US to Give Nigeria $2.3bn to Fight Poverty

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The Federal Government has signed a $2.3bn assistance agreement aimed at fighting extreme poverty with the United States Agency for International Development.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

Ministerial list: Submission of Petitions Against Nominees Begins Tuesday October 6, 2015

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki

The Senate will start receiving petitions against President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees on Tuesday.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, told one of our correspondents on Friday in Abuja that the committee would give the petitions prompt attention once they were presented.

Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf: A Tribute by Amina Salihu

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Late Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf. photo courtesy of thelead.com.ng

Thursday 24th September, equivalent to the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijja in the Muslim lunar calendar, started as a most promising day. 10th is the day when Muslims celebrate Eid al- Adha (the feast of sacrifice) denoting gratitude to Almighty Allah for his mercy towards Muslims to give, instead of a child, an animal in sacrifice. Dhu al -Hijja is the last Month of the Muslim calendar and one of the Holy Months during which the Almighty forbids any fighting or aggression by the Muslim Ummah. It is also the month of the Hajj annual Pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam. 10th Dhu al – Hijja was the day we lost Hajiya Bilkisu, a kind, noble mother and lover of humanity and peace, to a courageous death in Saudi Arabia during the 1436 Hajj rites.