A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos will on Friday, July 8, 2016, deliver final judgment in a suit opposing the Federal Government’s bid to increase electricity tariff. It would be recalled that a Lagos-based lawyer, Toluwani Adebiyi, instituted the action in May 2015, following the announcement of the proposed hike by the then Chairman…
Some youths have taken over the streets of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, chanting anti-Governor Ayodele Fayose songs. Most of them carried placards with various inscriptions. The protesters described the governor as an anti-people and called for his resignation from office as they march round the city. Fayose is having it rough with the Economic…
The immediate past President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has congratulated Muslims in the country on the successful completion of the Ramadan fast. In his short message posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday, the former Nigerian leader wished the Muslim faithful a “happy Eid el-Fitr”. “I join well wishers in wishing the Muslim Ummah a…
Major General Nelson Williams, the Sierra Leone’s Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, who was kidnapped last week, has been released. The former head of Sierra Leone’s army is said to be in Abuja at the moment and he is reportedly in sound health. Last Friday, Williams was abducted by some gunmen on his way to…
The story below is an exclusive report by Vanguard newspaper on a local government in Sokoto State that has no single secondary school despite getting billions of Naira as allocation from the Federation Account. Here is the full report: It came as a great shock to learn that 102 years after the amalgamation of the…
a As Muslims across the globe celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has called on Muslim faithful and indeed all Nigerians, to shun all forms of corruption and violence even after the holy month of Ramadan. “Even after Ramadan, let us not forget the values, ethos and virtues we embraced during the holy…
The patrol team of 157 Task Force Battalion, 7 Brigade, on Monday ambushed and killed a Boko Haram terrorists spy at Barwati village, Kukawa Local Government Area. This information was disclosed on Tuesday by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman. The insurgent who was on reconnaissance mission to infiltrate the troops’…
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians for their bearing with his administration despite the biting economy the country is plagued with at the moment. Buhari, in his Eid el-Fitr message to Nigerians, urged them to “show gratitude, respect and tolerance to one other, irrespective of our religion, tribe, language and political leanings, as we forge…
ee The public holidays declared by the Federal Government to celebrate the end of the one-month long Ramadan fast has been extended. The FG had last week declared Tuesday and Wednesday this week for the Eid el-Fitr, but due to the announcement on Monday by the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic…
President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Sa’ad Abubakar, who doubles as the Sultan of Sokoto, has declared Wednesday, July 6, 2016, as the Eid el-Fitr day in Nigeria. The Sultan, while making the announcement on Monday, explained that the new moon of Shawwal had not been sighted anywhere in Nigeria. According…