Jama-at-ul Islamiyya of Nigeria has elected Engr. Ashim A. Oyekan as its President. The election was part of the three-day 11th Triennial Delegates Conference held on Sunday August 20, 2023 at the Mosque Hall, Magodo GRA phase II, Lagos. In his acceptance speech, Engr. Oyekan reiterated the need for the newly elected National Executive Council…
FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria.
Bearing any moment, in the new week, the United Kingdom (UK) will announce restrictions barring foreign students from bringing family members into the country. The move follows reports that net migration into the UK has hit 1 million with Tory MPs asking Prime Minister Rishi Sunak “to get a grip on the rocketing numbers”. The…
In an attempt to defend Nigerian medical doctors who are seeking green pastures abroad, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says they are being driven out of the country by poverty and insecurity. You would recalled that Rep Ganiyu Johnson, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker from Lagos, had sponsored a bill which seeks to amend…
Governments, global funding agencies, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), and other various intervention actors have been called upon to sustain efforts at eliminating all forms of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria and other countries of the world. This call was made in Lagos, Nigeria by participants at the recently concluded two-day 2023 Annual General…
The National Amir of Ikhwan ul-Muslimin Foundation, Shaykh Abdul Hakeem Muhammad Awwal has congratulated the president-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his victory in the Presidential Election. Shaykh Muhammad Awwal said Tinubu’s presidency would usher in progress and development in the country. According to him, the former Lagos State Governor will bring to bear his…
Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, His Excellency, Ademola Rasaq Seriki is dead. He was 63. The Ambassador died in the early hours of Thursday after a brief illness.
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mrs Catriona Laing, has said that the number of Nigerians applying for visas to the UK has increased in recent times. Laing made the disclosure on Sunday in Abuja when she featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum. She noted, however, that the UK government was mindful…
Leading pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation Afenifere on Sunday endorsed All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The decision was contained in a statement by Afenifere after the visit of Tinubu to Pa Reuben Fasoranti and leaders of Afenifere organisation in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The statement by the National Organising Secretary of Afenifere,…
A former Executive Chairman of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Hon. Idris Bolaji Muse-Ariyoh has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary. Muse-Ariyoh in a congratulatory message he signed said the celebrating Nigeria is a pleasure and urged all to uphold the tenets of Nigeria’s founding fathers. He said; “it’s a great pleasure…
