Nigeria Breaks: Why And Or Why Not? By Engr. Abubakar A. Fari

  Engr. Abubakar A. Fari

One cannot eat his cake and have it. However, it is only in Nigeria that some ethnic “nationalities” tend to behave. The southerners with respect to north-south balance and especially with the Hausa-Fulani see it as live and let die. The Ibo in particular have this negative mentality. Of course not with all but the preponderance are short sighted. It is not the way one sees himself that is the yardstick. The way others see you is what should concern a rational person. If one sees himself in the mirror as handsome, while the outside see him or her as ugly, needs a rethink. Chinua Achebe I understand is quoted to have said that Nigerians disagree on all matters. The one they have consensus is the dislike of the Ibos. One man I met from Kogi said

Beyond ‘street protests and sit at home orders’ By Mohammed Adamu

Mohammed Adamu

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NOTE: Given the deluge of responses to last week’s ‘BIAFRA: IN PEACE OR IN PIECES’, I have decided, this week, to give up the page to those who feel strongly for or against the views I canvassed. Enjoy them:
BIAFRA’S OKAY, BUT THERE’S NO BASIS FOR IT!
Online:- “Those who advocate that the ‘Czechoslovakia Formula’ out of which Czech and Slovak republics emerged, be applied to Nigeria simply forget, or are not aware

Tambuwal in the eye of the storm By Saifullahi Abubakar

  IT is normal for a public figure, a successful one for that matter, to attract occasional sneer, derision or outright envy. But it is abnormal when such a thing is turned into an organised mob of muckrakers with a mandate to smear the target personality by every available spit they could get. This is the case with an on-going mudslinging against Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, using the free passage of all garbage offered by the handy social media. 

 A recent example of such trashy offerings; one that went viral on account of the key words deliberately used to

LAST TEN (10) DAYS OF RAMADAN BY IMAM YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

 

124THKHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 16^TH JUNE, 2017/ 21^st RAMADAN 1438 AH

TOPIC:LAST TEN (10) DAYS OF RAMADAN

All praises and thanks are due to Allah (SWT), the Lord of mankind, jins and all that exist. Peace and blessings be upon the leader of humanity, Prophet Muhammad (SAW), His household, His companions and those who followed his footsteps till the Day of accountability.

Respected brothers and sisters in Islam, our last week’s Khutbah centered on Significance of giving out charity in Ramadan and today’s sermon will discuss the topic: Last ten days of Ramadan.

 Today is Friday, being the 21^stday

SIGNIFICANCE OF CHARITY (SADAQAH) IN RAMADAN BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

THE 123RD  KHUTBAH DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY  YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 9^TH JUNE, 2017/ 14TH RAMADAN 1438 AH

TOPIC: SIGNIFICANCE OF CHARITY (SADAQAH) IN RAMADAN

In the name of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

Respected brothers and sisters in Islam, our last week’s Khutbah centered on: etiquettes of Ramadan fast in Islam and today’s sermon will discuss the topic: significance of giving out charity in Ramadan.

The term Sadaqah (Charity) simply means any voluntary act done or given for the sake of Allah (SWT). Sadaqah comprises an act of giving something out of kindness, religious duty or generosity. Sadaqah (giving out charity) helps to

Melaye’s Recall And The Banging Drums Of War In Kogi By SOLOMON AYADO

Since the eruption of political fracas between Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and the Senator for Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye, a lot of ugly events have been unfolding. SOLOMON AYADO takes a look at issues surrounding the frosty relationship betwen the duo and the move to recall the vocal senator.
Although the much anticipated 2019 general elections are still ahead, the political gimmicks, the clever maneuverings and

The rich are also poor By Femi Macaulay

It was the kind of news that was no news.  What the Oxfam International’s Inequality report said was not news to many Nigerians. The report, released on May 17, stated that the combined wealth of five richest Nigerians, put at $29.9 billion, could end extreme poverty in the country. The report, titled ‘Inequality in Nigeria, Exploring the Drivers,’ highlighted the immense and increasing gap between the stinking rich and the stinking poor in Nigeria. Oxfam is “an international confederation of charitable organisations focused on

ETIQUETTES OF RAMADAN FAST BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI

  THE 122^NDKHUTBAH  DELIVERED AT AREA 10 JUMA’AH MASJID ABUJA, BY YAHYA GARBA AL-YOLAWI, ON 2^NDJUNE, 2017/  7^TH RAMADAN     1438 AH

TOPIC: ETIQUETTES OF RAMADAN FAST

 In the name of Allah the Most gracious  the Merciful.

Dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, in our series of khutbah toward Ramadan; today’s sermon will discuss the topic: Etiquettes of Ramadan fast.

 My dearest listeners, now we are already in Ramadan; all that we need to know concerning Ramadan fast had been said by our imams and scholars in various sittings and