The Osolo of Isolo in Lagos State, Oba Kabiru Agbabiaka, is dead. A report by PUNCH Online said that the monarch died shortly after observing the Eid prayers on Wednesday. The Chairman of Isolo Local Council Development Area, Olasoju Adebayo, confirmed his death in a statement. He stated that the …

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has tasked the Muslim Ummah all over the world to remain resilient in the face of global challenges. He made the call in his Eid message to Muslims. He said amid the Eid celebrations, adherents of the Islamic faith should reflect on the …

●Shehu of Borno holds Durbar to commemorate festival VICE President Kashim Shettima, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, and the APC National Vice Chairman (North), Ali Bukar Dalori, were among dignitaries that attended the two raka’at Eid prayers in Maiduguri. Imam Idaini of Borno, Shettima Mamman Saleh, led the Eid prayer …

THE National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued an urgent recall for Johnson & Johnson’s Benylin Pediatric Syrup. Newsextra24 reports that the decision follows alarming laboratory findings indicating a dangerously high level of Diethylene glycol in the syrup, posing serious health risks. In a detailed announcement …

Justice J.A. Kereng of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe, on Monday, convicted and sentenced one Ibrahim Abdullahi and Umar Usman to various jail terms for obtaining the sum of N682,847 under false pretences. Abdullahi and Usman were arraigned on three charges of cheating and employment scam by …

INTERIOR Minister, Hon.Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has distanced himself from his purported appointment as the leader of All Progressives Congress in Ondo State. The Minister in a statement on Wednesday signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Alao Babatunde, rubbished the claim that he was appointed as leader of the …

THE Comptroller General of Immigration, Kemi Nandap, has felicitated with all Nigerian citizens and migrants in the country on the conclusion of this year’s Ramadan and the Eid-el-fitr celebrations. A statement issued on Wednesday by the NIS Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo read: “As Muslims around the world conclude this …

NOLLYWOOD Actor, Junior Pope Odonwodo, popularly known as ‘Jnr Pope’, on Wednesday lost his life in a boat mishap in  Anambra. Samuel Olatunji, a filmmaker, who took to his Instagram page to disclose the sad development said that the deceased with three others were involved in the accident on Anam …

CHAIRMAN of Senate Committee on Army, Sen. Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua has implored Nigerians to keep the Nigerian Army in their prayers as Muslim faithful commemorate the end of Ramadan. He offered the prayers and called on Nigerians to folliw suit in a press statement on Wednesday. He charged the Army …

●Hails Foundation over publication of “Tears from the Grave” THE Chairperson, House of the Representatives, Press Corps, Comrade Grace Ike, on Wednesday canvassed government full-funded compensation scheme for victims of rape and violent crimes in the country as emotional and psychological trauma and mental health continue to deteriorate among assaulted …