Islamic Police, Hisbah Bans Male DJs From Performing At Female Events The Kano State Hisbah Board has banned male disc jockeys (DJs) from performing at female-dominated events in the state. This ban was announced by the Commander General of the board, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, at a meeting with the representatives of DJs in the state. The Hisbah Commander said the decision was necessary to prohibit the mixing of males and females during events, adding that only women would be allowed henceforth to officiate at women’s gatherings. “As an Islamic state, it is unacceptable for us to allow the indiscriminate…
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BREAKING: Tears As Trailer Crushes 18 Travellers To Death Tragedy struck on Thursday morning as no fewer than 18 travellers were feared dead in a horrific crash on the Umuahia-Enugu axis of the Port Harcourt-Enugu Highway. The incident, which occurred at a police checkpoint around the Lokpanta area of Abia State in the early hours, has left the community in shock. Reports indicate that an 18-seater commercial bus, awaiting police clearance at the checkpoint, was struck by a truck whose driver lost control, resulting in the tragic loss of lives of both the driver and passengers. Eyewitnesses, including Mr. Bananas…
Dangote Refinery Set To Buy 24 Million Barrels Of US Crude Oil Dangote Oil Refinery in Lagos is seeking to buy millions of barrels of US crude over the next year as it ramps up processing rates. According to a document seen by Bloomberg, the Dangote plant, built by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, issued a so-called term tender for the purchase of 2 million barrels a month of West Texas Intermediate Midland crude for 12 months starting in July. The tender for overseas oil — from a refinery that’s situated in Africa’s largest producer nation, highlights how influential the…
EXCLUSIVE: Tension As Popular Nigerian Governor’s Whereabouts Unknown The Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has failed to return to Nigeria nearly two weeks after he left for a four-day conference in Texas, US. It was gathered that Governor Oyebanji left Nigeria on Sunday, May 5, 2024 to attend the 16th edition of the US-Africa Business Summit organised by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), in Dallas, Texas between May 6 and 9, 2024. The US trip was also announced in an official press statement put on the state government’s website. The statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr…
Another Leaks Expose Secret Posh Properties Owned By Atiku, Ekweremadu, Other Nigerians In Dubai Some prominent Nigerians including former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, former House of Representatives member who represented Musawa/Matazu district in Katsina State, Abubakar Garba Shehu have appeared in a fresh report leaking property records previously kept secret in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The investigative report published on Tuesday by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), is titled “Dubai Unlocked”. Other Nigerian names in the report are former Abia State…
FG To EU: Nigeria Will End Insecurity If Given 1% Of Support Received By Ukraine The Federal Government of Nigeria has called for more support from the European Union (EU) in tackling the security challenges in the country. While speaking at the event titled “Road to Schuman Forum on Security and Defence” organised by the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in collaboration with the EU, on Wednesday, in Abuja, the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, said the world has become a global village, stressing that insecurity in one country is also a threat to security in the next country. Represented…
Nigerian Govt Goes Spiritual Over Incessant Destruction Of Electricity Towers By Boko Haram, Engages Imams To Offer Prayers, Sacrifice The Yobe State government in Northeast Nigeria has organised prayer sessions against the incessant destruction of electricity towers in some parts of the state by Boko Haram terrorists. It was gathered that the terrorists had been targeting the towers which connected Yobe and Borno states to the national grid in recent times. The towers are part of the Jos – Gombe grid serving Borno and Yobe states with electricity. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region,…
Imams Sends Strong Warning To Minister, Vow To Go Ahead With 100 Girls Wedding As Constituency Project Niger State Imam Forum made up of Chief Imams of Friday Mosques in the state and Islamic Organizations have vowed to go ahead with the wedding of 100 orphans in Mariga Local Government Area. The event was scheduled to hold on May 24, 2024, but Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Barrister Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, had withdrawn his support for the wedding involving the orphans from his constituency. The speaker withdrew his support after the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye,…
Speed Darlington Mocks Portable, Says Superstars Don’t Jump Fence Speed Darlington, the Nigerian rapper, has mocked Portable, the singer, following his arrest on Tuesday. Portable was arrested by the Lagos state police command for allegedly failing to pay the debt he incurred after purchasing his G-Wagon from a car dealer. The ‘Zazoo Zeh’ hitmaker was said to have bought the vehicle worth N27 million but paid only N13 million. Portable allegedly refused to pay the remaining N14 million and whenever the car dealer requested his money, he always claimed the vehicle was having issues. The singer also jumped over a…
Real Reason I Set Kano Mosque Ablaze, Suspect Tells Police The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 38-year-old Shafi’u Abubakar, who set a mosque ablaze and trapped worshipers inside the building at Laraba Abasawa in Gezawa local government area of the state on Wednesday morning. 24 persons out of the trapped 40 worshippers, who were praying at the time of the attack, suffered different degrees of burns. The rescued victims were later rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano, where they were receiving treatment. The State’s Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed…