Gumi took my Moroccan wife from me, says Kaduna businessman
By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo KADUNA — A Kaduna-based businessman, Nasir Musa Idris, has accused prominent Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, of taking custody of his Moroccan wife, Khadija Diab, after he took her to the cleric’s residence for counselling. Idris, who made the allegation in an interview with RFI Hausa, the Hausa service of Radio France […]
Group condemns hanging of criminals in Edo
A religious group, Community of Sant’Egidio has described the killing by hanging of four criminals on death row in Benin Prison recently a brutal return to the use of the death penalty in Nigeria which had been put on hold for more than seven years. The group, therefore, called on the Nigerian government to suspend all executions immediately with a view to re-establish the moratorium on executions in the country.
Lagos tri-cycle operators amalgamate
•103 chairmen head branches, pursue amendment of traffic law…
THOUSANDS of tricycle riders in Lagos State, came under one body at the weekend, setting the stage for an end to years of strife that often left many of their members dead as rival associations repeatedly clashed for supremacy.
Echoes of Otokoto: Justice cometh at last
Way back in 1996,indigenes and residents of Owerri, the Imo State capital, rose up in unison against what they described as “bizarre happenings perpetrated by some criminally minded individuals in the society”.
Lagos begins construction of seaport, airport at Lekki
HE Lagos State Government in collaboration with the Federal Government through the Nigerian Ports Authority and a private investor – Lekki Port Lekki Free Trade Zone Enterprise, LPLE, has commenced the development of the Lekki Deep Seaport in Akodo, Ibeju-Lekki Local Council of the state
Ikorodu road expansion: Residents demand citizens’ input
Residents of Ikorodu Local Government have demanded that the state government allow them make input into the ongoing Ikorodu road expansion, since they would be the ones to use the road eventually.
