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By Admin - May 27, 2016 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter The bill to increase the powers and jurisdiction of Sharia Law in Nigeria has passed second reading in the House of Representatives without a debate. The bill, which is being sponsored by Abdullahi Salame, the lawmaker representing Gwadabawa/Illela federal constituency of Sokoto State, was said to have scaled through, “due to its sensitivity.” The Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Publicity, Jonathan Gaza Gbefwi, made the disclosure, saying it had been discussed at the committee level. “The bill came up on the floor and was automatically referred to the ad hoc committee on constitution review. There was no debate on it either for or against because the House is a democratic representatives chamber of the Nigeri...

On May 27, 2016 5:05 pm In News Comments   By Emmanuel Elebeke ABUJA: The Federal Government has announced plans to establish at least one Information and Communications Technology (ICT) university in each of the six geo-political zones of the country. The minister of Communications Technology, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, confirmed this while delivering his keynote address on Friday, at a one day ICT sensitization workshop for secondary schools in the FCT, organised in collaboration with Totalview Nigeria and the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA. The Minister, who was represented by the Director of ICT in the ministry, Mrs. Monila Udoh, explained that the plan for the university was to close the digital divide that exists in the country at the moment. According to him, the university, when established, would  focus on “training teachers that w...

By Danielle Ogbeche on May 27, 2016 Prophet TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, says the last has not been heard of the ongoing food crisis rocking the nation. The prophet made this revelation on his Emmanuel TV channel recently. He read out a transcript of the prophecies he had given during his New Year’s Crossover Service, highlighting particularly the national food scarcity. On food scarcity, Joshua said: “There will be large scale scarcity, shortage of food. As a state, country, continent, we have to go back to the farm to arrest, to alleviate the forthcoming situation. “It is only a shortage that you are experiencing now; you have not experienced large scale. “This one that I am saying now, ‘scarcity’, ‘large scale’, it’s a proverb. “Whatever you can do from now till December – all of your money you will use to buy food – you will not have enough to buy. If you are the type plannin...

By Samson Atekojo Usman on May 27, 2016 google.com, facebook.com,tweet.com As part of activities to mark the 2016 Children’s Day, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and some of his colleagues spent the whole of Friday celebrating children of various ages. The school pupils and secondary school students, who arrived the Senate at 9 am and took a tour of the Senate Chambers, were later received by Saraki in his office who read to them from a story book titled: “Ngozi Comes To Town” written by Fatima Akilu and published by Cassava Republic. The Senate President admonished the children to read and take their studies serious so as to grow to become great leaders. He also presented packs of gifts, consisting reading materials to the children. After the reading session, the Senate President and other Senators including the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the Chairman, Senate Committee on ...