Author: NPO Admin II
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Saturday as the first day of Ramadan 1443 AH in Nigeria. Abubakar announced the sighting of the new crescent in Sokoto on Friday in a radio and television broadcast. He said the new moon of Ramadan was sighted in different parts of the country and that reports of the moon sighting were received from Muslim leaders and Organisations across the country. “After due verification and authentication by the national moon sighting committee and states committees’ confirmation, as well as routine…
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has said that he has secured the assurance of President Muhammadu Buhari against the festering insurgency in his state. He was at the presidential villa Friday to brief the President on the happening in his state and the invasion by terrorists. This was sequel to the attacks on a passenger train on Monday in Kaduna. At least, nine persons have been confirmed dead from the attack where many were also shot and injured. The governor appeared very sober when he came around to see the President. While speaking with journalists, he said the president…
The fixtures for the 2022 Qatar World Cup has shown that Cameroon will play in Group G which has Brazil, Switzerland, and Serbia. This came on Friday as FIFA released its draw which also showed that another African representative, Senegal will be in the same group with Netherlands. In the same Group A with Netherlands are Qatar and Ecuador. Group D has defending champions, France which also faces Denmark, Tunisia and either UAE/Australia/Peru. Spain and Germany will face each other in Group E along with Japan and either Costa Rica/New Zealand. Ghana, will play in Group H along with Portugal,…
The battle-scarred town of Irpin now stands as an example of Ukrainian resistance, and of Russian defeat. President Putin’s forces managed to enter the town but didn’t manage to push through it. If they had, Kyiv would have been their next stop – the capital is just a short drive away, 13 miles (21km) down the road. Blocking the Russian advance here was critical. We reached the city centre under armed escort, driving through streets strewn with rubble and downed power lines – and devoid of life. Ukrainian forces gave us a careful tour – avoiding some main roads. We…
Caitlyn Jenner has hit back at the outpouring of criticism against her from members of the LGBT and trans communities after the news that she will join Fox News. On Thursday, Fox News announced the transgender retired Olympic decathlete and media personality will join the network as a contributor, with her first appearance having taken place on Thursday’s edition of Sean Hannity’s program “Hannity.” Responding to the backlash on social media, Jenner said on Friday that she was “astounded” by “the irony of the fringe in the LGBT population is knocking me on ‘trans day of visibility’ which they tout…
Sensational Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, has featured in a theme song composed for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. This was disclosed by Davido himself when he took to his twitter page on Friday to say “I’m honored to be featured on the Official #FIFAWorldCup 2022 Soundtrack! See y’all later 2NITE! This one is for Africa! TULE!!!! 🤞🏾❤️ WE RISE!” The official soundtrack is titled ‘Hayya Hayya’ (Better Together). Davido comes among other artistes like US star Trinidad Cardona, and Qatari sensation Aisha ahead of tonight’s final draw for the tournament. FIFA on its official page, said the choice is to…
Producer of Oscars Awards, Will Packer has disclosed that the police were ready to apprehend actor, Will Smith after dealing comedian, Chris Rock a slap on award night. Smith had moved to the stage to give Rock a quick slap after he made joke about his (Smith’s) wife before the entire audience at the last Oscars. 53 year old Smith faces sanctions over his actions which was prompted by the comedian’s joke about the appearance of Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett while he was onstage at the Oscars ceremony on Sunday (27 March). Oscars producer Will Packer has revealed in a…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria is poised to welcome more initiatives and investments in digital technology as he expressed appreciation to Microsoft’s 200 million dollars engineering hub of the African Development Centre. The president stated this when he received the President of Microsoft Corporation, Brad Smith, at the State House, Abuja, on Friday. Smith was accompanied by the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami. Buhari said: “I have been informed that the African Development Centre in Nigeria is Microsoft’s first engineering hub in Africa as the current investment stands at about 200 million dollars. “I have…
Don’t Inflate Commodity Prices Because of Ramadan; Cleric Tells Traders The Chief Imam of Ore Olohun Mosque, Olunlade Ilorin, Alhaji Fatahi Jimoh, has admonished traders not to take advantage of Ramadan fasting to inflate prices of goods in the markets. Jimoh gave the advice in Ilorin on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He noted that most traders and business owners in the country take advantage of Ramadan to place high prices on their goods and products to make excess profit. “Ramadan is knocking at the door. Don’t take advantage of it to sell at…
The military authorities have handed over belongings of some passengers who were on board the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train AK9, which was attacked by terrorists on March 28. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, stated this in a press release issued on Friday in Kaduna. Aruwan said soldiers had gathered the items from within and around the train during search operations after the attack. The Commissioner said Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i expressed gratitude to the military authorities and commended them for their careful handling and documentation of the items. Aruwan said the items comprised of over 100…