Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, on Tuesday, presented a grant of N200 million to 840 beneficiaries under the government’s Women and Youth Empowerment Programme for small and medium scale entrepreneurs (SMEs). The grant was presented to four beneficiaries each from the 105 political wards across the eight local government areas of the state for…
House of representatives member-elect for Jalingo, Yorro, Zing federal constituency in Taraba State, Ismaila Yushau Maihanchi is dead. He died in the early hours of Saturday in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The clerk of the House of Representatives Yahaya Danzaria who confirmed the ugly incident described it as a sad one. According to the…
The crescent for the month of Shawwal1444 has been sighted on Thursday in Yobe and Borno State. Subsequently, Friday 21st, April 2023 is the day of Eid-ul-fitr in Nigeria. This was announced by the President General of Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic affairs, Alh Sa’ad Abubakar and Sultan of Sokoto on Thursday. See attached below
Saudi Arabia Muslims to celebrate Eid on April 21 as Shawwal crescent moon sighted despite rare hybrid total solar eclipse To the traditional practice of Muslims observing the crescent or new moon to determine the start of the tenth Islamic month of Shawwal, which marks the end of a month-long fasting of Ramadan and the…
. The attention of the Commission INEC has been drawn to a purported declaration of winner in the Adamawa Governorship election by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) even when the process has clearly not been concluded. The action of the REC is a usurpation of the power of the Returning Officer. It is null, void…
A coalition of civil society organisations, has urged the ruling all Progressives Congress (APC), to consider ceding speakership of the 10th House of Representatives to the south eastern geopolitical zone of the country for fairness and equity. While addressing journalists in Abuja, National Covener, and leader of the group under the aegis of Civil Society…
