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Grand Mufti of Yorubaland: Muslim Scholars, Global Coalition for Qudus and Palestine, others reaffirm support for Nigerian Muslims - Daily Trust
By Azeez Ridwan Following the installation of Sheikh Daood Imran Molaasan as the Grand Mufti of Yorubaland by His Royal Majesty Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi Telu 1, International Muslim organizations all all over the world had expressed their Felicity and felicitations towards the installation as a right step taken at the right time.
Recuperating from the Punches of Covid-19: Impact and Prospect -By Azeez Ridwan
Following the explosion of the pandemic coronavirus, punching the economy of hefty nations of the world, crippling developing ones and somersaulting the kindergarten widely known underdeveloped Nations; putting world activities to a halt, suspending governmental activities and strangulating social disposition.
Telu and the Foes: A thief that stole the king's trumpet will blow it in heaven -By Azeez Ridwan - Opinion Nigeria
Life And People The dysenteric Obaship system and chieftaincy related laws in Nigeria, have always been an everlasting scar on the face of those up and doing rulers who wish greatness as a next of kin for the people, at the expense of some fellows with a pocketful of P.I (Personal Interest) who always miscalculate their arithmetic to equals to four. It is only a naked man, dancing in the dead of the night, abusing a clusters of well clothed fellow will pray that a good morning never comes.
Fani-Kayode, the Nigerian press and hypocrisy -By Festus Adedayo
This, no doubt, is a very bad season for former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode. A man who made sport of piercing asunder the ranks of people he perceived as societal malefactors, with the weaponry of his tongue and pen, is being torn into shreds over the infelicity of his rebuke of a journalist.
Northern NBA, Buhari’s Water Bill as birds of bigotry home to roost -By Festus Adedayo
You may not understand what inimitable Fela Anikulapo’s early days of Koola Lobitos’ ballistics-sounding song, with the refrain, Alujanjan kijan, was about until you hear the full anecdote. It goes thus: A very debilitating drought had seized the village inhabited by Tortoise, that figurative animal with huge cunning. Hungry and despised, he one day met the dog, known in Yoruba as aja, who offered to help him.
The Cancerous CAN and the Cantankerous CAMA -By Azeez Ridwan
National Issues The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria had never interfered in the eat-to-the-skull principle of some Nigerian Pastors who earn than their living and Churches with a Kilimanjaro of net-worth huge than the allocation of the Federal Government and the 36 States combined. Power is without any objection the oxygen of any progressive minded Government towards maintaining it sovereignty as well as attaining the status of a Government free for all.
Strive Beyond The Class Room: First Class Doesn't Guarantee Success -By Peter Adoyi - Opinion Nigeria
We all at some point being encouraged by parents to go to the university, acquire a good grade, then look for high-paying jobs. This is exactly the dream of every Nigerian. It’s a good thing anyway. But then we can not undervalue the real essence of life after graduation i.e life beyond the class. Until we put this in our perspective, the supposed First Class graduands would continue to suffer distress that may increase the unemployed youths in our society.
IPPIS And The Future Of Public Universities -By Bilyaminu Gambo Kong-kol
The Federal Government has introduced integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) to improve the effectiveness and efficiency in the storage of personnel records and administration of monthly payroll. However, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has opposed the system, stating that it would pose some challenges to the running of the University system in Nigeria.
Why Men Rape -By Femi Oluwasanmi
The recent acceleration in the raising tide of rape cases in Nigeria shows that there is need for the National Assembly to come up with stringent laws that will stop the “flood of rape” from corroding the future of Nigerians, especially the female who have been majorly at the receiving end of this social terror.
Biodiversity Conservation And National Development: Potentials And Challenges -By Azeez Ridwan
Following the existence of Biodiversity in conservation of the world ecosystem for ages, its operation in sustaining world environmental stability and ecological settlement in human ecosystem, and the impact it has made through measures undertake to create a world free for all, is notable and insurmountable. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, biodiversity – also called biological diversity, is the variety of life found in a place on earth, or often – the total variety of life on earth.
