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This is the order the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde, ought to have passed, instead of the demolition order given on the Olore Arabic and Islamic Reformation Centre in Ojoo. This decision appears not to be well thought out and lacking in deep understanding of the situation on ground. Sheikh Abdul Rasheed Olore, may his soul rest in peace, was my dad’s friend. I have had cause to meet him on several occasions. He had visited our house in Oyo. In those days, my late father, while he was alive, took us along on visits to Baba…
The senate marshalled by Ahmad Lawan has been convincing in confirming the stereotypes and assumptions about the institution. In July, I wrote about Lawan’s obsequiousness and desperation to please President Buhari whom he described as his ‘’close friend’’. I say again, Lawan has been dutiful in his obligation of inking ‘’rubber-stamp’’ on the senate. Soon after he became senate president, he assumed the ‘’role of unofficial spokesman’’ of Buhari and saddled himself with ‘’interpreting maladies’’. And as a matter of fact, he has not relented in rising to the occasion as an ‘’interpreter of inefficiencies’’. Though he once vowed he would…
“God has been so kind, the only way I can show my gratitude to Him is to use my resources to support those who are underprivileged. This I intend to do for the rest of my life. In a world full of conflicts, diseases, calamities and inequality, we all need to show the milk of human kindness, to reach out and comfort the sick and give a helping hand to the weak.” With those touching words about the collective humanity that we all share and the purpose of life, Femi Otedola, Nigerian multi-billionaire and entrepreneur issued a cheque of N5 billion…
A 34-year-old trader, Musa Kabiru, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged theft of a motorcycle. Kabiru, a resident of Hayin Bakin, Kawo, Kaduna, is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and theft. The Prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Baba, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Nov. 2, at 8:00p.m., at Kawo, Kaduna. Baba said that the defendant and two others at large, stole one Bajaj motorcycle belonging to one Mr Mustapha Liman, while he was on his way to his home from work. According to him, the offences contravene Sections…
The Joint Border Security Drill also known as operation ‘Swift Response’ says it has so far seized items worth N2.9 billion since the partial border closure. The spokesperson of the operation, who is also the Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Joseph Attah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Abuja on Wednesday. Attah explained that 47,000 bags of foreign rice and 467 fairly used vehicles have been seized. He also disclosed that 10, 553 jerry cans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and 1,012 drums also containing PMS were also confiscated. He disclosed…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, has arrested one Fidelis Eshobi, 47, and Chika Onu, 38, with 149 kg of dried weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa. The Commander of the agency in the state, Mrs Sylvia Egwunwoke, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday, that the suspects were arrested on Nov. 9 in Kontagora Local Government Area of the state in a Mercedes Benz marked DV 865 RSH. Egwunwoke said that the two suspects would be charged to court after the agency completed its investigation. She appealed to the public to always report…
Nigeria is producing 1.6 million to 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil, the chief operating officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said on Wednesday, adding that the country would continue to comply with OPEC output cuts. “The last quota put us at 1.7 million bpd and we are committed to that threshold … our current production with the cuts is between 1.6 and 1.7 million barrels per day for November,” Roland Ewubare said on the margins of an oil conference in the United Arab Emirates. Nigeria’s output of crude and condensate is at two million bpd,…
The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, has tasked the board and management of NNPC Retail Limited to ensure the delivery of unadulterated products to motorists nationwide. Kyari gave the charge in a statement signed by Mr Samson Makoji, the acting spokesman for the Corporation, in Abuja. He spoke during the inauguration of a new Board of Directors for the company. He said that the management must strive to sustain the company’s culture of delivering unadulterated petroleum products to Nigerians in its filling stations. He noted that the confidence of Nigerians in the company’s…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has challenged the Board of Directors and Management of the NNPC Retail Limited to sustain the company’s culture of delivering unadulterated petroleum products to Nigerians in its filling stations nationwide. The GMD gave the charge Monday in Abuja during the inauguration of a new Board of Directors for the company, a release by the corporation’s Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division has stated. Mallam Kyari said the confidence of Nigerians in the company’s commitment to delivering high quality products and the right quantity at…
Fidelity Bank Plc on Wednesday flagged off the maiden edition of its Get Alert In Millions (GAIM) Season 4 savings promo draw in Ibadan, Oyo State, splashing 13 customers across the nation with N15 million and other consolation prizes. The savings promo, which will end in April 2020, a duration of six mouths, will see customers cart away a total of N120 million in cash prizes. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that lucky cash prize winners for the monthly draw include Ahanna Anayo and Dunu Benjamin who won N1 million each and Ezzama Autonomous Community, Ezea South, Ebonyi…