Category: Religion

By Afis Oladosu Brethren, I thought today’s sermon should address an issue which we often gloss over or pay little attention to during the blessed month of Ramadan. This relates to our eating habit and schedules. You would remember that during the month, we are expected to eat early in the morning, begin our fast as […]

Presidential Campaign Director General of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the February 23 election, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has quit active and partisan politics.. He conveyed this decision in a letter addressed to the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, stating his resolve to deepen himself “in some other vocations and take […]

– rejects ‘this violent sham operation called supplementary poll’ Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has described the ongoing rerun election in seven units in the state as a ‘coup.’ He spoke with Punch correspondent on telephone, alleging that supporters of the PDP were being denied access […]

Pilgrims at the Jamraat stoning the devil About two million pilgrims have made the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mecca, the last rites of the annual pilgrimage. The ceremony heralds the start of the Eid Al Adha feast, according to Gulf News Muslims on the annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of […]

Forum of Nigerian Elders and Leaders, comprising pan- Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo and Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) on Wednesday expressed shock by reports that the police attempted to prevent the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki from leaving his residence for the Senate to preside […]