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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of congratulations to newlyweds, Muhammad Garba Shehu and Zuwaira Umar Faruk, urging them to learn to be patient with one another. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the President’s message was conveyed through a delegation led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha. “The secret of successful marriages is in patience and tolerance for partners. I urge you to banish anger, mistrust, and impatience from your home,” the President advised the young couple. Other members of the delegation, who represented the president at the event…
Nigerian musician, Abolore Adegbola Akande a.k.a 9ice turns 40 years old today. In the heat of the celebration of his day, the famous ‘Gongo Aso’ singer took to his Instagram handle @ 9iceofficial to share cute photos of himself. He wrote: ‘” Thanks to my mum for giving birth to me. Never regretted coming to the world through her! “Thanks to my dad for just not the sperm but the advice, the time, the commitment and the prayers. “Thanks to my wife for always waking me up with prayers not for her but for me. We all need more prayers”. The…
Popular Nigerian actress and movie director, Toyin Abraham, on Friday, shared a post on her Instagram page celebrating the love of her life who just turned a year older. Toyin who seem to be very much in love with her husband, Kolawole Ajeyemi, shared a photo of herself with her man and accompanied it with a lovable caption filled with eulogies and prayers. The Alakada film star elaborately professed love for her husband in her post, describing him as the love of her life and the one God used to cover her nakedness. In her post, Toyin wrote in Yoruba…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) has assured members of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) Ekiti chapter of its financial assistance to enable them to embark on massive production of cotton in the state. A Representative of CBN, Mr Olutayo Sowumi, gave the assurance on Friday at the inauguration of the Recovery of Cotton Outputs for 2019/2020 planting season under the CBN and NACOTAN Anchor’s Borrower programme News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme was held in Itapaji Ekiti, Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti. ”The Anchor Borrower’s Programme was inaugurated by the Federal Government to…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the national grid has been fully restored after the system collapse which occurred on Thursday, The collapse occurred while the grid was recovering from an earlier partial system disturbance. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Mbah said that full restoration of the grid had been achieved. She said the initial disturbance of the grid which occurred at about 12.34 p.m on Thursday was a partial collapse of the system. “The grid was still supplying Port-Harcourt, Aba, Omoku, Yenegoa, Afam, among…
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that as a beneficiary of a free and fair election in the country, he would bequeath the same to his successor and the nation in 2023. The president, according to a statement by one of his spokesmen, Malam Garba Shehu, spoke at a dinner with members of the legal team for the 2019 presidential election petition on Thursday in Abuja. Buhari recounted that the turnout of Nigerians during his presidential campaigns to the 36 states of the federation in 2019 convinced him that his re-election was not a fluke. ‘‘The number of people that turned…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assured Nigerians that it would continue to protect and defend democracy and its institutions. The party gave the assurance in a communiqué issued after its 87th National Executive Council (NEC) on Friday in Abuja. Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, in a communiqué said that the party rejected the destruction of the country’s democratic institutions. Ologbondiyan said that the party also rejected destruction of Nigeria’s values, especially the independence of the legislature, the politicization of the judiciary and the compromise of security and electoral institutions. “We assure Nigerians that the PDP through all…
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday inaugurated a 1000 Household Milk Farm Project in Damau, Kubau Local Government Area of the state. The governor, at the inauguration, said the project was a joint venture between the state government, Danish dairy giant Arla and Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria. According to him, it will help expand national capacity to produce high-quality milk and reduce over-reliance on importation. He said: “ We regard this as a pragmatic and sustainable solution to security challenges that now accompany the nomadic livestock production. “The reserve when fully built will have 1000…
Prof. Abdulmumini Oba a lecturer at the University of Ilorin has called for the establishment of Sharia Courts of Appeal in the South West to cater to the Muslim faithful. Oba, who lectures at the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the university made the call in paper presented at the 189th Inaugural Lecture of the university titled: “Live and let live; rethinking the legal responses to religious, ethnic and legal pluralism”. He said that the Sharia Courts should be set up in states in South West with a sizeable Muslim population. Oba said that Sharia Courts of Appeal…
By Tony Obiechina, ABUJA The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/South Federal Constituency of Abia State and Vice President (Africa) of Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE) International, Rt. Hon. Samuel Onuigbo has called for enhanced action towards increasing women’s participation in the renewable energy sector, as part of measures to raise the bar towards addressing issues of Climate Change, while also empowering the women economically. Hon Onuigbo stated this in his presentation on the topic “Measures to Improve Women’s Engagement in the Renewable Sector”, at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Legislators’ Forum during the 10th Assembly in Abu…