From the rockies to the Hudson, to the Potomac, beyond the great sand spread of the Sahara, to the river Naija, the end is on its way ―Don Okolo Life as we know it could be coming to an end. That is not a figure of speech. I have consulted with the shamans and medicine men, from the world’s renowned rainforests, from the swamplands of the Pantanal, to the critter-burdened monsoon regions of the far...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Muslim Council of Adamawa State has on Saturday launched the 1442 Islamic calendar in Yola, calling for tolerance and mutual respect with non-Muslim and adherents of other religions. Malam Gambo Jika, Chairman of the council, in his welcome address noted that the organisation under his leadership has been working with relevant stakeholders to ensure peaceful coexistence in the state. Jika particularly lauded the state government for the giant developmental...
The children of the presumed winner of the 1993 Presidential election, Moshood Abiola have sued the police in Lagos for arresting and prolonging their detention following the Sept. 2 robbery of the home of the late politician. Kassim and Aliyu Abiola alleged that men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad arrested them following accusations by their stepmother, Mr. Adebisi Abiola that they were behind the robbery where valuables worth millions of Naira were stolen. The duo,...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Nigeria’s Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen, has advocated death sentence for rape and related offenses. Tallen made her stand public during the Flag-off of the National Cooking Gas and Tree Planting project held in Girei town, headquarter of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa. The minister who also advocated stiff penalty for child-labor offenses and other dehumanising treatments against children stressed that it was time for religious and other opinion...
Former President of Nigeria and the United Nations Special Envoy on Crisis Management, Goodluck Jonathan, has said that the only way to credible elections in Nigeria and other African countries is electronic voting. Jonathan who spoke at the presidential panel of The Osasu Show Symposium 2020, said the outcome of the elections should be decided by the ballots, and not by any other means, not even the court. He said, “To me if Africa especially...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent KADUNA –– The Kaduna State House of Assembly has approved castration as punishment for those convicted of rape. This follows the passage of a bill to amend the Kaduna state penal court law, 2017, by the lawmakers. The assembly, which announced the development via its Twitter handle, said the bill was passed into law on Wednesday. “The Bill Recommend total Castration for Rapist in the State,” the assembly tweeted. It...
The Minister of State, Health, Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, says 10 per cent of positive Coronavirus cases are children and adolescents with more than half of them in the age bracket of 10-18 years. Mamora disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing, as the country prepares to reopen schools. News Agency of Nigeria( NAN), reports that this was even as the PTF coordinator on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu...
The Kairos Events and Entertainment, says it has launched promotional materials for the Face of Agriculture Nigeria (FOAN) Agritainment Reality TV Show in collaboration with Obasanjo Farms Limited. Mr. Wealth Sunday, Project Director of Kairos, said FOAN Reality Show, “is a TV programme that aims at bringing the interest of Nigerian youths toward agriculture through entertainment.” Sunday made this known in a statement in Lagos, saying that the ceremony took place at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday night confirmed 197 new cases of COVID-19, with five deaths recorded in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday. The agency said that the total confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country had reached 55,829. It noted that the 197 infections were reported from 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC said that the number of deaths...
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, had given reasons why the four oil refineries in the country have been shut down in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna. Kyari said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday. In his explanation, all four refineries are functioning below capacity, this has necessitated the need for the FG to stop them from operating altogether. The NNPC boss while responding to...
