As Muslims faithful worldwide look forward to the start of Ramadan, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Sunday enjoined Nigerian Muslims to look out for the new moon from Monday, July 8. Should the moon be sighted on Monday, July 8, Muslims in the country would join their brothers and sisters across the world to begin fasting on Tuesday, which will last between 29 or 30 days. A statement issued by Professor Sambo Wali, the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs of the Sokoto Sultanate Council, said anybody that sights the moon should communicate immediately to…
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Telecommunications operators that frustrate porting processes under the ongoing Mobile Number Portability scheme will be fined N200,000 by the Nigerian Communications Commission for each affected subscriber. The Director, Legal and Regulatory Services, NCC, Ms. Josephine Amuwa, revealed this to our correspondent in an interview in Lagos on the sidelines of a workshop for judges on legal issues in the telecommunications sector on Friday. She said many Nigerian subscribers were actually porting, but more needed to be done to encourage them to further embrace the option. Amuwa said, “For every subscriber that wants to port, but is not allowed by…
WITH his latest victory at the Supreme Court, it is perhaps time for the Delta State governor, Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan to sleep, at least, with one eye closed. Oh yes, with his seemingly uneding travails in the seat of power in Asaba, there’s every reason for the medical doctor-turned politician to keep that second eye perpetually open; there may just be some more ‘battles’ to fight ahead of the 2015 elections. The Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) candidate, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, had approached the court seeking for an order to set aside the March 21, 2012 judgment, which affirmed…
Senate President David Mark went philosophical as he agonized over the gruesome murder of 28 students and a teacher at the government secondary school, Mamudo, near Potiskum in Yobe state at the weekend by gun men believed to be Boko Haram. An angry Mark stated:”Even in war situations, children and women are protected . Killing children is akin to cutting down the future of a people. This is inhuman, barbaric and unacceptable to any right thinking member of the society. “For no reason, the lives of these promising children were needlessly cut down by the heartless people. This cannot be…
The Presidency has reacted to the killing of over 40 students and a teacher at a secondary school in Yobe, describing it as wicked, horrific and barbaric. Yobe is one of the three north-eastern states under emergency rule. The other two are Borno and Adamawa states. A statement by Presidential Media Adviser, Reuben Abati on Sunday said the President has however vowed to carry on with the war on terror until when the insurgents are finally crushed. On Saturday, gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamist insurgents invaded Government Secondary School in Mamudo village in Yobe State, shooting sporadically…
The Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi has set up a panel to probe the recent crisis over match allowance involving the Super Eagles in Namibia. It will be recalled that the players rejected the allowance approved for them by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) after two away games with the national teams of Kenya and Namibia as part of the qualifications for the World Cup. As a result of the protest, the players initially refused to board the plane for Brazil to participate in the FIFA Confederations Cup. The NFF had offered to pay $5000 for a win and $2500…
Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon title and ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s champion with a brilliant victory over world number one Novak Djokovic. The Scot, 26, converted his fourth championship point in a dramatic final game to win 6-4 7-5 6-4 and claim his second major title. In an atmosphere reminiscent of his Olympic final win last summer, Murray was willed on by the majority of the 15,000 spectators on Centre Court, thousands watching on the nearby big screen and millions more around the country. The final game was a battle in itself, with Murray seeing…
From Sam Ade, Abuja: The remains of the late three-time Secretary General of then Nigeria Football Association, Pa Philip Onuora Chikaodili Achebe, widely known as Mr. Football, would be laid to rest in his hometown, Ikenga Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Friday. According to a programme released by the family, there would be a wake-keep for the departed ace football administrator at his residence in Riverside Housing Estate, Abakpa Nike in Enugu on Wednesday, July 10, with a service of songs in his hometown, Ogbotu in Ikenga Ogidi, Anambra State the following day. His…
Ahead of the World Cricket League Six Championships which begin on the 18th of this month in Jersey, United Kingdom, players and officials of Nigeria’s Senior National Team are now in London. The team which arrived Cheltenham on Friday with 13 players and two officials will play five friendly games preparatory to the championships proper. Also on ground to beef up the team are three Professional players. The teams are Wilshire Cricket Club, Notterne Cricket Club, Heredfordshire Cricket Club, Brockamphamton Cricket Club and Free Forester Cricket Club. According to the Media Officer and board member of the Nigeria Cricket Federation…
For failing to attend the kick-off of the reconstruction and expansion of the Lagos- Ibadan Express Way, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday attacked Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governors in the South West, describing their action as “partisan parochialism”. The ruling party’s acting National Publicity Secretary, Caesar Okereke, however commended Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, the only opposition governor that personally attended the historic flag-off. “We wonder when the ACN governors will jettison such political parochialism. They have been so blinded by partisan politics that they fail to see when to draw the line and show support…