Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, has sighted the moon signalling the beginning of Ramadan. The Sultan in a live broadcast on Monday announced that the Ramadan fast will begin on Tuesday. He advised Muslims to ensure strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocol during the Ramadan period. The beginning and end of Islamic months are…
PRESS STATEMENT Ondo Gets New Accountant-General …As Laolu Akindolire retires from service Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has approved the appointment of Mrs Esther Toyin Oni, FCA, as the new Accountant-General of the State. The Governor had approved the appointment before proceeding on his vacation. The appointment takes immediate effect. Mrs Oni is a…
MRA Hosts Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on Safety of Journalists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAGOS, Monday, April 12, 2021: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) will host a two-day Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on the Safety of Journalists on April 14 and 15, 2021 designed to enhance the capacity of lawyers to litigate cases on behalf of journalists…
A chieftain of Afenifere, the pan Yoruba Socio-political group, Chief Kole Omololu on Monday described as pretentious and an effort to hoodwink the people of the South the pronounced readiness of some leaders of Northern extraction for restructuring Omololu who is the organising secretary of the mainstream Yoruba organization said the conditions given by the…
PRESS STATEMENT OSOPADEC: Acting Governor Directs Most Senior Career Officer To Take Charge of the affairs of the Board and running of OSOPADEC with effect from Monday, 12th April, 2021 as erstwhile Board’s Tenure Ends. The tenure of the members of the Board of the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC) led by…
Unknown gunmen in Nigerian Army Camouflage reportedly kidnapped a 13-year-old boy in Obada-Odo Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. The gunmen reportedly invaded Destiny Estate Community Association in Obada-Oko on Saturday around 9:15 pm, started shooting in the air, and whisked away the boy identified as Gbolahan Ajibola. They have however reached out to…
By: Ade Adeleke Six candidates are contesting 5 different positions in today’s southwest Congress of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP holding in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. SUNSHINETRUTH reports that a former State Commissioner for Information, Dr Eddy OLAFESO is recontesting the Southwest Chairmanship position against a former Deputy governor of Oyo State, Taofeeq Arapaja….
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed the Muslim Ummah to look out for the crescent (moon) of Ramadan 1442AH from Monday (today). Abubakar gave the directive on Sunday in a statement by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto. “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah…
