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Osun Government on Wednesday declared Thursday, September 21, as public holiday to commemorate the Islamic New Year — Hijra 1439 AH. The information is contained in a statement by Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Adelani Baderinwa, in Osogbo, The commissioner quoted the state Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, as saying “Osun State adopted the Islamic New Year as official public holiday on Nov. 15, 2012. “The Islamic year started counting in 622 AD after the migration of Prophet Muhammad from Makkah to Madinah in Saudi Arabia.” He stated that the governor wished Muslims in the state and across the world…
Hurricane Maria has knocked out power to the entire island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.5m people, emergency officials have said. Abner Gómez, head of the disaster management agency, said none of the customers of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority had any electricity.The US National Hurricane Center said "catastrophic" flooding was sweeping parts of the island. Maria is moving away from Puerto Rico, weakening to a category two storm. "When we are able to go outside, we are going to find our island destroyed," Mr Gómez was quoted as saying by the El Nuevo Dia newspaper. "It's a system that…
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial centre, is the third most stressful city in the world, according to a study. The study, conducted by UK-based drycleaning and laundry service, Zipjet, listed the world’s most and least stressful cities of 2017. Factors considered by the researchers include traffic levels, infrastructure, pollution levels, finance, citizens’ wellbeing, public transport, percentage of green spaces, debt levels, physical and mental health, and the financial status of citizens. The list ranked Baghdad as the most stressful city in the world, while Kabul was placed second on the list. On the list of stress-free cities, four cities in the top…
PRESS RELEASEThe debt profile of the State of Osun released by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has vindicated the State Government of Osun’s position on how much is owed and paid on blatant lies and blackmail of the opposition who were arbitrary and unreasonable in vomiting irresponsible figures with a view to maligning the government. The NBS has put both the internal and external loans, bond and other credit line obtained by the State Government to N179bn ($96, 347, 432, 73 and N147, 069, 973, 626.49) as against the wanton figure of N600bn at a time, N450billion at another and…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said Federal Government's disclosure on the debt profile of the state had vindicated him on his claim that the immediate past administration of Dr Kayode Fayemi ran the state aground financially. The governor, reacting to statement by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that the state government is owing N85.04 billion as local debts, said Fayemi left the state in an insolvent position. The governor spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday. "When I came on board, I said they left over N80 billion naira debt profile, they…
Nigerians are presently befuddled with the word restructuring. The Archbishop Metropolitan, and Primate of All Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev'd Nicholas Okoh has alerted the Federal Government of Nigeria. In his opening address to the 12th General Synod of the church, holding in Port Harcourt Primate Okoh noted that " it is not everybody that understands the language of restructuring. We think that it will be necessary to adequately explain the full import of restructuring to the grassroots, so that Nigerians will know what to expect". He asked: "Is the restructuring going to be along the demarcation of the current…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday likened the violence in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims to genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, urging a halt to the "ongoing ethnic cleansing" and safe return of refugees. "The Myanmar crisis is very reminiscent of what happened in Bosnia in 1995 and in Rwanda in 1994," Buhari told the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations. He added that the "horrendous suffering" had been caused by "state-backed programme of brutal depopulation of the Rohingya inhabited areas in Myanmar on the bases of ethnicity and religion." Reuters
Nigeria’s total domestic and foreign debt stocks as at June 30 stood at about $15.1 billion and N14.1 trillion respectively, National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday. A review of the total foreign debt profile of the Federal and the 36 states governments and the FCT also shows a continuous rise since the coming of the present administration, from $10.718 billion in 2015, to $11.406 billion in 2016 and $15.047 billion in 2017. Out of the current total figure of $15.047 billion, the Federal Government accounts for $11.106 billion, or about 74 per cent, while the 36 states of the…
Nigerian Air Force declared on Tuesday that it had joined the ongoing Operation Python Dance in the South-East and had deployed its fighter jet in the region. NAF said its deployment of “air assets” to the operation was based on a request by the army and in line with its constitutional mandate to ensure national peace and security. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, said Alpha Jet was deployed and would operate from air force 115 Special Operations Group, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He said, “In line with its commitment to national peace and security,…
The lawyer representing the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, says he has not communicated with his client since September 14, when Mr. Kanu’s Abia State home was “invaded” by soldiers. The lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, was reacting to reports that Mr. Kanu had gone into hiding. In a statement Tuesday, Mr. Ejiofor claimed his client was abducted by military operatives on September 14. He said “Mr. Kanu has probably been killed”. Mr. Kanu was last seen in public on September 10, after his supporters clashed with soldiers. Mr. Ejiofor said some IPOB supporters were killed the clash. However,…
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Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has urged President Bola Tinubu to address the growing…
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NFF appoints new Super Eagles head coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach…

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