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Two unidentified soldiers on Friday forcefully removed the veil popularly referred to as Niqab of a Muslim woman at Meran Area of Lagos. ‎ It was gathered the woman was going peacefully when two soldiers stopped and began to allegedly harass her. ‎ According to an eyewitness, identified as Adetutu, it took the intervention of passers-by and sympathisers for the Muslim woman to get her veil back. ‎ Apart from the removal veil on Friday, two images had earlier been sighted separately at Ibadan. ‎ One of the images sited and allegedly signed by 'Federal Government' at University College Hospital, Ibadan read,"Wearing of long hijab is prohibited in government establishment for security reasons". ‎ It will be recalled that this is happening few weeks to the comment that Federal Government may ban Hijab by President Muhammadu Buhari. ‎ President Buhari while ‎commenting on the continued blasts in the North-East  during his maiden medi...

Covering around 22 percent of the earth’s land surface, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic growth. They not only provide sustenance and wellbeing to 915 million mountain people around the world, representing 13 percent of global population, but indirectly benefit billions more living downstream. In particular, mountains provide freshwater, energy and food – resources that will be increasingly scarce in coming decades. However, mountains also have a high incidence of poverty and are extremely vulnerable to climate change, deforestation, land degradation and natural disasters. In fact, 1 out of 3 mountain people in developing countries is vulnerable to food insecurity and faces poverty and isolation.  The challenge is to identify new and sustainable opportunities that can bring benefits to both highland and lowland communities and help to eradicate poverty without contributing to the degradation of fragile mountain ecosystems...

Did you know? More people in the world have a mobile phone than a toilet. Of the world’s seven billion people, six billion have mobile phones. However, only 4.5 billion have access to toilets or latrines – meaning that 2.5 billion people , mostly in rural areas, do not have proper sanitation. Where do you pass your faeces?

Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers)–Transportation Chris Ngige (Anambra)–Labour and Employment Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti)–Solid Minerals Babatunde Fashola (Lagos)–Power, Works and Housing Abdulrahman Dambazau (Kano)–Interior Aisha Alhassan (Taraba)–Women Affairs Ogbonnaya Onu (Ebonyi)–Science and Technology Kemi Adeosun (Ogun)–Finance Abubakar Malami (Kebbi)–Justice Hadi Sirika (Katsina)–State for Aviation Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa)–Water Resources Solomon Dalong (Plateau)–Youths and Sports Ibe Kachikwu (Delta)–State for Petroleum Osagie Ehanire (Edo)–State for Health Audu Ogbeh (Benue)–Agriculture Udo Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom)–Budget and National Planning Lai Mohammed (Kwara)–Information Amina Mohammed (Gombe)–Environment Ibrahim Usman Jibril (Nasarawa)–State, Environment Anthony Onwuka (Imo), State for Education Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa)–FCT Adamu Adamu (Bauchi)–E...

In the HISTORY of the world, who has KILLED maximum INNOCENT human beings❓ 1) "Hitler" Do you know who he was❓ He was a Christian, but media will never call Christians terrorists. 2) "Joseph Stalin called as Uncle Joe". He has killed 20 million human beings including 14.5 million were starved to death. Was he a Muslim❓ 3) "Mao Tse Tsung (China)" He has killed 14 to 20 million human beings. Was he a Muslim❓ 4) "Benito Mussolini (Italy)" He has killed 400 thousand human beings. Was he a Muslim❓ 5) "Ashoka" In Kalinga Battle He has killed 100 thousand human beings. Was he a Muslim❓ 6) Embargo put by George Bush in Iraq, 1/2 million children has been killed in Iraq alone!!! Imagine these people are never called terrorists by the media. Why❓ Today the majority of the non-muslims are afraid by hearing the words "JIHAD". Jihad is an Arabic word which comes from root Arabic word "JAHADA" which means ...

Public Presentation of Dr. Yinka Olomojobi's Book "Frontiers of Jihad, Radical Islam In Africa" Sep 15, 2015 - Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to have been invited to chair this book presentation by Chief Joop Berkhout, OON, the Executive Chairman and CEO of Safari Books Limited, the publishers of not a few notable titles that are increasingly documenting for posterity, the historic developments in Nigeria's public space. Their last offering at which I was present, was Governor Nasir El Rufai's "The Accidental Public Servant" which was not only revealing but extremely well received. Today, we gather to receive another offering from Safari Books; and while I expect that the book reviewer will take us through its well researched contents, I will now share with you my own source of delight. A few weeks ago, a report broke on Cable News Network (CNN) that North Korea was threatening war on South Korea. This was not the first time. Wha...

Public Presentation of Dr. Yinka Olomojobi's Book "Frontiers of Jihad, Radical Islam In Africa" Sep 15, 2015 - Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to have been invited to chair this book presentation by Chief Joop Berkhout, OON, the Executive Chairman and CEO of Safari Books Limited, the publishers of not a few notable titles that are increasingly documenting for posterity, the historic developments in Nigeria's public space. Their last offering at which I was present, was Governor Nasir El Rufai's "The Accidental Public Servant" which was not only revealing but extremely well received. Today, we gather to receive another offering from Safari Books; and while I expect that the book reviewer will take us through its well researched contents, I will now share with you my own source of delight. A few weeks ago, a report broke on Cable News Network (CNN) that North Korea was threatening war on South Korea. This was not the first time. Wha...