The Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has announced that the crescent for the commencement of the Ramadan fasting has been sighted. In a broadcast on Wednesday night, Abubakar said Muslims in the country should commence fasting on Thursday, March 23. The sultan said…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that its long awaited National Convention will hold on February 26, 2022. The Chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, stated this on Tuesday at the National Progressive Women’s Conference in Abuja. The governor said the women in the APC…
The National Chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Prof. Rufai Alkali, has tendered his resignation. In a letter addressed to the National Secretary of the party, Alkali said his decision to quit was informed by the need to make room for fresh hands to come in and build on the successes recorded in…
The authorities of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) has dismissed allegations that the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, was treated shabbily at the hospital before he died on Sunday morning. The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has alleged that Mailafia was treated shabbily by doctors at…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo Sadiq Tafida of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won Wednesday’s rerun election for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency of Taraba state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared inconclusive the By-election that was held on the 3rd February for the constituency because the number of cancelled votes were more than the margin…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman Earlier this month, the United States government released a sobering assessment of Nigeria’s human rights record in its 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Among the stark revelations was the shamefully low national minimum wage of ₦70,000—a figure described as “woefully inadequate” amid rising inflation, a weakened naira, and an…
