UTHMAN Samad 49 posts

On Friday, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and the President-General of Nigeria Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs declared Sunday 24th May 2020 as the first day of Shawwal 1441  after Hijrah, which is  Eid-el-fitr day. …
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ISHAQ Akintola, founder of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) several times has been in the eye of the storm, especially because of many press statements he issues on behalf of his organisation which according to him are in defence of the…
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A WEEK after the phased easing of lockdown  for residents of Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states to go back to their businesses, The ICIR can report that guidelines issued by Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to operate were…
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THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has confirmed that all the individuals that were not properly kitted during the burial of Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, have tested negative for…
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BARELY fourty-eight hours after Oyo state goverment rejected and returned a total of 1,800 bags of rice, Kwara state goverment has acknowledged the receipt and acceptance of 1,800 50kg bags of rice and 700 pieces of 25 litres of vegetable…
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THE Oyo State Government has rejected and returned a total of 1,800 bags of pest-infested rice back to the Federal Government, The ICIR can confirm. Dr. Debo Akande, Executive Adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Agribusiness, disclosed…
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THE management of Federal polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State has unveiled a locally made ventilator amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to the management of the polytechnic, the challenge of getting a ventilator that costs thousands…
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THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) together with five Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has designed an online platform for reporting human rights violations in the country. The CSOs include Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Foundation, Open…
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A group of  six Civil Society Oragnisations (CSOs) under the auspices of Advocates for Dan Almajiri has called for the inclusion of Almajiri children in the Federal Government's ongoing stimulus plans as the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)…
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THE Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA ) in collaboration with the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARD-C) have deployed volunteers across the country to monitor the distribution of COVID-`19 palliatives to…
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IF Maryam Ibrahim, 20, had known that death lurked behind the corner of her house on April 18, she would not have left her one-bedroom in Orile Iganmu, Lagos State, where she was hit by stray bullets allegedly fired by Nigerian soldiers.…
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THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a list of 195 candidates caught for perpetrating examination malpractices during the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).  Over 1.9 million candidates took…
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  THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says all the individuals that were not properly kitted during the burial of Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari  have been identified and isolated. The…
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THE Chief of staff to the Nigerian President, Abba Kyari, is dead. He died in Lagos due to complications from Coronavirus . The spokesmen to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adeshina and Garba Shehu,  announced this on their verified…
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THE United Nations has donated essential health supplies to Nigeria in support of the government's fight against Covid-19 pandemic. TheICIR can report that the Nigerian office of the world body today received delivery of the health…
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THE Musan Lafiyarmu foundation and COVID-19 Relief Support Initiative (CORSI) based in Kano and Osun state, respectively, are two examples of  how Youths in Nigeria through  humanitarian foundations are supporting the fight against the…
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WITH over 1.2 million cases, 70,000 deaths and unprecedented global economic disruption reported in less than five months around the world, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) also known as Covid-19 is threatening human existence. It…
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PRAYERS and unity are essential if Nigeria must end the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,  Muhammad Bello has said. The Minister, noted this while urging Christians in the territory to use the…
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THE Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has criticised the arrival of  Chinese medical doctors into the country to fight against the new Coronavirus.  In a two pages release obtained by TheICIR, the professional body stated it is not…
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A CROSS River Judge, Agnes Onyebueke  of the Akamkpa High Court Division, is currently under fire for allegedly assaulting and abusing her driver, Otu Okon Edem, The ICIR has learnt.  According to documents and information obtained by our…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has dismissed a suit seeking the declaration of the former Cross River acting Chief Judge, Justice Akon Ikpeme  as substantive Chief Judge over unsatisfactory evidence, The ICIR can report. The…
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BORIS Johnson, UK Prime Minister has been moved to an intensive care unit in a London hospital after his health conditions took turn for worse ten days after he tested positive for Coronavirus. According to Downing Street,  the Prime…
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Since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus across the world, there have been lot of misconceptions and misinformation about the Virus. Famous among the argument is whether Covid-19 is airborne or not. TheICIR chronicles the available…
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OLUFEMI Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the  House of Representatives, has said that the House is considering a second stimulus bill that will provide Nigerians with free electricity supply for two months. Gbajabimila disclosed this on Saturday…
