Author: Vreporters
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Video: Sultan of Sokoto Declares Tomorrow, Tuesday as First Day of Ramadan
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has declared tomorrow, Tuesday as the first day of Ramadan.
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Moosighting: List Of Countries That Declare Tuesday, Wednesday as First Day of Ramadan
As Muslims across the globe are in high spirit to welcome one of the most cherished months, Ramadan which according to the Holy Book, Qur’an and the tradition of Prophet Muhammad, the Sunnah, is full of unquantified blessings, some countries have started notifying their citizens about the sighting of moon, which is one of the…
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774,000 Jobs: Minister Reacts To Workers Protest Over Unpaid Stipends
Participants in the Federal Government’s Special Public Works (SPW) programme are protesting the delay in paying their stipend more than three months after kick off, The Nation reports. The SPW is an adhoc programme designed by the government to provide stop-gap three months jobs to mainly artisans to ean N20,000 monthly doing public works. One…
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South East Governors Float Security Outfit, ‘Ebube Agu’
In a bid to tame the rising cases of insecurity in the South Eastern part of the country, the Governors in the region after their meeting on Sunday in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, announced a security outfit codenamed, Ebube Agu. Rising from the first South East Security Summit, the governors agreed to ban…
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Explainer: SAUDI’S ISLAMIC LUNAR DATE AND NIGERIA’S LUNAR DATE
By Simwal Usman jibril As usual Ramadan is approaching and i have been receiving so many messages asking me why our lunar date is different from Saudi’s. I ll try my possible best to explain it in a very simple way inshaallah. Generally Saudi use their pre calculated Ummul Qura calendar for other months apart…
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Why Babangida Annuled June 12 Election, Obasanjo Opens Up
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday attributed annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election presumably won by late philanthropist, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola by former Military President General Ibrahim Babangida on “bad belle.” According to The Nation, Obasanjo said the annulment robbed Egbaland and Ogun State the rare privilege of having three of its prominent sons…
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Secondary School Student Gets N340,000 For Returning Lost Phone in Port Harcourt
A Senior Secondary school student identified as Philemon Igbokwe has been showered with cash gifts for his rare feat of honesty by returning a lost phone to the owner in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A lawyer, Emma Okah, who disclosed this on Facebook on Sunday, April 11, said the boy saw the mobile phone forgotten…
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Kogi Deputy Governor, Onoja, ‘Yele Sowore In War of Matriculation Prayer’
Kogi Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja has stylishly bashed Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore over his prayer for his daughter, Oma Onoja who matriculated on Friday April 9. Sowore had prayed for the Deputy Governor’s daughter to excel and live in a Nigeria where the current challenges the country is facing are a thing of the…
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NIN: Jamb Announces Commencement of 2021 UTME Registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Saturday announced the commencement of registration of candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry to tertiary education institutions in Nigeria. The decision came barely 48 hours after it had stopped the exercise over technical challenges of the National Identification Number. But a terse statement…
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OPC Distances Self From Clamoring For Oodua Republic, Takes Stance
The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has distanced itself from the ongoing clamoring for Oduduwa Republic, stressing its support for restructuring of the country. The group’s President, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, who belongs to the late Frederick Fasheun faction, made the declaration during his inauguration as the new leader. Oluwabunmi, son of Fasheun, the founder of OPC,…