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  The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Monday as the first day of Shawwal. The Sultan made the declaration after no positive sighting claims were received from members of the National moonsighting committee and other Emirates. “The Sultanate Council Sokoto, has declared Monday 2/5/2022 as the first day of Shuwal 1443 AH,” the Secretary of the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC), Mallam Yahaya Muhammad Boyi, said in a terse statement on Saturday night. Muslims in the country would now celebrate the eid-el-fitri on Monday being the first day of Shawwal. The Director of Administration of the NSCIA, Arc. Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu, had on Friday in a statement urged Muslims across the country to look for the new moon of Shawwal on Saturday. We reported earlier that this year’s Ramadan also continues Sunday in Saudi Arabia, and some other countries across the world. The Saudi Press Agency quoted Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court as saying the Shawwal...

Political leaders in Agege on Saturday purchased and unveiled nomination and expression of interest forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly. The leaders, under the aegis of the Agege Leadership Council, who unveiled the forms at the house of the Agege APC apex leader, Chief Safari Adaranijo, said they contributed to raise the funds for the purchase of the forms. According to them, the effort is meant to urge him to "speak again" and to express their love, support and appreciation to Obasa for playing positive roles in the development and progress of Agege. The purchase of the forms comes days after the leaders endorsed and prevailed on him to return to the House of Assembly even though he had the opportunity of vying for the position of a senator. Unveiling the forms, the leaders applauded the Speaker's contribution towards the development of Lagos State and reaffirmed their belief that Obasa ha...

  Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), in a sting operation, have arrested four notorious arm dealers and recovered 57 AK47 rifles and a large catchment of ammunition in Jos, Plateau State and from other locations across the country. This is in furtherance of the IGP’s recent charge to the men of the Nigeria Police Force to be dauntless in the fight against crimes and criminality in the country. The suspects, Hamza Zakari (aka Hamzo) aged 20yrs, Abubakar Muhammed (aka Fancy) aged 22yrs, Umar Ibrahim aged 25yrs and Muhammed Abdulkarim (aka Dan-Asabe) aged 37yrs, all males and residents of Jos, were arrested following a credible intelligence on their nefarious activities in Jos and its environs. The suspects, who confessed to their involvement in arms dealings and other criminal acts, have been identified as one of the major links for the supply of arms and ammunition to criminal elements terrorizing the state and some other parts of the c...

  Ekiti workers have been commended for their resilience, hard-work and steadfastness, even in the face of lingering unsavoury circumstances  Governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dr Wole Oluyede made the commendation in a release issued in Ado Ekiti, signed by his campaign Media Director, Mr Gboyega Adeoye. According to the gubernatorial hopeful, Ekiti State workers have played notable roles in holding the state together since its creation, barely 25 years ago, even in the face of acute governmental ineptitudes and the consequent nagging challenges. Despite the odds, Oluyede said the workers have remained the most “outstanding pillar of the state.” He said: “Your hardwork and perseverance are commendable. Your contributions to the upliftment of the state are remarkable. You remain the engine room of Ekiti state that every individual in Ekiti should continue to treasure,” Oluyede said.  He said his interaction with Ekiti workers over the years, show...

  The Federal Government has declared Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd May, 2022 as Public Holidays to mark this year’s Workers Day and EIdul-Fitr Celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government.  He congratulates workers across the country on this year’s celebration. Ogbeni Aregbesola commended workers for their hard work, diligence and sacrifice, noting that their efforts are largely responsible for the greatness of the country and the respect Nigeria now commands in the comity of nations. According to the Minister, “Labour is the very essence of humanity. We are alive because we work and only the dead is incapable of working” Ogbeni Aregbesola therefore enjoins workers to imbibe the culture of productivity, saying “The end of work is productivity. It is productivity that leads to satisfactory provision of goods and services and wealth creation. It is therefore the path to national and individual prosperity”....

