Politicians Have Reduced Some Clerics To Bootlickers – Gumi

Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, renowned Islamicscholar, has taken yet another swipe at politicians in the country. In a videoclip that has gone viral, the Islamic scholar accused politicians of destroying clerics. Gumi said that many clerics in the country have been reduced to bootlickers because that is the only way they would have foodon their tables. He said, “Clerics in the country have been …

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2023: Buhari Can’t Impose Tinubu On Us – Yahaya Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has said that the allegedpact for former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu to succeed President Buhari is not binding on All Progressives Congress members. He added that Nigeria is not a banana republic which a committee of one or two persons will seeas a personal estate or property. Bello who said this in an interview …

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We won’t enforce sit-at-home again – IPOB

The leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra has warned the people of the South-East to be vigilant on Monday (today), claiming security agents may unleash mayhem on innocent citizens and blame it on members of the Eastern Security Network. This is as the secessionist group reiterated that it had no plan to enforce its hitherto weekly sit-at-home order, alleging …

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NDLEA Arrests Drug Dealer In Church, Seizes 2,504.8kg Narcotics

A major drug dealer wanted for attempting to export 69.65kilogrammes of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom through the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, has been arrested at a church in Ojodu, Ikeja area of Lagos state. This disclosure was made to NAOSRE through a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, the agency …

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Politicians who attended Buhari’s son’s wedding with hired jets are not different from bandits ―Gumi

An Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has said politicians who attended the wedding of Yusuf Buhari with hired jets are not different from bandits.  “People think only those in the bush (bandits) milk us dry, no! Even our leaders milk us dry. Where did they get the money to hire all these jets?” he said  The president’s son, Yusuf, …

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Just In: Former Oyo Military Administrator Tunji Olurin is dead

The former Military Administrator of Oyo State and a close political ally of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Brig-Gen. Tunji Olurin (rtd.) is dead. Olurin, who died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in the early hours of Saturday, according to family source, was 77. The deceased’s brother, Funso Olurin, disclosed this in Abeokuta on Saturday . According to him, …

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CDHR Condemns Plateau Killings

The Committee For the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Kwara State Chapter condemns the barbaric and senseless killing of innocent travellers along Rukuba town, Jos in Plateau state. About 22 people were reportedly killed after an attack on a convoy of 90 Muslims along Rukuba road in the outskirts of Jos. The Kwara Branch said in a statement, jointly signed …

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Townhall meeting: Why we must urgently curb drug abuse in Nigeria, Obasa, stakeholders speak

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday decried the increasing rate of drug abuse among youths and even parents in Nigeria. The Speaker, who spoke at the 7th Annual Constituency Stakeholders’ Meeting in his Agege Constituency 1, warned that this menace must be urgently checked to prevent its devastating effects on the …

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