President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday appealed to Nigerians yet to feel the impacts of his Administration and those who feel the government is not doing enough to bear with the government. The President made the appeal in Ilorin at a town hall meeting with the traditional rulers, youths, students, organised labour, market women and other stakeholders on the #EndSARS protest and its aftermath. The President had directed all his cabinet ministers to go to their respective states and interact with the people over the protest and what the government had done. The Kwara state meeting hosted in Ilorin by the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigerian Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has accused Rev. Fr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah of using his recent church sermon to incite Christians of Nsukka to attack Muslims and destroy mosques in the town. The group, in a statement by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akinola made available to AsheNews on Friday also called on the security agencies to arrest the clergyman. “The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) is in possession of a video clip in which Rev. Fr. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah incited Christians a few days ago. The clergyman said inter alia, ‘It is not possible that here…
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari will be 25years on the throne on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 as the 11th paramount ruler of the ancient city of Ilorin. As part of activities marking the silver jubilee and historic event, special prayer to be led by the Chief Imam of Ilorin and other clerics across the emirate shall be held at the Emir’s Palace at 9am. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson to the Emir, Mallam Abdulazeez Arowona, on Friday. He said: His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday night again questioned the integrity of Tuesday’s presidential election and doubled down on his allegation of fraud against Democrats. In an address to the nation, Trump said he was hearing “horror stories” about how Democrats were manipulating the exercise, especially mail-in ballots. “I have been talking about this for many months. I have said very strongly that mail-in ballots are going to end up being a disaster. “Small elections were a disaster, this is a large-scale version and it’s getting worse everyday. We are hearing stories that are horror stories, absolute horror stories. “We can’t…
The Sokoto State Youths Enlightenment Forum, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing the 2019 APC Gubernational Candidate and former Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Sokoto, as the Pioneer Executive Secretary, Police Trust Fund. The forum has also renewed its unflinching and unalloyed loyalty to the sterling leadership styles and qualities of the APC Leader in Sokoto State, former Governor and now a serving Senator , representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto, Thursday by the forum and signed by its State Chairman , Alhaji Bashiru Abubakar.…
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has denied reports by a national daily that it would dismiss Police officers who failed to return to work. This is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the Commission, Ikechukwu Ani on Saturday. “The attention of the Police Service Commission had been drawn to a publication in the Punch newspaper of Saturday October 31 2020 reporting that the Police Service Commission will dismiss Police officers who fail to return to work. “Police Service Commission did not, at any time, say Police men who refused to get back to work will be dismissed. “The…
The Defence Headquarters has denied media reports that four persons were killed by soldiers and their bodies dumped in a pond in Jos during clampdown on looters of private properties in the state. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday described such reports as malicious and mischievous. Enenche explained that the soldiers attached to the Special Task Force (STF), Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), were never engaged in any professional misconduct in preventing criminals from perpetrating crimes in the state. He said that troops in an attempt to stop hoodlums from looting the residence of…
A coalition of 17 Nigerian organisations in the Diaspora says it has written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the #EndSARS protests. In the letter dated October 27, the coalition, comprising professional, ethnic and religious bodies, expressed outrage at the loss of lives and destruction of properties during the protests and made suggestions to move the country forward. The letter is titled, “Nigerians in Diaspora Appeal for Calm and Express Outrage over Loss of Lives and Destruction of Properties’’, written in New York on Saturday. The coalition suggested seven immediate actions the government should take to foster calm as…
Jungler Erberk “Gilius” Demirhas has re-signed with Schalke 04 for the 2021 season, the organisation announced on Friday. The move comes on the heels of the team’s contract extensions for coach Dylan Falco and mid laner Felix “Abbedagge” Braun Gilius has said these were instrumental in his decision to re-sign with Schalke 04. “I know that I belong to Worlds, I belong to play on a big stage,” said Gilius in an announcement video posted by Schalke 04 on Twitter. “I’m really excited for the project next year. We have very clear goals on our mind — going to Shanghai…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government will do everything possible to discourage “physicians’ brain drain” from the country. Ehanire said this on Friday in Abuja after inspecting work on the new cancer centre at the National Hospital, Abuja. “I have heard the challenge of doctors leaving the country. We have plans to provide better funding for our hospitals in Nigeria and make such migration unattractive,” he said. He said that the hospital performed well during COVID-19 pandemic in the country, pledging that the government will do everything possible to ensure that doctors will prefer to…