  A mysterious fire has gutted the synagogue church of All Nations (SCOAN),old site on Agodo Area of Lagos state, barely ten months after the demise of its founder and pastor, Temitope Balogun known as Pastor TB Joshua.   The church has also responded that the situation has been put under control and no live was lost in  the inferno According to the Church "in the evening Wednesday, April 27, 2022, a fire outbreak occurred at the old site of the SCOAN, located at Agodo, Egbe; about two kilometers from SCOAN headquarters cathedral. The fire outbreak was from a general purpose store at the old site and has been successfully put out through the efforts of the ministry’s emergency response team, with no injuries whatsoever and no lives lost." Continuing" the cause of the fire is unknown. To this end, we wish to assure our esteemed members, partners and friends of the ministry that we are on top of the situation. There is no need for panic and unnecessary speculations. As...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu as the Controller General Federal Fire Service. The appointment takes effect from Friday 22nd April, 2022. Until his appointment, Engr Abdulganiyu was the Deputy Comptroller General in charge of Administration and Supplies in the Federal Fire Service. A statement on Tuesday by the Secretary to the Civil Defence, Fire Immigration and Correctional Service Board, Hajia Aisha Rufai revealing the President’s decision, said Abdulganiyu commenced his career at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing as Higher Technical Officer in 1991. He held several positions in the Ministry before his redeployment to the Federal Fire Service in 1999. The statement further read that: “Engr. Jaji Olola Abdulganiyu MNSE, MIFire, E, COREN, was born on the 13th August 1965 to the family of Alh. Umar Olola Jaji in Ilorin, Kwara State. He holds a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering obtained in 1999 and he is married wi...

  . As Marwa gives 56 Commands/Officers best performing awards for Q1 Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has urged political parties to make drug integrity test part of the screening requirements for aspirants seeking to contest political offices in the 2023 elections on their platforms. Marwa stated this while responding to questions from journalists at the 2022 First Quarter Best Performing Commands Awards ceremony at the Agencys national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday 27th 2022.  According to him, for politicians, we have long advocated and I take the opportunity again to repeat the advocacy that when they run for public office it demands a lot of responsibility from the person and we need to be certain if he's a person that is already a drug addict/user who will spend all the money he's given for public service to consume cocaine and his head will not be in a stable condition to handle the a...

  The palace trumpeter heralded the usherance of the paramount ruler, , Oba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, as he received the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dr Wole Oluyede, who came calling to announce his ambition to the State's government house. The ace traditional ruler, clad in flowing white "agbada' attire was in his full element as he warmly received Oluyede, who was accosted by his wife, Mrs Kemi Oluyede, the running mate, Mrs Hidiat Simbo Popoola, ADC State Chairman, Mr Bamgboye Adegoroye and a host of other top party chieftains and loyalists. Oba Adejugbe, who received Oluyede and his entourage alongside his Council of Chiefs, were warm in their reception as the governorship hopeful took the audience the memory lane on the sanctity of the Yoruba traditional institution and the gains therefrom. Oluyede commended the template laid down by the hardworking and visionary heroes past, who were able to see beyond their time to sow the...

  The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has sued for peace and directed personnel of the NSCDC Imo State Command to remain calm and not take laws into their own hands following the invasion of the Command along Okigwe road, Owerri by some heavily armed personnel of a sister security agency. Audi, in press statement by the spokesman of the NSCDC, Olusola Odumosu, maintained that security is a collective responsibility and every agency of government empowered by law to protect lives and property of Nigerians must work together and see themselves as partners in progress. He noted that two wrongs cannot make a right and there are more progressive channels to resolve issues amicably without necessarily resorting to violent attacks on each other's personnel or facilities.  He described the invasion of its Command headquarters in Imo state as avoidable and unnecessary in the face of synergy and collaboration that is needed to c...

  A civil society organization, Centre for Social and Economic Rights (CSER) has condemned in the strongest terms, the recent statement credited to a Muslim group (MURIC) on the endorsement of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State for a second term in office by the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) of his party All Progressive Congress (APC). In a press statement signed by it's executive director Nelson Ekujumi, CSER described MURIC statement as "reckless, divisive, anti people, retrogressive, provocative and an assault on the sensibilities of the good people of Lagos who see themselves as brothers and sisters, even when conscious of their religious differences". According to Nelson Ekujumi while condemning Dr. Ishaq Akintola inciting statement, admonished the MURIC leader to understand and appreciate that Nigeria is a secular state and that Lagos State as part and parcel of that federation is not made up of persons of only Christian and Islamic religious fai...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said the billionaire drug baron fingered in the N3 billion tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, is now in their net. A statement by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi read: “Billionaire drug baron behind the N3billion tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.” He disclosed that the arrest was after months of surveillance and Ukatu’s evasion of arrest, adding that Ukatu who is Chairman of Mallinson Group of Companies was eventually nabbed onboard a flight to Abuja at the MM2 terminal of the Lagos airport on Wednesday 13th April.  Babafemi said Investigations revealed that Ukatu has been a major importer of large ...

