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*Sultan of Sokoto says Osinbajo’s leadership from God Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been described as the pride of Nigeria by the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Friday. Prof. Osinbajo who gave a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the General Assembly of NSCIA was praised for his commitment to the country. Ishaq Oloyede, Secretary General of NSCIA said Prof. Osinbajo has successfully combined his religious commitments with public administration, something that is worth emulating. “He is a model of a person combining religious commitment with public administration. He has done that creditably well. Mr. Vice…

On December 12, 2013, I woke up to Olusegun Obasanjo’s “Before it is too late”; a caustic letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan. In the 18-page missive, Ebora Owu diced Jonathan like a sushi chef. Obasanjo delineated 10 reasons he chose to drag Jonathan before the public square for some good spanking. He said the former president “must move away from advertently or inadvertently dividing the country along weak seams of north-south and Christian-Muslim”, and that “nothing should be done to allow the country to degenerate into economic dormancy, stagnation or retrogression”. He also said, “some of our international friends…

Gunmen have attacked some Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials travelling from Abuja to Lagos at Oshawa along the Lokoja-Okene highway at about 1:50 pm on Friday. NAN reported that the bandits killed the driver and left the other staff in the vehicle critically injured. A statement by Mr Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer, disclosed that the two personnel were ambushed by the gunmen after Zariagi on Lokoja–Okene road. He said that the incident happened at Oshawa, a town close to Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. What we know about London Bridge attack – Police “The kidnappers, according…

Two victims of a knife attack at London Bridge have died, police have confirmed. Three others have been injured and are currently being treated in hospital. A man was also shot dead by police near London Bridge and a “number of” people have been stabbed in what Scotland Yard declared as a terror incident on Friday afternoon. Heroic civilians helped grapple the suspected knifeman to the ground and disarm him before specialist officers arrived at the scene. The attacker was known to the police and had connections to terror groups, a security source told PA news agency. Third term, Hate…

The Insight by Lateef Adewole Few weeks ago, when Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), in a public lecture, threw the “bombshell” about a probable plan of the President to seek a third term in office, many people were shocked, including me. My immediate reaction was to dismiss such notion. I opined that Mr. Falana was only exaggerating and overreacting to some incidents that happened then, many of which directly affected him. That programme held few days after his client, Omoyele Sowore was granted bail by the court, he met the bail conditions but the DSS refused to release him. Mr. Falana…

No fewer than five persons were confirmed dead and 12 reported cases on Friday due to cholera at Lafenwa, Abeokuta North local council of Ogun. The Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Health, Dr Adesanya Ayinde, said at a news conference in Abeokuta that one person died in the hospital and four in the affected communities. He listed the communities to include Kuto, Kobiti, Abule-Otun, Lafenwa, all in Abeokuta. Ayinde revealed that eight cases were reported from health facilities and four picked in the communities from retrospective case search and confirmed through laboratory test. He said the State Epidemiology…

Quramo Publishing, organisers of the inaugural Quramo Festival of Words (QFest 2019), have made an open call for participation in a writing workshop to be facilitated by Toni Kan – award winning author of Nights of the Creaking Bed and The Carnivorous City and Eghosa Emasuen – novelist and co-founder, Narrative Landscapes Publishing. The workshop will hold on Saturday, 14 December 2019, as a capacity building component of the Quramo Festival of Words (QFest 2019) With the title “The Writing Business 101: Writing – Publishing – Rights”, the workshop will be in three sessions. Toni Kan will facilitate the writing…

Suspected internet fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha has been granted a bail of N100 million by a Federal High Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

Liverpool midfielder Fabinho will be out until next year with the ankle injury he suffered against Napoli. The Brazilian went off after 19 minutes of Wednesday’s Champions League group game, which the Reds drew 1-1, after he fell awkwardly making a challenge. Liverpool said the 26-year-old had “suffered ankle ligament damage” and will be out “until the New Year”. “Losing a player of the quality of Fabinho is big. Really bad,” said Reds manager Jurgen Klopp. “It is bad news. Timeframe – we are not sure 100% but looks pretty sure he will not be involved in Christmas fixtures. “We…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed two Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs) gun trucks and killed some fighters at Borgozo in Borno. He explained that this was achieved when NAF Jets and a helicopter gunship were scrambled to provide close air support to ground troops as they repelled a BHT attack on the location. “The aircraft, upon arrival overhead the target area, tracked and engaged three of the BHT gun trucks that were involved in the attack. Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline construction to commence – Buhari “The BHTs moved the vehicles…