Ancestral Curse, Generational Curse -By Rev. Fr. John Oluoma
The sleepy town of Ayabass( ayabass is a native name for Onions, yes, the name of the town is Onions 🙄) convulsed painfully with the gory sight of another teenage girl raped to death. It wasn’t the first time, this one resurrected the forgotten pains of the past ones. The most agonizing part is the elusiveness of the perpetrator. Years passed, the people’s pain got numbed, they seem to forget. Then came the death of one of the men in the town.
Religion and Contempt for Humanity -By Leo Igwe
While there has been so much emphasis on how religion is a resource for human nourishment and enrichment, there has been limited conversation on the harmful and deleterious effect of religion on human beings. Religion has notedly inspired acts of love, kindness, compassion, and fellow feeling. Religion has motivated people to do so much good and render selfless services to other humans. At the same time, religion has been a force of unimaginable evil and harm.
RCCG, Criticisms, Pastor Adeboye’s Sermons, Faith and Preaching -By Nneka Okumazie
There is sometimes an expectation for a Pastor to deliver big in sermons, delivering points from the Scriptures, using anecdotes, crosslinking inspirational samples, seem relatable, sound quite smart and not discuss much on judgement. This standard or around it defines what interests many or draws them towards certain preachers – making it easy to pick one, or some, and reject others. The constancy to be supercharged can sometimes take away focus, solely in the Word of GOD.
Charity: Emulate the Virtuous Prophet -By Abdulrasheed Hammad
All praises due to Allah, we thank Him, seek His assistance, and His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and the evils of our actions. He whom Allah guides can never be misled and he whom Allah misguides can never be guided by anyone. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.
The Female-child And Her Rapist -By Abdulwaheed Sofiullahi
From the beginning of her life, she was once like a jetty yard stretched over acres; and being protected within a high wooden fence. The runny-smile sunshine strays her cockle-plastered; before the inclination suddenly keen jerks her parent’s courtship. The parental guidance discarded, slither shook her roly-poly face. Nobody cares about her either: she charred and felt neglected till the slippery over the summer vacation prodded his chest, tropping.
Osun 20 Minutes Jumu'at Prayers: An Insubordination To Osun Muslim Community -By Azeez Ridwan - Opinion Nigeria
Following the recent easement of lockdown in the State of Osun, a live-wire electrifying the State and Harmonizing her peaceful coexistence seems to have tumbled as the State Government makes the toughest and most detestable decision on the Muslim community, lifting the ban on Jumu’at prayer with an adjustment of 20 minutes prayer duration for Jumu’at services while Church services stand for 1 hour.
George Floyd’s Murder: Three Issues That Could Put Minnesota Justice System To Test -By Segun Ogunlade
George Floyd was a 46-year-old African-American man that died on May 25, 2020, after a police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck for several minutes while he was handcuffed on the ground. His killing has led to protests and violence throughout the U.S. Floyd was arrested on suspicion of using a forged $20 bill.
Life After Law School: Setting Up The Right Path As A Law Student -By Okpi Bernard Adaafu (Oba) Esq.
INTRODUCTION: The topic ‘Life After Law School: Setting Up the Right Path as a Law Student’ is robust, thus raising the question of whether one is to dabble into limited or full discussion of lawyers’ post law school life ad infinitum. However, having special consideration to the spectators, it is sine qua none to limit the discussion to the immediate phase of lawyers’ post law school life. It is necessary to discuss the topic under the following sub-headings; 1. Unsuccessful candidates 2.
Sexual Harassment: Why Ladies Should Also Be Blamed -By Abdulrahman Fatima
Like every other vice in our society, the proliferation of sexual harassment is no exception. Sexual harassment could be understood as an act that demeans, humiliates, and embarrasses a person —the victim. It’s a behavior that negates both social and moral reasonableness. A deed of animalism that does leave the prey in an eternal trauma, and create hysteria which often leads to suicide, anytime the psyche of the casualty could no longer resist the pain she experienced while being harassed sexually.
