Friday that some of the aircraft will arrive in the country as early as next month while the remaining will be received certainly before the end of the year to boost the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). According to the source, the arrival of…
So, this new development just makes the whole Jim Iyke and Nadia Buari love story look more like a publicity stunt. I mean, Jim Iyke launched a new Instagram page and instead of Nadia Buari’s photos, he’s uploading sexy photos of another lady in skimpy outfits and he’s using flirty, affectionate captions for them; or am I reading too much into this? Nollywood Bad Boy, Jim Iyke is switching up the script and he has got all of us confused. Jim in the last few days debuted his Instagram page and he’s been uploading photos of model, Sandra Benede, on…
Mark Zuckerberg is one of the youngest billionaire and owner of world renowned social network — Facebook. Apparently, he just added another 1 billion dollars to his name on Thursday. His net worth has increased to $33.3billion, surpassing the founders of Google Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. According to Bloomberg, a chunk of the money came from mobile advertising sales. The shares of the social networking site are soaring as it has gained 183% in the past 12 months. In the billionaires index, Mark is now ranked No.…
You remember over a week again when I announced that veteran Nollywood actress — Kate Henshaw has decided to play the dirty game of politics. Well, it seems like some of her fans are displeased too. A fan of Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has called her a ‘prostitute’ for declaring her interest in politics. @Lordstilo wrote ‘She is a confused prostitute. I will add to her stumbling block. @HenshawKate well was a prodigal daughter, the door is always open…but she will be thought (sic) a lesson of eye opener’ Another ‘fan’ @RadicalYouthMan, angry at the actress’ choice of political party wrote, ‘So…
The real omo jaiye jaiye has shown us that he intends to enjoy his life and definitely enjoy it to the fullest. Superstar singer and Star-Boy music boss, Wizkid turned 24 years old days ago he was determined to make it the most memorable birthday he’s ever had. Going by recent activities and forthcoming plans, when the Nigerian Pop star is done celebrating his born day, an estimation of a total of N20m would have been spent! Already, Wizzy had a birthday party planned for him by Hennessy Nigeria. The all-star gig was held at Escape Nightclub, Victoria Island, Lagos.…
I honestly don’t think there was any a time Toke Makinwa wasn’t wearing weaves on her hair, well I guess there is always a first time. The outstanding and pretty media personality who loves her wavy extensions, decided to switch up her look and I most confess that this actually works for her too. Toke Moments Vlog star took to her official Instagram page to show-off her new hairstyle and surprisingly to everyone, she was wearing braids. What do you think?
I guess this proves the point that it pays to know God, at least Isah is a witness to this proclamation. At the 18th session of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA) held on Friday 18th July 2014, a young Nigerian man — Sulaiman Abdulkarim Isah emerged winner in the international Quran completion category of the award. The award comes with a prize money of AED250,000 – which is equivalent to approximately N11 million. Isah beat out other contestants from Qatar, Kuwait, USA and Bangladesh. Contestants who scored 80 percent and above were rewarded with AED30,000 each, while others…
Former military administrator of Kaduna State, Colonel Dangiwa Umar (retd) has described as unpatriotic, suspicions in some quarters that the federal government was behind Wednesday’s suicide bomb attack on the convoy of former head of State, General Mohammadu Buhari (retd). Dangiwa, who made this known in an interview with Daily Trust yesterday, said that he was ‘shocked and saddened’ by the separate blasts targeted at the convoys of General Buhari and Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, adding that comments made by people on the mass media accusing the federal government over the attack on Buhari was unpatriotic. “It is regrettable…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in very strong terms Wednesday’s twin explosions in Kaduna metropolis that left over 85 persons dead, saying the attacks were dastardly and unfortunate. In a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, PDP mourned the dead victims of the blasts. It also joined other well-meaning Nigerians in thanking God for saving the lives of former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, whose convoys appeared to be the target of the separate attacks. “We sincerely sympathise with Gen. Buhari. Our hearts go out…
