Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban minister for the propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice, reportedly revealed that the Taliban new rule has banned women from speaking in public: “When women are not permitted to call takbir or athan [Islamic call to prayer], they certainly cannot sing songs or music.“Even when an adult female prays and another female passes by, she must not pray loudly enough for them to hear… How could they be allowed to sing if they aren’t even permitted to hear [each other’s] voices while praying, let alone for anything else.” The Daily Telegraph quoted HanafiAccording to...
CANADA ALLEGES AMIT SHAH ‘ORDERED’ CAMPAIGN TARGETING SIKH SEPARATISTS
A Canadian official alleged on Tuesday that Home Minister Amit Shah ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence gathering targeting Sikh separatists inside Canada.Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison told Parliament members of the national security committee that he had confirmed Mr. Shah’s name to The Washington Post, which first reported the allegations.“The journalist called me and asked if it was that person. I confirmed it was that person,” Mr. Morrison told the committee.Mr. Morrison did not say how Canada knew of Mr. Shah’s alleged involvement.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a year ago that Canada had credible evidence agents of the...
FEDERAL HIGH COURT STOPS CBN FROM RELEASING ALLOCATION TO RIVERS GOVERNMENT
The Federal High Court Abuja, presided over by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik has ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers State Government.Abdulmalik held that the disbursement of monthly allocations since January by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was a breach of the Constitution.The judge posit that the presentation of the 2024 budget by Fubara before a four-member Rivers House of Assembly was an affront to the constitutional provision.Justice Abdulmalik specifically said that the governor’s action was a gross violation of the 1999 Constitution, therefore restraining CBN, the Accountant General of the...
“I EXPECT THE NNPC AND MARKETERS TO STOP IMPORTING. THEY SHOULD COME AND COLLECT; WE HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED” DANGOTE.
Aliko Dangote revealed that his oil refinery has a stockpile of 500 million litres of petrol, countering claims by marketers that they needed to supplement Dangote’s supplies with imports to meet fuel shortages.Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, had summoned oil regulators, the head of the state-owned NNPC, the finance minister, and Aliko Dangote to a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday.The purpose was to review a policy requiring NNPC to sell crude oil to the Dangote refinery in local naira currency in an effort to ease foreign exchange pressure and help the mega refinery secure enough crude to meet its 650,000-barrel-per-day capacity.Following the meeting,...
WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS JOE BIDEN TRANSCRIPT OF ‘GARBAGE’ REMARKS AMIDST BACKLASHES
Americans have rejected Joe Biden and the White House’s denials that the president called Donald Trump’s supporters “garbage.”President Biden said he was referencing comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke attacking Puerto Rico at a Trump rally in New York when he made the remarks on a Zoom call with the Voto Latino advocacy group.In a statement, Biden said: “Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable.“That’s all I meant to say. The comments at that...
BIDEN PRAISES NIGERIAN PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP IN SECURING AMERICAN’S RELEASE, EXPRESSES EMPATHY OVER FLOODING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY
The President of the United State of America Joe Biden on Tuesday praised Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his leadership in securing the humanitarian release of American citizen and former U.S. law enforcement official Tigran Gambaryan.The White House, in a statement, highlighted the conversation between the two leaders, emphasizing both their shared commitment to global security and strengthening U.S.-Nigeria relations.The White House statement read: “setting a diplomatic tone as the leaders touched on a range of mutual interests. President Biden’s dialogue with Tinubu comes amidst recent humanitarian crises affecting Nigeria, including severe flooding that has devastated parts of northeastern...
“What Does Nigeria’s Vice President Need A New Jet For, And What Value Are All Presidential And Vice Presidential Trips Adding To Our Present Situation?” Peter Obi Queries
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi labelled the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkareem Lawan, ‘insensitive’ for appealing to the Federal Government to buy a new jet for the vice president of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima amidst economy woes.Recall the Speaker had on Sunday appealed to FG in a statement to consider buying a new aircraft Shettima, stating that the V.P’s life is at risk due to the faulty presidential aircraft he used to represent President Bola Tinubu in official engagements across the globe.The statement reads, “I want to sympathise with the Nigerian Government, especially the...