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Lagos APC okays indirect primaries for selection of candidates The Akweno of Kweme Kingdom in Badagry, Oba Sejiro James, has called on his daughter, Damilola James, to withdraw from the local council election as Chairman of the Badagry West Local Council Development Area (LCDA). The monarch urged his daughter and other aspirants, particularly from his home Ward A to step aside in the interest of equity and fairness. Damilola, a strong contender for the chairmanship seat, received this advice during a recent visit to the palace by another aspirant, Oluremi Ajose, daughter of Oba Oyekan Ajose Possi III, who had…

The Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) has announced its vice president, Sheikh Dr. Bashir Aliyu Umar, as its new president. The announcement followed the death of its erstwhile president, Sheikh Abdul Rasheed Hadiyatullah, who died on Monday. Secretary General of SCSN, Malam Nafiu Baba Ahmed, in a statement, described the death of Sheikh Hadiyatullah as a great loss not only to the Council but to the entire Muslim Ummah in Nigeria and beyond. While praying for Allah (SWT) to forgive his shortcomings and grant him Jannatul Firdaus, he noted that Bashir was appointed in accordance with the constitution…

A Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan has dissolved a 13-year-old marriage between one Durojaye Akingbade and his estranged wife, Olabisi, on grounds of stubbornness and sexual starvation. Pronouncing the marriage dissolved, the Court President, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, held that the petitioner was no longer interested in continuing with the relationship and that the court could not force him to continue. Akintayo, therefore, ordered both Akingbade and Olabisi to go their separate ways, in the interest of peace and tranquility. She granted the order restraining the respondent from harassing, threatening, disturbing and interfering in the private life…

Super Eagles defender Jamilu Collins was express his delight at the quality of the game between Barcelona and Inter Milan in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, Soccernet.ng reports. Barcelona and Inter Milan provided fans with a thriller of a game as they played out a 3-3 draw at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys. It looked like the Nerazzurri would run out with the win after Marcus Thuram and Denzel Dumfries scored in the opening 21 minutes. However, the Blaugrana stormed back with goals from Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres before the break. Unfortunately for Barcelona, they…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the composition of an oversight committee for Nigeria’s hosting of the 4th African Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) forum scheduled for June 23 and 27 in Abuja. The Committee, chaired by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Sen. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, has other members, including Ministers of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole; Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani; Art, Culture, Tourism & The Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, and Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment, Sen. John Owan Enoh. Other members include, Executive Director Nigerian Export Promotion…

English Premier League club Leicester City are willing to part with Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi amid speculations linking him with a transfer to Turkish Super Lig giants Fenerbahce, Soccernet.ng reports. Since Leicester City’s demotion to the EFK Championship, Ndidi’s future has been the subject of a lot of discussions. Despite the Foxes’ struggles, the Super Eagles star  

Abisola Abolarin A fertility consultant for BridgeClinic, Lagos, Dr Ayo Olayinka, has lamented that several couples are battling with infertility, noting that three out of 10 couples deal with one form of infertility or the other. Olayinka spoke during the April edition of the BridgeClinic Forum themed, “Navigating Fertility Challenges as a Young Person,” held in Ikeja, Lagos. Describing a 30 per cent ratio of infertility as something to worry about, he urged Nigerians to do away with the predisposing factors to infertility. He warned that smoking, alcohol consumption, being overweight, underweight, and malnourishment are harmful to fertility, both in…

The office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on School Feeding has alerted the public to be wary of fraudsters issuing fake awards of contracts and requesting payments to individual accounts. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on School Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, in a statement on Wednesday, called on Nigerians to not only ignore such persons or organisations but also report them to security agencies in the country. The Presidential aide insisted that her office does not charge any fee for awards, recognitions, or any form of engagement in the name of the school feeding programme.…

The Oyo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Olayide Abas, on Tuesday, said the recent defections of prominent opposition political leaders and members in the country to the ruling party are an indication that President Bola Tinubu stands a strong chance of winning the 2027 presidential election. Abas, who stated this while addressing party chieftains during a stakeholders’ meeting held in Ibadan, the state capital, also disclosed that members and leaders of the party in the state were ready to work for Tinubu’s re-election. The meeting was attended by party chieftains, including Alhaji Tajudeen Olanite (State Secretary),…

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu will unveil the biggest cotton and polyester processing factory in the world at the Special Agro-Processing Zone located at the Gateway International Airport, Iperu/Ilisan area. Abiodun said this while receiving the former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein, and members of the Iperu Development Association in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. He explained that the factory, which is under the “Renewed Hope Cotton Resurgent Initiative,” would sit on 400 hectares of land and employ about 250,000 people daily. “We are clearing the site, and this…