An anonymous donor gave out N7.5 million to 60 indigent persons in Ibadan on Monday in observance of Zakat, the third of the five pillars of Islam.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
North Korea appears to have cut its communication channels with South Korea, the South Korean government reported Monday, as phone calls to the country went unanswered for a fourth day in a row.
The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans’ 87-year-old spiritual leader, apologised on Monday after footage showed him asking a young boy to “suck my tongue” at a public event.
The latest disbursement of N320.3 billion as intervention funds for public tertiary institutions is yet another evidence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s desire to improve higher education in the country.
The Police in Adamawa, in collaboration with hunters, neutralised a suspected kidnapper and rescued two victims in Toungo local government area of the state on Sunday.
The Katsina State Pilgrims Welfare Board has fixed April 21, as deadline for the completion of hajj fares by state’s prospective pilgrims for the 2023 pilgrimage.
The Police Command in Ogun on Monday said it arrested three suspected members of land grabbers syndicate, terrorising Gbayunre Village in Ado-Odo Local Government area of theland grabbers syndicate, state.
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, who passed on at 89.
The funeral ceremony for the former Attorney-General and Chief Justice of the Federation, Prince Bola Ajibola, was held at the Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA), Abiola Way in Abeokuta on Sunday, with the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former Governor of Ogun, Olusegun Osoba and Chief Imam of Egbaland, Sheik Sa’dallah Bamgbola, among eminent dignitaries who paid their last respect to the late former Attorney-General.
The former Zamfara governor and Senator-elect, Abdul’aziz Yari, has donated 40 Cars to All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders and other stakeholders of the party in the state. Ya@qari, who is the Senator-elect for (APC, Zamfara West Senatorial District), presented the vehicles to the beneficiaries in Talata-Mafara on Thursday. Yari, represented by the former state APC Chairman, Lawal Liman, said the gesture is in appreciation of contributions of the party leaders and stakeholders in the state, especially during the 2023 general elections electioneering campaigns. “Today, I am donating 40 brand-new Highlander Jeeps to critical stakeholders of the party, including the the…