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YORUBA IMAMS REBEL AGAINST SULTAN OF SOKOTO, DECLARE MARCH 1 COMMENCEMENT OF RAMADAN The League of Imams and Alfas in Yorubaland has announced that Ramadan 1446 AH (2025) will begin on Saturday, March 1, 2025, departing from the traditional practice of waiting for the official declaration by the Sultan of Sokoto, who is regarded as the spiritual leader of Nigerian …

HOW NIGERIA USED FINANCE AS SCAPEGOAT FOR TINUBU’S POLICY FAILURE — GAMBARYAN Head of Finance and Compliance at Binance in the United States, Tigran Gambaryan, said the Nigerian government used the cryptocurrency platform as a scapegoat for the repercussions of President Bola Tinubu’s Naira devaluation policy. Gambaryan disclosed this in a lengthy statement on his official X account on Friday, …

HOW NIGERIA USED FINANCE AS SCAPEGOAT FOR TINUBU’S POLICY FAILURE — GAMBARYAN Head of Finance and Compliance at Binance in the United States, Tigran Gambaryan, said the Nigerian government used the cryptocurrency platform as a scapegoat for the repercussions of President Bola Tinubu’s Naira devaluation policy. Gambaryan disclosed this in a lengthy statement on his official X account on Friday, …

MY HUSBAND DIED BECAUSE HE DIDN’T LISTEN TO ME – FORMER ONDO FIRST LADY Former Ondo State First Lady, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has spoken about her late husband, former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s battle with cancer, expressing strong criticism of reliance on spiritual interventions. In an exclusive interview with Star News publisher, Olumide Akinrinlola, on Thursday, Betty revealed that if her late …

TRAILER SUFFERS BREAK FAILURE, KILLS RESIDENTS A yet to be ascertained number of people have been killed while others sustained injuries after a trailer lost control on the popular Muhammadu Buhari bridge in Kano. The ill-fated trailer was said to be heading for the southern part of the country. Commenting on the incidebt, a social media user, Yahya Abubakar Sadiq, …

USAID FUNDED BOKO HARAM, OTHER TERROR ORGANISATIONS – US CONGRESSMAN US Congressman, Scott Perry, has said that US aid agency, United States Agency for International Development, funded terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram. Perry, a Republican representing Pennsylvania, made the claim during the inaugural hearing of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency on Thursday. The session, titled “The War on …

AFENIFERE LEADER, AYO ADEBANJO, DIES AT 96 A prominent leader of Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has died at the age of 96. Adebanjo passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday, February 14, 2025, at his residence in Lekki, Lagos State. The family confirmed his passing in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday. “He …

UNIZIK EXPELS STUDENT WHO ASSAULTED LECTURER The management of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NAU, has expelled Goddy-Mbakwe Chimamaka Precious from the institution. This was announced on Friday in a statement by the Acting Registrar, Victor Modebelu. Modebelu said the Acting Vice-Chancellor had received the report from the Student Disciplinary Committee on the student’s assault on a lecturer from the Department …

EFCC’s PROSECUTION OF EX-GOVERNOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WASTE OF RESOURCES – OBIDIGBO Elder statesman, Dr Chike Obidigbo, has stated that the trial of state governors by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after their four or eight-year tenure is unconstitutional.He regretted that the anti-graft agency seems to have become a willing tool in the hands of desperate politicians and malicious businessmen …

2BABA’S FAMILY DECLARES HIM MISSING, PETITIONS SSS SEEKING INTERVENTION “ …This has led his family to suspect that his identity may have been compromised and that someone may have abducted him and is actively manipulating him to exploit his contacts for monetary gain”. The controversy over Nigerian music star Innocent ‘2Baba’ Idibia’s divorce from his wife, Annie Macaulay, and his …