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The Jamhiyat Nuur Somodany Al-Islamy Foundation (JANSAF) has honoured a number of distinguished Muslims for their exceptional contributions to the propagation of Islam during its 2025 Maolid Nabiyy celebration held in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The event, which took place over the weekend, drew prominent Islamic scholars, community leaders, and political officeholders, including the Chief Imam of Egbaland, Fadilat Sheikh Saadallah Alade Bamgbola, the Ogun State House of Assembly member representing Yewa North II, Hon. Harun Abdul-Wahab Egungbohun, and a Federal Commissioner with the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Hon. Akeem Amosun. Led by its spiritual head, Fadilat Sheikh…

Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Saturday witnessed another grand celebration of Christian matrimony as Chidima Oluwatobiloba, daughter of the Set Man of Victory Life Bible Church (VLBC), Apostle Lawrence Achudume, tied the knot with her heartthrob, Israel Aduragbemi Lawal, in a ceremony attended by prominent clerics, political leaders, and well-wishers from within and outside Nigeria. The colourful union, held at the church’s Ajebo Road headquarters, comes barely months after Apostle Achudume celebrated the wedding of his son, David, in April — turning VLBC into a recurring venue of high-profile family celebrations in 2025. Draped in resplendent purple décor, the…

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy and Senator representing Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has raised the alarm that rapid population growth and unchecked migration now constitute the most dangerous security threats confronting Nigeria’s Southwest region. Speaking on Friday at the Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on National Security Summit organised in collaboration with the Lagos State Government, Daniel said while the Southwest has managed national security turbulence better than most regions, its internal demographic crisis is “a ticking time bomb.” The former Ogun State governor noted that the region’s ability to contain insurgency, banditry and kidnapping has often been commended,…

At just a few years into adulthood, DAODU MUFTAU  ADEDOYIN, has already walked a path many students only dream of. Rising from an initial CGPA of 2.79 to finishing with a remarkable 3.52/4.0, the University of Ibadan graduate embodies grit, faith, and disciplined consistency. In this interview with KOREDE BADMUS, the Animal Science graduate—currently serving at the Ministry of Agriculture, Abeokuta—opens up about his childhood influences, academic struggles, misconceptions about his field, and the sacrifices behind his first-class achievement. Congratulations on your achievement. Please tell us about yourself. Thank you very much. My name is Daodu Muftau Adedoyin. I recently…

An 18-year-old student of Eemaan Foundation College, Osogbo, Osun State, Ajisafe Qareebullah Olamilekan, has been announced as Nigeria’s overall best candidate in the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), outperforming over 1.8 million candidates nationwide. Qareebullah, who received the national honour in Umuahia, Abia State, clinched the top position after recording outstanding grades across all subjects, placing Eemaan Foundation College among the leading academic institutions in the country. In a joint congratulatory message, Little Drop Education, an arm of the OAU Muslim Brothers Forum, and the Small Kindnesses Foundation (SKF), hailed the Osogbo-based school and its star alumnus…

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has revealed that security agencies have killed more than 13,000 terrorists and arrested over 17,000 others since President Bola Tinubu assumed office in May 2023. Idris disclosed the figures on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, responding to concerns raised by United States lawmakers over Nigeria’s human rights and security record. The remarks came after a hearing by the US House Subcommittee on Africa, which queried Nigeria’s recent redesignation as a Country of Particular Concern amid allegations of widespread attacks on Christian communities. During the hearing, Rep. Bill Huizenga…

Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, wife of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has criticised those around her husband for what she described as a “theatrical and unprofessional” handling of information surrounding his transfer to the Sokoto Correctional Centre. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Okwu-Kanu said she was shocked to learn about the development through social media, alleging that individuals who visited her husband on Friday failed to brief her before rushing to make the news public. “I only got to know about the transfer about three hours ago,” she wrote. “Those who went to see…

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has lashed out at former United States President, Donald Trump, describing his threat of military invasion in Nigeria over alleged “Christian genocide” as reckless, ignorant and “the language of a madman.” Soyinka spoke on Friday in Makurdi after a meeting with Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia. He was reacting to Trump’s widely circulated statement vowing to stop US aid to Nigeria and launch an armed offensive “guns-a-blazing” if killings of Christians continued. Trump had said: “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid… and may…

President Bola Tinubu has warned that the growing attempts to undermine democratic institutions in Nigeria and across West Africa threaten the stability of all citizens, including those who “stand aside and do nothing.” Speaking in Abuja on Friday at the 68th birthday celebration of former President Goodluck Jonathan—and the 10th anniversary of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation—Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, said recent political crises in the region show the disastrous consequences of sabotaging state institutions for personal gain. “If you look no further than around us, you will see what it means to sabotage the principles of democracy,” he…

United States President, Donald Trump, has again taken a swipe at Nigeria, describing the country as “a disgrace” over what he called the ongoing killing in parts of the country. Speaking on a conservative radio programme on Friday, a conversation later highlighted by Fox News  Trump accused the Nigerian government of failing to protect Christian communities from extremist attacks, insisting that “thousands” have been killed. The US President, who previously designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern over alleged religious persecution, said he was considering halting all forms of American aid to Nigeria, warning that Washington “could take further…