  The Christian Association of Nigeria, Amuwo-Odofin Chapter in its maiden edition of recognition, dedicates the edition to celebrating past leaders of the association. The event which took place at the  Anglican Church of Pentocst, 21 road has the theme "Honour your Father and Mother" The sermon as delivered by Pastor Richard Minet from the Redeemed Christian Church of God, duly emphasized on the importance of honor in the society. The Executive Chairman who was also accorded a special recognition award, thanked the organizers for taking up the responsibility of duly recognizing the Patriots of faith amongst us. He also appealed that the church increase its teachings on Godly values. Amongst those bestowed recognition award on were Overseer Aluko, the former Chairman of CAN, and Evangelist Egunjobi.

  The Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance, an agency of the Ministry of Education, has announced that all Public and Private Schools in the State are to resume on Monday, 25th April, 2022, in line with the Harmonised Academic Calendar for the Y2021/2022 session. A statement signed by the Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEAQ), Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, said all Proprietors and Administrators are to ensure that all students resume on that date. The Director-General said that the Second Term Holiday, which started on Friday, 8th April, ended on Friday, 22nd April, 2022 as stated in the Y2021/2022 academic calendar, explaining that the public holidays within the term such as Workers Day, Eid- El-Fitr and Eid-El-Kabir were put into consideration and embedded in the calendar. Advising students to shun all forms of social vices as they prepare for resumption, Mrs. Seriki-Ayeni implored parents to continue to monitor the activities of their wards at h...

- Urges grassroots media aides to guard against fake news - As guest lecturer, Ustadh Sa'eed Salman encourages Muslims to be sincere in their purpose during Ramadan The association of Chief Press Secretaries (CPS) for executive chairmen across the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State held her annual Ramadan lecture on Thursday. The event which was held at Ifako-ijaiye Local Government Area had in attendance, executive chairman of the LGA, Hon. Prince Usman Akanbi Hamzat, among other invited guests. Before dwelling on the topic of the day, tagged: 'Social Media as a Tool in a Dwindling Society', the council mayor advised CPS as a group, to maximize the platforms of local government Chairmen and project themselves with it. "You need to let people know you while you project our works," he said. On his position concerning the use of social media, Hon. Hamzat encouraged grassroots media aides to embark on 'Fact-Check' of ...

The Alaafin of Oyo,in Oyo state Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has joined his ancestors at the ripe age of 83 years.  Information has it hat the prominent Monarch died in the early hours of Friday at the Afe Babalola university Teaching hospital Ado Ekiti,Ekiti state.  The late Alaafin mounted the throne of his forefathers in the early seventies,he left behind, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.  A formal announcement will be made by the Alaafin in council in conjunction with the state government,a source in Oyo mentioned.

A Socio Political group Grassroots Vanguard (GV) has congratulated and commended Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on his recent endorsement for a second term in office by the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The group commended the GAC for aligning with the wishes and aspirations of Lagosians who have been commending the Sanwo-Olu administration for it's positive impacts in governance and have been vociferous in the clamour for a second term for the tireless and hardworking servant Governor of the people of Lagos State. According to a press statement from the group secretary Uche Nnadozie and issued in Lagos today Thursday 21st April 2022, it stated that "The endorsement of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term in office by the GAC is a testimonial to a sterling performance in his first term which is just about 3 years old". The group said it notes with pride how Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration h...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has pegged its presidential nomination and expression of interest forms at N100 million. The party’s national publicity secretary, Felix Morka, disclosed this shortly after the 11th National Executive Meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. Morka equally disclosed that the primary election to elect the candidate of the party will hold on 30 of May.  According to Morka, the nomination form would go for N70 million while expression of interest forms would go for N30 million. Opposing an earlier announcement by the party’s national women leader, Betta Edu, that the women will get free forms, Morka said women are entitled to free nomination forms but will pay for their expression of interest forms.

  *Deploys Operational Assets to Complement Existing Architecture* The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, has ordered the review of police personnel and operational assets deployments to schools and colleges around the country, to ensure the protection of schools and colleges, particularly boarding schools, tertiary institutions, and its campuses in areas prone to security breaches around the country. This directive was issued at the management meeting of the Force Management Team at the IGP Conference Hall, Force Headquarters, Abuja, on 19th April, 2022, while reviewing the general security in the country including the security of schools and colleges as a result of some isolated incidences reported in some schools. The IGP equally directed all State Commissioners of Police, Tactical Commanders, as well as their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs), to explore all available options and think outside the box to boost securit...

  Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has launched the distribution of relief items to 100,000 residents in Maiduguri Metropolis and Jere Local Government Areas. Zulum performed the brief flag-off ceremony at the premises of the Borno State Mechanical Workshop in Maiduguri on Tuesday. The Governor made a symbolic presentation of bags of food items, wrappers, and cash to male and female households, each, with children and other family members that made up approximately 10 people. Zulum explained that the distribution was to provide relief to youth and some vulnerable population who could not yet get access to their farmland. “Many of our younger ones and some vulnerable people cannot still have access to the agricultural land, and that has informed the decision of the Borno State Government to continue to provide the relief items to the most needy persons in the State.” Zulum said. Speaking at the occasion, the State Chairman of the APC, Ali Bukar Dalori applauded t...

  Desperate attempts by Brazil based drug cartels to smuggle large consignments of Cocaine into Nigeria through three major international airports in Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who arrested seven traffickers. At the Port Harcourt International Airport, five suspects were arrested on Saturday 9th April. Three of them were arrested during the inward screening of passengers on board Qatar Airline flight QR1433 from Doha to Port Harcourt. The three suspects departed Sao Paulo, Brazil on board same Qatar flight, en-route Doha to Abuja and Port Harcourt with a total of 24.96 kilograms of cocaine.  The first is 51-year-old Udogwu James Johnson who hails from Orlu LGA, Imo state. He was arrested with 5.48kg of cocaine concealed in lotion plastic bottles sealed with candle wax. He claimed he agreed to traffic the drug for a fee of N1million.  Also arrested is Ezekwueme Ifeanyi Valentine, 32, fro...

  Calls for immediate resolution of the National Question, release of political detainees LAGOS Nigeria risks a major explosion without a credible election that will urgently resolve the National Question and free indigenous territories from the grip of terrorist cells, Alliance for Yoruba Democratic Movements, (AYDM) has said. Over 1000 delegates drawn from the Old Western Region plus Kogi and Kwara States took part in the two day conference held in Lagos this week. Many representatives also came from Ivory Coast, Benin Republic Ghana and leaders of Pan Yoruba groups in Northern Nigeria and the South South. The Guest Speakers at the event were Prof Tayo Adesina of the University of Ibadan and National Democratic Coalition, (NADECO) chieftain, Baba Ayo Opadokun. The Itsekiri were led by 87 year old Pa Alfred Agbayegbe and President, Itsekiri National Youth Congress, (INYC) Mr Weyimi Agbateyinwo. The representatives of Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, (DAWN) were at the meeti...

  The Amiable chairman of Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos state,Engr Valentine Oluseyi Buraimoh on Saturday joined his colleagues,mobilized the youth of his local government to join youths from all over the south west of Nigeria to declare unalloyed support for the presidential aspiration of the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TInubu.  The council boss,who arrived the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium Onikan Lagos in company of the youths of his local government,was in joyful mood and expressed appreciation to those who organized the event.  Speaking to few journalists at the sideline of the event,the council chairman described Asiwaju Bola TInubu as a "great administrator,committed progressive,unrepentant preacher of good governance and above all a patriotic Nigerian,who is ready to put Nigeria back on the track of economic development,as he did while he was governor in Lagos state". Engr Buraimoh equally used the opportunity...

…Adebanjo, Falana, Okei-Odumakin, Adams, others renew agitation for restructuring …As Governors, Yoruba leaders, activists, journalists celebrate late Afenifere spokesman, Yinka Odumakin Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday said Lagos is a victim of its success, noting that his administration is committed to advancing its course in providing security for lives and property to keep Lagos Safe, quality education among other amenities. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who expressed his support for true federalism said Lagos State Government has done a lot of things legally to ensure true federalism in Nigeria, adding that the State Government will advance the course by instructing the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to do more. He made the statement at the first Comrade Yinka Odumakin lecture and book presentation in honour of the late human rights activist and National Publicity Secretary of the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, who died last year. Governo...

          Hadiza Bala, sacked managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has continued to come under intense criticism for her statement lamenting the ongoing insecurity crises in Nigeria, THE WITNESS reports. Hadiza spoke in the context of the commemoration of eight years after the Chibok girls were abducted in Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists. The former NPA chief was suspended in May 2021 over the allegation of failure to remit the N165 billion operating surplus to the coffers of the federal government. Though she was later cleared of the allegations, President Buhari, however, did not reinstate her to office. In recent times, several states in the country, including Kaduna, Plateau, Zamfara, Benue and others, have witnessed large number of terrorist attacks. The volatile security situation made northern elders demand the immediate resignation of President Buhari. Hadiza, who reacted through her verified Twitter handle, condemned the situati...