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AS the Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause worry in Nigeria, The ICIR can authoritatively report that one of the epicentres of the virus, Osun State, had an unfortunate escape of six infected patients from the state's isolation centren.…
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THE State High Court sitting Tuesday, March 31,in Sokoto  has convicted and sentenced one Freedom Sampson Inah to 10 years imprisonment with an option of fine of two Hundred thousand naira (N200,000.00) over a one-count charge bordering on…
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SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Olufemi Gbajabiamila, has reiterated the fact that Nigeria is facing the spread of the deadly coronavirus due to the unpreparedness of the country. Gbajabiamila made this statement in a seven-minute…
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FOLLOWING the backlash from lawyers and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) over the lockdown order by President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday March 29, the president has signed a regulation that gives the decision a force of the law. Femi…
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THE People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over his nation-wide broadcast aired on Sunday evening in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak. President Muhammadu Buhari in the broadcast highlighted the…
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THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has donated medical equipment to the University of Abuja teaching hospital over the spread of the coronavirus in the federal capital territory. In a statement signed by the group general…
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DAYS after contracting the deadly novel coronavirus, Abba Kyari, the chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, has assured Nigerians that he will soon resume to his duty post. The ICIR earlier reported how the chief of staff to the…
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WITH the latest confirmation of COVID-19 case in Osun state by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC), the state government has announced the plan to shut down the border to curb the spread of the virus. According to the state…
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IN a bid to mitigate the spread of the pandemic coronavirus, the federal government of Nigeria has announced new plan to ban inter and intra-state travels. Lai Muhammad, the minister for information in a press briefing today, has said that…
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THE personal assistant on new media to the president of Nigeria, Bashir Ahmad has tweeted that six patients who earlier tested positive to the deadly coronavirus have been treated and will be discharged soon. “Six patients who are…
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THE Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC)  earlier this morning has confirmed two new cases of the deadly pandemic coronavirus. The two cases are said to be from Osun and Lagos, the epicentre of the virus. With the two new confirmed…
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LAST week, the federal government through the minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, announced the proposed cut of the 2020 budget by N1.5 trillion. This implies that if approved by the National Assembly, the…
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   Uthman samad THE Presidency has written to the leadership of National Assembly to direct its members who recently returned to the country from abroad to report themselves at the nearest test centre of Nigeria Centre for Disease…
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Samad UTHMAN THE oyo state government has confirmed an index case of Coronavirus in Ibadan, the capital city. The state governor, Seyi Makinde confirmed this in a tweet through his official handle. The index case was confirmed in…
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By Uthman Samad THE Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has debunked the news making round that an official of the service has been tested positive of Coronavirus in Abuja. Media reports since the early hours of Saturday have…
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By Uthman Samad  THE Governing Board and Executive Council of the University of Ibadan Muslim Community has shut down the central mosque of the institution over the revelation that the Ekiti State Index case stayed in Ibadan for 14 days.…
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  By Uthman Samad PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson, Garba Shehu, on Thursday carpeted Nigerians who have called out President Muhammadu Buhari for not addressing the nation on the government's preparedness to contain the spread of coronavirus…
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 By Uthman Samad TWO Abuja based right groups, Open Bar Initiative and Global Right Initiative have decried the slow pace of judicial process and violations of the constitutional provisions by Kaduna State Government in a case it…
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  By Uthman Samad THE  Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would today (Wednesday) release 450,000 results of candidates who sat for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Tuesday, March 17. A…
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 By Uthman SAMAD THE Publisher of Cross RiverWatch, Agba Jalingo has said that he would be resuming his journalism career from where he stopped before being arrested by the Nigeria’s secret police on the order of  Cross Rivers State…
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  As illegal and unrestricted mining of the nation's solid minerals continues unchecked in many parts of the country, it is becoming clearer that it will be near impossible for the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to…
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By Uthman SAMAD (Student reporter) THE management of the Polytechnic Ibadan in Oyo State has closed down Kalkulus Concept, the business centre on campus that has been conniving with lecturers to trade in plagiarised theses submitted as…
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By Uthman Samad THE management of The Polytechnic Ibadan has sacked Bamishaye Olatunji Abiodun, a junior lecturer at the Department of Mass Communication for professional misconduct. Bamishaye, who taught Newspaper Editing and Production…
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 The first part of this undercover investigation exposed how students of The Polytechnic Ibadan are being extorted by the academic staff of the institution, how they systematically pay for grades and how students are made to pay for lecture…
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Without much ado, just as was done for students before me, she asked me to pen my name with matriculation number of is optional and paid to the fat lady. I penned down name my name with a wrong matriculation number
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