Sultan Urges Muslims to Look for New Moon From Sunday

NewsNigeriaRegionsSultan Urges Muslims to Look for New Moon From Sunday

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 15, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Nigeria’s Muslim spiritual leader, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has requested Muslim Ummah to start to look for the new moon of Rabi’ al-Thani 1442AH from Sunday. Sultan Abubakar made the request in a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto, on Saturday. “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah that Sunday, Nov. 15, which is equivalent to 29th day...

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18 Dead As Canoe Capsizes in Bauchi

NewsNigeria18 Dead As Canoe Capsizes in Bauchi

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 14, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent At least eighteen people, comprising three males and 14 females, were reported died last Thursday as a canoe carrying 23 people from Zango Majiya to the farm capsized on River Buji in Itas Gadau Local Government Area of Bauchi State. This was disclosed by the Bauchi State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement he signed and made available to journalists on Friday in Bauchi....

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FIDA, Spotlight Initiative Train Adamawa Lawmakers On Gender-Responsive Budgeting

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFIDA, Spotlight Initiative Train Adamawa Lawmakers On Gender-Responsive Budgeting

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 14, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)  Adamawa state chapter in conjunction with Spotlight Initiative have  trained the state lawmakers  and CSOs on gender-responsive budgeting, monitoring, and evaluation of budgeting utilisation The training was held at  the Adamawa state House of Assembly conference Hall. In her welcome address, Bar Fatima Bello Raji, a representative of the FIDA Chairperson stated that the project intends to consider what contributes to effective...

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Yola Magistrate Court Docked Medical Doctor For Alleged Raping Married Patient

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaYola Magistrate Court Docked Medical Doctor For Alleged Raping Married Patient

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 13, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent A medical doctor working with Yola Specialist hospital, Dr. Philip T. Duru  was arraigned before the Yola Chief Magistrate Court 1 for allegedly raping a married patient. According to the police prosecutor, the medical doctor after examining the victim who happens to be a married woman in his private clinic/ laboratory  which is near the Specialist hospital   raped her, contrary to section 64 and 260 of the panel code. The...

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Chief Emmanuel Bello Mourns EX- Governor Balarabe Musa says ‘’I lost a father.’’

NewsNigeriaPeoplePoliticsChief Emmanuel Bello Mourns EX- Governor Balarabe Musa says ‘’I lost a father.’’

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 12, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Former Social Democratic Party (SDP) gubernatorial candidate in Adamawa Hon. Chief Emmanuel Beĺlo commiserated with the people and government of Kaduna state over the demise of former Governor Balarabe Musa, describing his death as a great loss to Nigeria’s political arena. Bello, a former member House of representative from Adamawa stated that, ‘’ As the news filtered of the passing on to the great beyond of Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa...

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JUST IN: Ex-Kaduna Governor, Balarabe Musa, is Dead

NewsPeoplePoliticsJUST IN: Ex-Kaduna Governor, Balarabe Musa, is Dead

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 11, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent A former governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic, Balarabe Musa, has died at the age of 84. His political associate, Shehu Sani, confirmed the death, saying he died on Wednesday around 9:30am at his Aliyu Turaki Road residence at Anguwan Sarki, Kaduna. In a statement Mr Sani described the deceased as the best governor of Kaduna State. He added that he was one of the few politicians acquitted...

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So Bad, Defiled Corpse of Six-Year-Old Found in Kaduna Cemetery

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaSo Bad, Defiled Corpse of Six-Year-Old Found in Kaduna Cemetery

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 11, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz,  Regional Correspondent The corpse of a six-year-old, Aisha Ya,u, suspected to have been defiled before being killed, has been recovered from a cemetery in Kurmin Mashi area of Kaduna. Reports say that the corpse was discovered by a farmer, returning from his farm, and who alerted passers-by. Eye witness accounts as at the time of filing this report indicated that the girl returned from Islamiyya school on Sunday at around 11 am,...

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Emir Links Insecurity To Homosexuality

LifestyleNewsNigeriaPeopleEmir Links Insecurity To Homosexuality

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Emir of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, Mallam Zubairu Jibrin Maigwari ll, has blamed illicit behaviors, particularly sodomy and lesbianism, for insecurity and other woes in the north. Speaking  in Kaduna, the royal father noted that the present security challenge that touched everybody was man-made. According to him, sodomy and lesbianism openly displayed by the people are greatly responsible for the insecurity in the region. He remarked that immorality...

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Police Brutality: Adamawa Judicial Panel of Enquiry Set to Commence Sitting Nov 17

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPolice Brutality: Adamawa Judicial Panel of Enquiry Set to Commence Sitting Nov 17

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’ Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Judicial Panel of Enquiry set up by the Adamawa State Government to investigate all issues of alleged police brutality, and human Rights abuses or related Extra-Judicial Killings in the State is set to commence sitting on Tuesday 17 November 2020. Suleiman Usman, Permanent Secretary, Security, government house, in a statement issued to newsmen  urged the general public to forward their complaints, petitions and memoranda to the panel. ”...

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Bauchi Gov Signs N42. 8b Supplementary Budget Into Law

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsBauchi Gov Signs N42. 8b Supplementary Budget Into Law

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)November 10, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed has signed the N42.8b supplementary appropriation bill recently passed by the State House of Assembly into law. Governor Bala Mohammed while signing the budget said the bill was submitted to him last Friday by the State Assembly. “We’re today again making history in collaboration with the House of Assembly and the Government of Bauchi. The state is moving forward, we are presenting this as the...

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