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By Agency Report Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, says the legislative arm is considering passing a law to regulate alms begging in the state. Obasa said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on the sidelines of the launch of the Ibile Muslim Community Zakat and Sadaqah Foundation in Lagos. He said that there was need for such legislation. The foundation was launched at a public presentation sponsored by Lotus Bank in Lagos. It aims to empower less privileged Muslims and alleviate poverty by promoting Zakat, Sadaqah, and Waqf. Obasa explained that…
By Halimah Olamide The Senate has said that the amount of money paid to federal lawmakers in the country has nothing to do with the clamour by academic and non-academic personnel of universities over improvements on their pay. Yemi Adaramodu, spokesman of the senate, said on a live television on Sunday that the budget for the National Assembly is different from the budget with which lecturers are paid. He said asking questions about how much a senator earns monthly is unfair adding that what senators or members of the House of Representatives is in their right to earn it. Adaramodu…
Agency Report The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) on Sunday advised Nigerians not to engage in panic buying of fuel for stockpiling purposes. Its Executive Secretary, Mr Clement Isong, gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) due to the ongoing queues at filling stations across Lagos. Isong explained that the shortfall of product in most stations was due to adverse weather and hunderstorms that delayed ship-to-ship (STS) trans-loading, among others. Others, he said, included berthing at jetties, truck load-outs and transportation of products to filling stations, creating a disruption in station supply…
By Halimah Olamide The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that no amount of smear campaigns will stop its candidate for the next governorship election in the state, Asue Ighodalo, from winning. The party said it is in possession of credible information of a grand plan by some people to embark on tarnishing the image of its candidate Debo Ologunagba, PDPs National Publicity Secretary, said there is move for smear campaigns and “frivolous litigations aimed to distract its candidate in the September 21, 2024 Edo State Governorship election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo.” “The PDP alerts that it is aware of a…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that students of 36 state-owned tertiary institutions who have enrolled in its Student Verification System (SVS) can start their applications for loans as from July 7. The Fund asked all other state-owned tertiary institutions to submit their complete student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System timely, to enable their students benefit from the scheme. NELFUND’s had on Sunday posted the information on X handle. The fund listed the 36 state-owned tertiary institutions as Adamawa State University, Mubi, Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, Borno State University and Mohammet Lawan college of…
By Halimah Olamide Nigerian actor, Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, and his wife, Nneoma Nwaijah, have welcomed a baby boy. Aki had posted the news on his Instagram page during the weekend with a photo of himself and his wife, alongside an image of their new baby’s feet. The actor had captioned the photos:“My wonderful people, please rejoice with us. My wife and I have welcomed a bouncing baby boy. To God Be The Glory.” Although, the comic actor did not disclose the arrival date of the baby, this is the couple’s second child since they tied the knot…
Agency Report President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. The President’s mandate was extended at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this followed the decision of the leaders to ensure continuity and consistency in meeting targets on security, reconciliation, and development. President Tinubu was first elected to the position in Guinea-Bissau on July 9, 2023. In his acceptance speech, the President said he would focus on consolidating the…
By Halimah Olamide Two journalists, Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe and AbdulRaheem Aodu, both reporters for The Nation and Blueprint Newspapers, respectively, in Kaduna State. have been kidnapped by bandits in Danhonu community in Chikun Local Government of the state. Alabelewe, the current chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, was kidnapped alongside his wife and two children. The bandits attacked the community on Saturday nigh. Aodu and his wife were also kidnapped, leaving behind their sick daughter. Disclosing this, Taofeeq Olayemi, a family member of one of the victims, said the bandits stormed…
Agency Report A former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Takai Shamang has been abducted in his hometown, Biniki, in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Shamang, 78, was also a former President General of the National Union of Electricity and Gas Workers, now National Union of Electricity Employees between 1982 and 1989. Confirming the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), his daughter, Mrs Grace Abbin, said her 78-year-old father was abducted at his residence in Biniki, at about 8:00pm on Friday. Shamang is the President and Founder of Gantys Aid for Widows, Orphans…
By Halimah Olamide Two Nigerian women have been caught on camera fighting dirty on a London street over men. The women who were seen almost stripping themselves in public, had accused each other over men. One of the women, who was later arrested by the police, claimed that the other one had stayed in her apartment for almost a year when she had problems. She accused the other one of breaking her own relationship by giving her man false information about her. The woman who was later arrested by the police had claimed that she was the one who…