The state government assured the Muslim community that there is no plot to dethrone the Sultan, who also doubles as the President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). Sa’adu_Abubakar_-Sultan_of_Sokoto_The Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman of the Northern Traditional Rulers Council, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. The Sokoto State Government says contrary to…
Two vehicles — a truck and a Mazda bus — were involved in the crash which occurred at 9:33pm on Monday. Seven persons died while 11 others sustained injuries in a road accident along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday night. Two vehicles — a truck with no registration number and a Mazda bus with registration…
The Senate Committee probing the facility says it had become imperative to exceed the timeframe given the sensitivity of the assignment The Senate Ad hoc Committee investigating a 30 trillion naira Ways and Means facility expended between 2015 and 2023 under the previous administration has stated that investigation is still on course. Chairman of the…
• 4bn grant claim, a blatant lie The management of Osun Health Insurance Agency has stated that the agency is not indebted to any service provider under the Osun Health Insurance Scheme. The Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Rasaq Akindele while addressing a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun state…
To commemorate the 2024 United Nations Public Service Day, two International Labour Organisation (ILO) experts in the Department of Statistics, Marie-Claire Sodergren, a Senior Economist, Data Production and Analysis Unit, and Rosina Gammarano, a Senior Labour Statistician, Statistical Standards and Methods Units, highlight some facts and importance of the public sector workers to the society….
The Presidency on Monday appealed to Nigerians not to pile unnecessary pressure on President Bola Tinubu, assuring that he would transmit the proposed bill on the new minimum wage to the National Assembly once it is ready. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the plea in a phone…
The Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, said a pregnant woman, Rahemat Lateef, who claimed to have been abducted by some unknown gunmen while going to the state hospital at Ijaiye, Abeokuta for child delivery, is a case of fake kidnap. The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this on her…
The Justice Forum, a human rights organization, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately arrest and prosecute the leader of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) Professor Ishaq Akintola and a young man in a viral video, for spreading false information aimed at inciting violence in Sokoto. The group made the call in a…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Development of Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Professor Yusuf Saidu. The deceased, who was a Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, was attacked and shot dead on his way to Kaduna from Sokoto State. The University, in a post on its official Facebook page,…
