IT is unfortunate that all the time students spent at home while their education was brought to standstill, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government seem insensitive to their situation. Is it that the Federal Government see education of its citizens as valueless as sewage. How…
THE new chairman of an Islamic organisation, Nurudeen Society of Nigeria (NSN), Kaduna branch, Mohammed Tajudeen Mohammed, has said that the mission of his executive committee is to restore the glory of the organisation. He said aggressive membership drive and modernisation of the organisation topped the agenda of his leadership.…
FOUNDER, Shafaudeen-in-Islam Worldwide, Professor Sabit Olagoke, has called on religious leaders to deal with issues and not attack personalities in commenting on developments in the polity. Olagoke, addressing newsmen at Shafaudeen International Headquarters, Wakajaye, Ibadan, stressed that religious leaders should always advance constructive arguments and not destructive ones in their…
FOR most people, the effects of COVID-19 are already painful enough – the fear of contracting the virus, the fear of spreading it to others, the fear of seeing loved ones suffer, the fear of someone close dying. But for Sri Lanka’s Muslims, there is yet another fear: the fear…
I congratulate all Nigerian security personnel on the recent Armed Forces Remembrance Day. Your efforts in nation-building and nationhood cannot be overemphasised. You are the strength of the country; the backbone of every government and your place in national development cannot be quantified. Your sacrifices are worthwhile. You are celebrated.…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has been told to impress it upon the management of the Ekiti State University to discontinue the process of appeal against the industrial court judgement reinstating 32 sacked workers of the institution. The 32 technologists, who said they were happy with the industrial court…
Governor Bello Mohammed Mattawale of Zamfara State has summoned the Emir of Maradun over the killing of two Fulani herdsmen by suspected outlawed vigilante group (Yansakai) in the state. The governor has also warned traditional rulers to take decisive measures against any group of person or individual who takes the…
Following the report by the Nigerian Tribune concerning the detention of 28 export containers from Minna, Niger State at the Apapa port in Lagos since September 2020, investigations have revealed that the containers have now been released. This is even as further investigations revealed that the owners of the cargoes…
THE Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has said some state governors are playing politics with education, saying it is the reason states under such governors have not recruited new teachers in 10 years. Secretary-General of NUT, Dr Mike Ene, made this declaration in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune while…
President Joe Biden of the United States used his first day in office to issue some executive orders undoing some of former President Donald Trump’s policies on climate change and immigration. Among the 17 executive orders and presidential actions Biden signed on Wednesday were moves to rejoin the Paris climate…