بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم MUSLIM SOLIDARITY FORUM SOKOTO, NIGERIA Date:As Sabt, 1st Rajab, 1445 AH / Saturday, 13th January, 2024 CE STOP GENOCIDE AND WAR IN GAZA: A PRESS STATEMENT The Muslim Solidarity Forum Sokoto, as an umbrella body for Imams, scholars, preachers, Islamic organizations, Islamic centers and Sufi orders in the state has been…
By Femi Falana Since the advent of plutocracy in the guise of democracy in 1999, the ruling power elites in Nigeria have flagrantly thrown caution to the wind in their actions,policy measures, and governance metrics. They project and protect their selfish and ignoble interests at the expense of the masses who they are presumptuously…
By Arthur Nwakanma Alhaji Hassan Sunmonu, a Ghanaian born Nigerian trade Unionist and statesman from Oshogbo, Osun State,left his mark and footprints in the annals of the trade Union movement both in Nigeria and at the African continental levels. He was elected as the first president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and subsequently…
By Arthur Nwakanma Alhaji Hassan Sunmonu, a Ghanaian born Nigerian trade Unionist and statesman from Oshogbo, Osun State,left his mark and footprints in the annals of the trade Union movement both in Nigeria and at the African continental levels. He was elected as the first president of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and subsequently…
By Dimeji Adeoti. Nigerians, through civil society organisations, democrats and the international community right after the annulment of the 1993 ,june 12, election popularly won by Chief Moshood Kolawole Abiola of blessed memory, confronted the country’s military junta frontally with dire consequences for some of the activists. That struggle premised on the enthronement of…
Today, 8 January 2024 (Monday) at the headquarters of the PAIGC and its Coalition PAI Terra Ranka is holding protests across Guinea-Bissau against the regime of Umaro Sissoko Embalo, demanding that armed blockade occupying the National People’s Assembly (ANP) leave the premises and allow the People’s democratic Representatives to meet in order to restore…
By Femi Falana, SAN Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a few, how they are being manipulated and…
The United Nations on Wednesday said the global unemployment rate would increase slightly in 2024. It said an extra two million workers are expected to be looking for jobs in 2024, raising the global unemployment rate to 5.2 per cent. The UN, through its labour arm, International Labour Organisation, also raised concerns about stagnant productivity,…
By – Arthur Nwakanma. Seven months ago Nigerians went to the poll to elect leaders both at the National and sub- National levels for executive and legislative positions. Elections concluded and the successful candidates sworn into office. All eyes rested on the new helmsmen on how they intend to turn election manifestos and rhethorics into…
A critical 72-hour period to find survivors from when the quake struck ended late on Thursday. On Friday, the death toll from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the remote Noto peninsula rose to 92. Japan’s Self-Defense Forces doubled the number of troops taking part in rescue and relief to 4,600, Kyodo news agency reported. Many people…
