INTERVIEWER: it is an honor to have you here.I have had to watch you on international media where you talked about Agriculture, a field where a lot of us as been running away from and it is amazing that as beautiful as you are, you are in that field.Welcome ma, how are you Guest: thank you. INTERVIEWER: I learnt people call Agriculture life, to you ma is Agriculture life, what is Agriculture? GUEST: well, I will take it to the next level, I will say food is life because you need food to survive, those are one of the basic…
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The Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has ordered the Benin Electricity Distribution Company o provide pre-paid meters to all its consumers in the town. Justice Babs Kuewumi gave the order while delivering judgment in a suit with number FHC/AD/CS/03/2019 on Friday in Ado-Ekiti, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Dr. Ibukun Ogundipe, President of Ado-Ekiti Residents Consumers Association, and four others had instituted a suit against alleged outrageous billing and non-metering of consumers. Other reliefs by the plaintiffs include the order of the court to declare null and void the purported outrageous billing and withdrawal of BEDC’s licence by…
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Earlier this month, the Kano state government banned the controversial, prominent and fiery Islamic cleric Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara from preaching, leading prayers and teaching religious literature. The embattled cleric known for his anti-Salafi remarks has since been under a house arrest with the government citing security reasons for its action. The Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who addressed reporters in Kano, said the decision was part of the Executive Council’s resolutions at its weekly meeting. The entrance gate to the cleric’s mosque and, by extension, his house have been sealed, and no visitor was allowed to see him.…
Ahmad Gumi, a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, has asked the Nigerian government to grant ‘blanket amnesty’ to some criminal gangs terrorising the country’s Northwest region. Addressing journalists in Minna, Niger State, Northcentral Nigeria on Friday, Gumi said it was time the government looked at non-violent approaches to curtailing criminal activities of terror groups in the Northwest and Northcentral regions of the country. He suggested the terror groups should be granted amnesty as the government had done in the case of Niger Delta militants who were agitating for resource control in the oil-rich southern states. His comment came after meeting Abubakar Bello,…
Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmed Gumi, has assured Niger abductees will be released soon. He spoke after meetings with bandits in forests between Tegina and Birnin gwari in Kaduna state. A source within the delegation at the meeting, said Sheikh Gumi met with the bandits leader, Dogo Gide, among other top Commanders at Dutsen Magaji Forest. The Source disclosed that government also sent a strong delegation to meet with the bandits and dialogue with them The source further said Sheikh Gumi and his entourage are on their way back to Minna.
A controversy is brewing in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, following a curfew declaration in the area by some traditional worshippers. The traditionalists reportedly declared the curfew to mark the year’s ‘Orisa Oba’ festival in communities within the local government area, which borders the Benin Republic. However, Al-Imam Abdulwaliy, an Islamic cleric in the state, has rejected the curfew, warning that it may plunge the community and the state into a religious crisis. While speaking with HumAngle, Abdulwaliyu recalled that the traditionalists invaded his mosque in 2019 during a similar festival. Narrating the incident, the Islamic…
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter gunship was deployed to support a pre-emptive assault on an Eastern Security Network (ESN) enclave, the militant wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in South-eastern Nigeria. It was gathered from intelligence sources that the ongoing operation in Orlu and Orsu border area of Imo and Anambra states was initiated to counter an imminent threat and escalation. Several videos have appeared showing the attack from a Nigerian Air Force MI-35p or MI-24v gunship deployed for the operation. There is also what appeared to be the gunships firing rockets, and a heavy machine gun burst fire…
The Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Charles Titiloye, has stopped the prosecution filed against Mr Olupelumi Fagboyegun who accused the State’s Chief Judge of remanding him for three years. Recall that Governor Akeredolu had ordered the investigation into the allegation of abuse of power and illegal detention levied against the Ondo State Chief Judge, Olarenwaju Olutoyin Akeredolu, nee Fagboyegun. Olupelumi Fagboyegun alleged that the Ondo State judiciary and courts were being used by the chief judge to persecute and remand him for over 3 years, leaving him stranded in Nigeria and unable to return to his family abroad.…
World Bank Group President David Malpass has announced the appointment of Makhtar Diop as Managing Director and Executive Vice President to head the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank Group that advances economic development and improves the lives of people by encouraging growth of the private sector in developing countries. The announcement of the appointment was made on Thursday. “Makhtar Diop has deep development and finance experience and a career of energetic leadership and service to developing countries in both public and private sectors,” said Malpass. “Makhtar’s skills at IFC will help the World Bank Group continue…
