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FAITH: Be Exemplary Embodiment To Other Religious Believers, Government, Not Threats ~ Mudir Markaz Admonishes Muslims

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 By Ibrahim Kegbegbe  Mudir Markaz, Agege, Lagos, Al-Sheikh HabibLah Adam Al-Ilory, has admonished all Muslims to adhere to the new rules and regulations declared by Lagos State Government in curbing the spread of COVID-19 as worshipping centers (mosques) have been effectively permitted to engage in worshipers today, Friday 7 August.  According to his conversation with journalists after the Jummah prayer, the proprietor of the Centers for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Agege, Lagos, HabibLah, said Muslims should be seen as the exemplary embodiment in any given nation, not a threat to other people's religious beliefs or the government of the nation. He reiterated that all Imams should keep to the wearing of nose covers and instructed all their followers to abide by the rules, adding that sanitizer and running tap water should be provided as well with all windows opened for hygienic ventilation.  He said, "God knows how COVID-19 has come into being and He knows how to tak...

Veteran Actor Papiluwe Says Reasons Of Broken Homes Among Actors ~See Why

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 By Ibrahim Kegbegbe  Veteran actor, Sunday Omobolanle, has urged African couples to ignore rumors from friends and relatives if they want a strong and last marriage. The actor who is popularly known as Papiluwe or Aluwe also debunked the rumors that marriage between actor and actress doesn't last because of infidelity, adding that actors and actresses that have been happily engaged up to the moment are more than those that have separated. He said recently the BBC Yoruba posted a picture which he took with his wife for long, saying that such a picture could amend any broken home, especially homes of young actors and actresses whose marriages are dangling when remembering how they started. Sunday Omobolanle got married to Peju Ogunmola, the daughter of late veteran actor Pa Ogunmola, for many years, and they have always seen in a happy mood. These are couples that young couples have always emulate their style of living. Peju Ogunmola said with endurance and being contented, cou...

BREAKING: Naira Marley Shows Up In Court

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    By Ibrahim Kegbegbe  Nigerian controversial artiste, Azeez Fashola, has been put up at Lagos State special offenses court, Ikeja, with a charge for violating the COVID-19 order against interstate traveling on road and air during the lockdown injunction. At the press moment, the artiste who is popularly known as Naira Marley was charged for violating the rules that banned social gathering and interstate traveling as he left Lagos for the Federal Capital Territory for a concert on Saturday, July 13. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said Naira Marley presented himself at the command headquarters today, Thursday 6 August. “We are in court as we speak. He will be arraigned for violating the interstate travel order. That is the aspect that concerns Lagos State,” he added.

Your Attention Is Needed In Sambisa Forest Not On The Nigeria Citizens - ANYRI Leader Admonishes Nigeria Armed Forces, Calls RevolutionNow group To Order

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By Ibrahim Kegbegbe Leader of All Nigeria Youths Reoriented Initiative, (ANYRI), Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has urged the RevolutionNow group, led by comrade Omoyele Sowore, to use another method to call the attention of the federal government to national misappropriation of funds and other related issues, urging the Nigeria armed forces to look out for bandits, not law-abiding citizens. Ajadi met with the journalists at his office, 103 Oja bus stop, Egbeda-Idimu road, today 6 August where he admonished the group leaders to change the tactics of RevolutionNow as he felt that national revolution would not be planned but should rather come into being unconscious.  For the records, Sowore led 5,100 students in protest against the Nigerian government in 1992.  He was also involved in the demand for a democratic government taking over military rule on June 12, 1993. This resulted in several arrests, detention, and life-threatening treatment by government officials. The past and pre...

BREAKING: Nigeria Police Department Disrupts RevolutionNow Protesters

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By Ibrahim Kegbegbe The protest which had been planned to take place nationwide today 5 August by a social group, RevolutionNow, has been disrupted by the Nigeria Police Force. Nigeria Police Department, Lagos State, has allegedly arrested the political activists, Agba Jalingo, Adeyeye Olorunfemi, in midst of others at the peaceful protest actively going on at the moment of writing this news story. According to the information reaching us at itknews.com at the moment of compiling our news, the protest which has been actively taken place at Lagos State and federal capital territory, Abuja, has been disrupted by armed forces where some protesters have been allegedly tortured.  The group leader, Omoyele Sowore, has called the intervention of the police force as an unreasonable act. "Nigerian Security Agents subjecting peaceful RevolutionNow Protesters to inhuman and degrading treatment at Unity Fountain, Abuja," he said.

"Find Him And Be Blessed Too, Philanthropist Tells Nigerians ~ See Why

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By Ibrahim Kegbegbe Nigerian philanthropist has contacted the itknws.com and sought for the publication of a picture of a disabled boy whose identity has not been known but found selling on the street for survival. The philanthropist who asked to be anonymous told our medium that whoever knows the whereabouts of the boy should notify through our medium or any other reachable means.  "What are the state and the federal governments doing to alleviate the poverty level in the society," Anonymous said.

EDUCATION: 10-Year-Old Girl Blasts ASUU On Closure Of Schools ~See Why

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By Ibrahim Kegbegbe 10-year-old girl, Mariam Seriki, has slammed the Academic Staff Union of University, (ASUU), over the long term closure of higher institutions of learning, adding that the union has advised the federal government not to open school till January 2021. Mariam, whose video on coronavirus discussion had gone viral on social media 3 months ago, granted itknews.com  interview as she felt that her opinion could also go far through the reputable medium. Mariam said the federal government should not listen to the advice of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), which stated that higher institutions of learning should not be open for now. She added that the advice might only be taken if the federal government could stop paying the salary of the union. For the records, the below excerpts were the interview our reporter had with the young girl 3 months ago. Mariam is an indigenous citizen of Lagos State; she is 10 years old of age and was educated at TOSAM Nurser...