Dr Abdullahi Eleyinla, lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication, University of Ilorin, has called on Muslims to embrace the spirit of team work, rather than individualism, to gain Allah’s mercy.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has dismissed claims by his Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Nyesom Wike, to the effect that he was constructing the Aliade-Onu-Obarike-Ito-Otukpo and Makurdi-Naka-Adoka roads, describing it as a tissue of lies.
Reacting to publications in some dailies, Ortom asked if the N4 billion Wike claimed he had spent on the road was captured in the 2017 budget of Rivers State.
A statement by his Special Adviser, Media, and ICT, Mr. Tahav Agerzua, said there was no evidence that Wike did what he claimed to have done.
It read: “We read reports in a few national dailies on March 30, attributed to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, that there were plans to disrupt his road projects in Benue State. Nothing could be further from the truth.
“Benue State does not lack road projects under the Ortom administration, which has mobilised contractors back to site on 11 roads abandoned by Governor Wike’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, regime in the state.
“In spite of the recession, Governor Ortom is also constructing two major highways and 17 rural roads across the state, while contracts have been awarded for six other highways.
“Governor Wike’s claim was ridiculous because Benue State is not part of his state and even if he had constructed all his roads, he needed to have contacted stakeholders in Benue State, especially those from the benefitting communities.
“There is no evidence that he did that.”

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has approved the establishment of School of Basic and Remedial Studies to address continuous decline in the number and quality of students from Sokoto State that sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

GOVERNOR Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has called on the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the menace of Almajiri and the clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The governor made the appeal yesterday, when he received a delegation from the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally-Displaced Persons, led by its Federal Commissioner, […]

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National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has allocated 2,677 Hajj seat for the 2017 Hajj exercise to Jigawa state, the Executive Secretary of Jigawa State Pilgrims and Welfare Board, Alhaji Muhammad Sani Alhassan has said.

Member representing Kazaure, Gwiwa, Roni and Yankwashi federal constituency, Jigawa State, Muhammad Kazaure, has accused Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of scheming to undermine the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government.

I HEAR that in Anambra State, only Catholics find political appointment easy under the present administration, meaning that no matter your qualifications and experience, if you are a known Pentecostal, forget any appointment. This shows the gargantuan challenge facing those in the South East, praying for one common work space for any Igbo man, in Igbo public service, irrespective of his state in Igbo land.

EUROPEANS rolled out the drums last Saturday, March 25 to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of The Treaties of Rome which gave birth to the European Union, EU. An African Saying advices that we rejoice with others when they celebrate because only the living rejoice. Congratulations to our European brothers and sisters whom we in Africa first met as friends, trading partners and missionaries, then as slave traders and colonial masters and now as ‘partners’ in the global arena of inequality.

Coordinator of Muslims Ummah Foundation (MUF), Ustaz Nurudeen Miftaudeen Adigun in this interview with Facing Ka’abah speaks on the leadership of Nigerian Muslim Community. The MUF leader, who is passionate about charity and education for the Nigerian youths and women, said the present leadership of the Muslim Ummah in Nigeria led by Sultan Abubakar III, has proved blackmailers of Islam and Muslims wrong as, according to him, the image of Muslims is now restored. Excerpts: