The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28 and Thursday, June 29 as Eid-El-Kabir holidays. This was contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade. The statement read, “The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28th and Thursday, June 29th 2023 Public Holidays in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration and heartily felicitates with the Muslim Ummah at home and in the diaspora,” the statement read. “We are hopeful that the prayers and sacrifices that come with this great celebration, as well as the message…
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Niger Govt pays N20m to secure freedom of 80 inmates
MINNA: As part of gestures for the Eid-El-Kabir, Niger state government has Monday secured the freedom of eighty inmates after paying N20 million naira fines. The Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago represented by his Deputy, Comrade Yakubu Garba who assured to protect all in the society urged them to desist from what will make them return to the correctional center. He disclosed this at the Medium Security Custodial Centre (Old) Minna during the discharge of the inmates on Monday. READ ALSO: Blasphemy: What Sokoto Butcher Said That Got Him…
Read MoreBlasphemy: What Sokoto Butcher Said That Got Him Murdered – Eye Witness
Sunday’s murder of a butcher in Sokoto over an alleged blasphemous comment against Prophet Mohammed makes it the second public lynching in the state in one year. Last year May, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, was stoned to death by her colleagues over a comment they claimed was blasphemous against Prophet Mohammed. Yesterday, a butcher was convicted by a mob over a similar offence. And like Deborah, he was also stoned to death by his colleagues. READ ALSO: Electricity To Cost Between N150 To…
Read MoreAlleged Sexualisation: Skit Maker Trinity Guy, Girl’s Parents Sent To Prison
A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State on Monday ordered the remand of a skit maker, Maruf Abdullahi, popularly known as Trinity Guy, in Agodi correctional facility over alleged sexual exploitation of a 10-year-old girl. The Eagle Online recalls that Trinity Guy was on Friday interviewed by the Oyo State Police Command over the skit. He had said that he had the consent of the parents of the girl to shoot the video. Following this, the police also arraigned Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife, Rofiat, 29, who…
Read MoreWhy Tinubu Must Run Oil, Extractive Industries Transparently – CISLAC
The oil and other extractive industries in Nigeria must be run transparently by President Bola Tinubu if he wants to truly move the country’s economy forward. Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Awwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani, who said this in opening remarks at the CSO Media Training in Lagos, tasked the president to make clear and public his anti-corruption agenda. Platforms Africa reports that the two-day training organised by accountability in Extractives Sector (AES),. centred on the “use of beneficial ownership information to improve natural resource governance…
Read MoreElectricity To Cost Between N150 To N300 Per Kilowatts Hour
…MAN Says Cost of Production will Soar … will not translate to improved supply Nigerians will start to pay between N150 to N300 per kilowatts hour of electricity as from July 1st, 2023. This is even as the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria MAN has enumerated the impacts of the proposed 40 percent tariff increase on Nigerians if it is implemented. At the moment, Band C which presently goes for about N40 Per Killowatts Hour may be increased to about N100 Per Killowatts Hour. While Band A which is presently at…
Read MoreWhy Too Much Sperm Is Harmful To The Body
The sperm plays a very vital role in sexual intercourse and especially procreation among living things, particularly among human beings and animals. It is usually a small, compact cell, highly specialized for the task of fertilizing an egg. According to Encyclopedia Britannica (updated on 12 March, 2023), sperm, also called spermatozoon (plural spermatozoa) is the male reproductive cell, produced by most animals [and humans]. The sperm unites with (fertilizes) an ovum (egg) of the female to produce a new offspring. It was further stated in https://study.com that the sperm cell provides half of the…
Read MoreNDLEA Arrests Two Ghanaians, 11 Others For Drug Trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of two Ghanaians, Monday Saba and Hakeem Kwana, and 11 other suspects for drug-related offences in different parts of the country. The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, confirmed the development, said officials of the agency intercepted two imported consignments of a strong strain of cannabis known as loud, with a combined weight of 5,344.1 kilograms along the in the Lekki area of Lagos State. He also revealed that based on credible intelligence,…
Read MoreTop Nigerian Civil Servants Jittery As Govt Orders Compulsory Exams
No one escapes this: Details of the must-write exams for all Directors-General, Executive Secretaries, and Heads of Agencies + FULL MEMO The Nigerian Government has approved compulsory examination for top echelon of the federal public service in 2023. Platforms Africa reports that this was contained in a circular signed by the Permanent Secretary, Management Career Service, Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi in the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation. This, Platforms Africa gathered has sent jitters down the spines of some top Civil servants. “When…
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