Ex-Zamfara gov arraigned over alleged diversion of N1bn, granted N100m bail

Ex-Zamfara gov arraigned over alleged diversion of N1bn, granted N100m bail

Supporters of former governor of Zamfara State, Ahmed Sani Yerima, yesterday attacked staff of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offenses Commission, ICPC, in Gusau shortly after he was arraigned before Bello Shinkafi of High Court 4 for allegedly diverting over N1 billion appropriated for the renovation of a dam to other uses.
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Seyi Shay set to thrill fans with Instagram contest

Seyi Shay set to thrill fans with Instagram contest

NIGERIAN songstress, Seyi Shay has announced an Instagram competition for her fans. The competition according to the singer, is a follow up for her highly publicised album release last year. The competition, tagged, “Seyi or Shay Instagram Karaoke” was announced on her instagram page late last night with an instructional video and rules on how the competition will be put in place. Lucky fans have the opportunity to win an Ipad, Android phones and other amazing prizes from brands like, Etisalat, Cloud 9 and Pepsi.

GOtv to beam Hollywood’s Award Live red carpet

GOtv to beam Hollywood’s Award Live red carpet

GOTV has announced that the Red Carpet of one of Hollywood’s most glamorous nights, the 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards, will be shown live on its bouquet on Saturday, January 30.

Labouring to acknowledge Hitler

Labouring to acknowledge Hitler

TURKISH leader, Tayyip Erdogan decided to change his country’s ceremonial Presidency to an executive one. So he told his countrymen: “There are already examples in the world. You can see it when you look at Hitler’s Germany. There are later examples in various other countries”. But he came under international criticism for allegedly casting Adolf Hitler in a favourable light. He immediately began a series of summersaults saying the governance system in Hitler’s Germany was not an effective one and that “if the system is abused, it may lead to bad management resulting in disasters as in Hitler’s Germany”.

Don’t attribute Boko Haram to Islam -Timehin

Don’t attribute Boko Haram to Islam -Timehin

Dr Saheed Timehin, a member of Nigeria Inter-religious Council has appealed to the Nigerian Media not to attribute Boko Haram activities to Islam, adding that activities of the insurgents are anti-Islam. Timehin who was reacting to questions from newsmen during a press conference on the 100 years celebration of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Nigeria, held at Ojokoro, Lagos said: “The fact that the insurgents speak Arabic does not mean they are Muslims, Arabic is a language.

A Muslim’s obligation of  Love for  Allah (2)

A Muslim’s obligation of Love for Allah (2)

The prophet had said as narrated in both Sahih hadith, “Whoever possesses the following three qualities will taste the sweetness (delight) of faith: the one to whom Alláh and His Messenger become dearer than anything else, the one who loves a person and he loves him only for Alláh’s sake, and whoever hates to revert to disbelief, after Alláh has saved him from it, as he hates to be thrown into the Fire.”

Sri Lanka bans foreigner kidney transplants after organ racket tip

Sri Lanka bans foreigner kidney transplants after organ racket tip

Sri Lanka banned kidney transplants for foreign nationals on Thursday following reports of an organised organ harvesting racket involving patients and donors from neighbouring India. Health minister Rajitha Senaratne said he ordered the immediate halt after Indian police warned Sri Lankan authorities that some patients from India had paid donors for organs and had the […]

ALLEGED N10M BRIBERY: EFCC docks Justice Umar’s aide

ALLEGED N10M BRIBERY: EFCC docks Justice Umar’s aide

ABUJA—The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Ali Gambo Abdullahi, the personal assistant to the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Danladi Umar, before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory.

Out-of-hospital birth, a major challenge – Bolaji Margaret, Researcher

Out-of-hospital birth, a major challenge – Bolaji Margaret, Researcher

Associate Researcher, United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, and radio presenter, Bolaji Margaret is working assiduously to enlighten young girls in Northern Nigeria on immunisation, as well as reproductive health issues.   She shares her experience in this telephone interview. HOW would you score the awareness about immunisation in your part of the country? I reside basically […]

Remembering January 15, 1966

Remembering January 15, 1966

It has been an annual ritual for January 15, of every year to be remembered in special ways by various political interest groups, including the Nigerian Armed Forces. The reason for this is not farfetched. Apart from the day Nigeria was amalgamated in 1914 and the day she got her Independence from the British colonialists, January 15, 1966 was the day that the destiny of Nigeria was totally and painfully redefined. It was the day a bloody coup that ended the First Republic and brought in the military also triggered a counter-coup that plunged Nigeria into its historic civil war.