Former Head of State and frontline opposition figure, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) yesterday relived his close shave with death when a suicide bomber rammed into his convoy in Kaduna metropolis, Kaduna State. Despite the attack, which claimed scores of lives, the All Progressives Congress (APC) leader said Nigeria is capable of dealing with terrorism because “we dealt with the civil war, for 30 months; we fought and we kept Nigeria one and, God willing, we are going to keep Nigeria one”. To the former Head of State, Boko Haram’s activities have nothing to do with religion or ethnicity but an…
Four people were reportedly killed by soldiers on Friday afternoon, following a clash between soldiers and members of Shi’ite Islamic sect at PZ area of Zaria, Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened when members of the sect abducted two soldiers who attempted to stop the sect members from procession marking the Qudus Day, a day set aside by the Shi’ite movement in Nigeria in support of the Palestinian struggle in the Middle East. The intervention of some soldiers to rescue their colleagues from the angry sect members numbering over 300 triggered…
Some lawyers in Abuja have described as illegal, the plan by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to begin enforcement of the new drivers’ licence and number plates on 1 August. A cross-section of the legal practitioners told NAN on Friday, in separate interviews that FRSC cannot compel motorists to do so because of conflicting judgments. According to Chief Chris Uche, SAN, it was a nullity for the commission to choose one judgment out of three judgments on the same issue as they like for enforcement. “It is not lawful for the FRSC to just choose or pick one judgment…
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah has urged officers and men of the Nigerian Army to be vigilant and to observe high level security standards. Minimah made the appeal on Friday at the end of his maiden familiarisation tour of facilities of the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army from 22-25 July. “I urge everyone to embrace a very high level of security, vigilance, barracks security, amongst and within ourselves; we must be our brothers’ keeper and we must keep ourselves too. “If you find anyone behaving in a very suspicious manner, be it in the street, in…
Operatives of the State Security Services (SSS) have stormed the Lagos headquarters of the Research & Marketing Services Limited (RMS), a leading Market Research Agency in West and Central Africa, said to be conducting an opinion polls for the Osun State governorship election, reports have said. The operatives, before sealing up the office harassed and arrested staff, and also confiscated undisclosed documents, laptops, phones and other electronic devices from the company, reports Osun Defender, a news outfit in the state. “The menacingly-looking operatives refused to grant any interview, simply saying “orders from above,” the news outfit said. The organisation has already…
Members of Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the U.S. have commended President Goodluck Jonathan for convening the National Conference which its final plenary session will hold on Aug. 4. A statement by the Chairperson, PDP Atlanta chapter, Mrs Ngozi Orabueze, said that Nigerians in the Diaspora viewed the success of the conference as a great achievement by the present administration. “We, the members of PDP, U.S. chapter, congratulate Nigerians on this land mark achievement. “We believe this is a historic step in the right direction and we hope it will foster a better and united Nigeria,’’ the statement quoted her…
Troops in Kaduna have arrested a man in connection with the explosion targeted at Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, the Defence Headquarters (DHq) said on Friday. According to a statement by the DHq, the young man was apprehended by military patrol team that swooped on the area immediately after the explosion. “The suspect was arrested while trying to fizzle into a crowd of onlookers when the patrol team arrived the scene. “Youths in the area attempted to mob him while he was being arrested but were restrained by troops who quickly whisked him away in an armoured personnel carrier,” it…
A suspected crossborder raid overnight by Nigeria’s radical Islamic group Boko Haram killed two Cameroonian soldiers, a Cameroonian security official said Friday on condition of anonymity. The attack occurred late Thursday in the border village of Balgaram in northern Cameroon. Eight soldiers posted there fought back, and “in the clash we lost two men,” the official said. Military reinforcements were sent to the area and several troops “entered Nigerian territory with the aim of finding the assailants,” the official said. The armed Boko Haram movement is seeking to install an extremist Islamic state in Nigeria. It started its bloody insurgency…