Blacks Lives Matters: A Phrase Not Only For The Dead -By Fakinlede Pelumi
Global Issues It should matter when he or she is still alive. Those whites that carry cards after a black man is murdered are only trying to appease the media. Our lives as a blacks should matter more when when we are alive not dead. I will be raising many issues in this article and I will like my readers to see reasons with me. We only hear the above subject when a black fall victim to death in the hands of white supremacists.
And Now That We Cannot Breathe -By Azeez Ridwan
For donkey years, racism and religious favouritism had been a derivative of the West directed mostly at helpless blacks and the Muslim Populations, despite their acclaimed submission to the indoctrination of Democracy as system of Government free for all. In the United States, Indian-American despite historical record of being an ancestral inhabitants have over the years been subjected to severe discriminations, unnecessary Stigmatisation, public degradation and inhuman treatment amongst others.
The Panoramic View Of Online Learning In Nigeria Higher Institutions -By Ogungbile Emmanuel Oludotun
Sequel to the pandemic state of the world right now, we are evidently aware that almost everywhere is grounded, from the economic sector to the religious sector and most especially the education sector.
How Effective Is Online Teaching Now?: My Experience -By Olabisi Deji-Folutile
I was privileged to attend two virtual lectures this week on the invitation of the distinguished professor of Science and Computer Education, Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Peter Okebukola. The World Bank support project is powered by the African Centre of Excellence for Innovative and Transformative Stem Education (ACEITSE) and aimed at offering qualitative and transformative training for African postgraduate students.
North Is Unlike Before II -By Omar Muaz
NORTH IS UNLIKE BEFORE II It is high time we buried our political and ethnic differences. For the future of the North must depend in the main on the efforts of ourselves to help ourselves. We cannot do this if we are not working together in unity. Indeed, unity today is our greatest concern and it is a duty of every one of us to work in order to strengthen it. Bitterness due to political differences will carry North nowhere and I appeal to all our elites to try to control their political interest.
Federal College Of Education Iwo: Is Too Soon To Celebrate -By Azeez Ridwan
Barely, 24 hours after the announcement of siting the Federal College of Education allocated to the State of Osun by a bill of the National Assembly and acknowledgement by the Federal Ministry of Education to Iwo, protest had been reported to have erupted in the Former Governor Bisi Akande resident in Ila-Orangun condemning the approval and allocation letter issued by the Federal Ministry of Education allocating the said institution to Iwo Federal Constituency is a miscarriage of justice and...
Is Kogi And Cross River Truly Covid-19 Free? -By Adewale Kupoluyi
In the last few weeks, there has been series of denials, accusations, and counter-accusations between state government officials and federal health authorities on whether the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases exist in two states of Kogi and Cross River. Both states have been claiming that the deadly virus has no place in their vicinity because of their proactive efforts.
The Unspecified Holiday Break And A Word Of Admonition For Students -By Onawola Abdulqodri Adewale
INTRODUCTION As a student, when the holiday break comes around, students know that this particular period is meant to carry out individual programs according to liking. At every academic level, students normally sit for examinations before embarking on a specified Holiday break in which resumption follows.
Is Our Government Not Wonderful? -By Azeez Ridwan
Some straws were first to break the camel’s back not the last. Mostly we do forget there were straws before the last straw that broke the camel’s back, don’t we? Okay, Let me take you through the shortest cut for the shortcut will make it a journey of no return. How I wish this would get to the hearing of the first citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and other body in the consignment of Buharism, to have a taste of my National Delicacy.
Nigeria Educational System and the parable of E-learning -By Ayobami Okerinde
In the last decade, there have been growing concerns over the need to incorporate Information and Education Technology (ICT) into the educational system of developing countries like Nigeria. E-learning is the wholesome integration of modern telecommunications equipment and ICT resources, particularly the internet, into the education system.
Osun Students’ Unionism: A Regular Political Scavenger -By Azeez Ridwan
I was a toddler, maybe babysitting when I used to hear the sonorous music of the State “we are the leaders of tomorrow” wow! Of course! We do say it often and often. Meanwhile, are we truly a leader, sorry! A reader are we! Yes! but a dealer we suit more. It is beyond every reasonable doubt and a riot against every mental faculty to believe Students of the State of Osun has a body of representative, I mean a single feeding-bottle feeding us.
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