Author: Basheer Luqman

Hon. Arinola Fatimoh Lawal, the Kwara State House of Assembly member representing Ilorin East Constituency, has revealed an ambitious plan to empower her constituents through an innovative program that will provide them with essential working tools and cash palliatives. As Kwara State, like several other states in the country, continues to grapple with economic difficulties, Lawal’s initiative offers a glimmer of hope to her constituents. Scheduled for Saturday, August 24, 2024, at Alabi Alasa Hall in Idi Ape Ilorin, the empowerment program aims to provide residents with the means to support themselves and their families, helping them navigate the…

You reworked your CV, perfected your cover letter, and landed the big job interview. But that’s only the beginning. It’s time for the difficult part – the Interview. An interview can make or break your chances of getting a job. It’s not just about what’s on your CV but your personality and charisma as a prospective associate. Employers want what’s best for their business which is why they ask tough interview questions to whittle down their pool of potential hires. In order for you to come out on top, you must prepare in advance. Here are 7 tough interview…

The residents of the emirate resorted to special prayers seeking divine intervention from God over an imminent drought due to the lack of steady rainfall in the area. The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, traditional leaders, religious leaders and farmers in the emirate converged at the Eid prayer ground in Esso, Bida for the session. Thousands of the residents converged for the congregational prayer sequel to the cessation of rainfall in the area, in accordance to the Islamic injunctions to seek divine intervention. Speaking shortly after the prayer session, Abubakar said that the move was to seek for forgiveness and…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the commission’s secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora over illegal withdrawal and the alleged mismanagement of the N90bn 2024 Hajj intervention fund. It was gathered that a total of SR314,098 was recovered from the commission chairman, Malam Arabi and other ranking officials. The EFCC said its investigation revealed that from the N90bn Hajj subsidy, Arabi, fraudulently overpaid himself and others the necessary operational cost. Also according to the document, the approved 2024 Hajj operational cost for the Chairman/CEO Commissioners, Secretary and Directors/Chief of…

Born 61 years ago into a Muslim family in Turkey, Belkız was the first daughter after two sons. As a child, she went to the mosque and read the Koran in Arabic but says she didn’t understand it. After reading books on materialist philosophy in her youth, she became an atheist at the age of 15. Belkız (whose last name is being withheld for privacy reasons) told ACI Mena, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, that after graduating from university, she became a literature teacher and was constantly reading books. When she was 28 years old, she read Turan Dursun’s book…

Pope Francis sends a message to participants in the 2024 Rimini Meeting inviting them to become “beggars of the essential” by turning to Jesus Christ Pope Francis has sent a message to participants in the 2024 Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, commonly known as the Rimini Meeting. Each year, prominent politicians, entrepreneurs, representatives of religion and culture, intellectuals, artists, athletes, and others converge on the Italian city of Rimini for a cultural experience “driven by the desire to discover the beauty of reality”. In his letter, released on Monday and signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, the Pope…

“They’ve been moving on and on. Getting further apart. They’re so far off by now that they could never think of coming to the bus stop at all. Astronomical distances. There’s a bit of rising ground near where I live and a chap has a telescope. You can see the lights of the inhabited houses, where those old ones live, millions of miles away. Millions of miles from us and from one another. Every now and then they move further still.” —C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce. A good friend of mine recently confessed, “I am giving up on organized…

As traditionalists across the country celebrate the 2024 Isese Day, the Yoruba Council worldwide has called for the introduction of African traditional religion in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools across the country. The president of the Council, Oladotun Hassan made this known in Abuja on Tuesday. The United Nations declared August 20 of each year as World Traditional Religion Day. Certain states in the South West such as Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and Osun declared August 20 as a work-free day for the Isese festival. Speaking in Abuja, Hassan said, “It is known that African traditional religion is the…

Tope Olamilekan, a woman in her mid-thirties, left home on a cold morning to open her shop as she has always done for years but got a rude shock. Her source of livelihood is gone. Overnight, her shop, located in the busy Abeokuta-Sagamu Interchange Road had been had been burgled. She blamed it on the lack of illumination in the area at night. This event which happened in late 2023, caused a significant setback to her business, forcing her to start from scratch. To avoid facing similar affliction again, she relocated across the road a few months later. Instead of…

The Lagos State Government, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has trained no fewer than 60 frontline health workers on maternal, infant, and young child nutrition to reduce the burden of malnutrition in the state and the country in general. The state government expressed optimism that the training of the health workers with support from the World Bank through its Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria Project, would check high infant deaths linked to malnutrition in the country. Nigeria is ranked number one in Africa and second in the world in terms of malnourished children, according…