Maxilens News

29/03/2024

Abdulkadir Salaudeen

I don’t understand. Who is Senator Ali Ndume referring to? Few days ago, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) made an upward review of hajj fees.

24/03/2024

Hajj fare increased from N4.9m to N6.8m

National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has increased the fare for this year’s pilgrimmage to Saudi Arabia by N1,918,032.91, setting a deadline of March 28, 2024.

NAHCON had initially pegged the fare for this year’s Hajj at N4.9 million, with many stakeholders calling for the Federal Government’s intervention.

However, on Sunday, the commission asked those who had paid the initial amount to add N1.9 million balance, raising the total amount to N6.8 million.

Independent Hajj Reporters of Nigeria

23/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/kwara-gov-mourns-as-oloro-passes-on/

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON) has joined the people of Oro Kingdom to mourn the sad passing of the Oloro of Oro Kingdom HRM Oba AbdulRafiu

20/03/2024

Kwara: LG Workers Jubilate As Gov. Abdulrazaq Clears 11Billion Naira Salary Arrears.

•Says AbdulRazaq also cleared N5.9bn loan taken by past government

The Local Government Workers in Kwara State has expressed gratitude to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for approving payment of N11b salary arrears of Local Government and SUBEB Workers in the State since assumption of the present administration.

The Worker under the aegies of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and Health Workers Association thanked the Governor for taken what they described as a bold step despite several challenges.

The Chairman, Forum of Director Personnel Management(DPM) and the Chairman, Forum of Local Government Treasurers, Mr Oyebanji Gabriel and Mr Adeyemi Oludare in their separate remarks, applauded Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his magnanimity in clearing all the backlog salaries of the Local Government Workers amounting to over N11bn, owed by past administration.

They explained that the money had been fully released and the payment was ongoing, adding that it just left outstanding balance of N1.2b meant for Pensioners arrears at the Local Government.

They also praised the present administration for the settlement of the N4b loan taken by past government and another N1.9 loan inherited from the past government in the State.

They maintained that Local Government Workers would forever remain grateful to the Governor for the kind gesture at this critical period, describing the Governor as a God-Sent.

They also appreciated the State Local Government Service Commission for the positive support and roles rendered to make the payment a reality.

In his response, the Secretary of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Comrade Terry Henry Isaac, praised the Governor AbdulRazaq for the bold step, saying that Local Government Workers had never had it so good in the State.

He explained that the Governor had restored sanity at the Local Government through the payment of the Workers' salary regularly and ensure clearance of all of backlog salaries.

Also speaking, the Chairman, Coalition of Health Workers in Kwara State, Comrade Bolatito Oladele, thanked the Governor AbdulRazaq for the 100 per cent payment of CONHES and hazard allowance to all categories of Health Workers at the Local Government.

He said the Government is being fair to the entire Health Workers for the approval and payment of the hazard allowance because it's being long that the Union had been agitating for the payment of the allowance.

The Executive Chairman, Kwara State Local Government Service Commission and The Chairman, Kwara State,Local Government Pension Board, Alhaji Danladi Umar Shero, advised Local Government workers to remain grateful to the Governor for the kind gesture and reman committed to their constitutional duties.

The Executive Chairman however extends his appreciation to the State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development and Ministry of Finance for their support in ensuring all the these feats are achieved while assuring necessary arrangements had been put in place for smooth conduct of 2024 promotion exercise.

20/03/2024

Yesterday, Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu after the day's legislative business, played host to some dignitaries on courtesy visits.

The first set were the good people of Ekan Kingdom, from Oke Ero Local Government area of the State led by the Elekan of Ekan Kingdom; His Royal Highness, Oba David Olaniyan Adekunle 'Orifemiloye Odundun Asodedero 1 and his wife Oloriegbe Adekunle, his council of Chiefs and Ekan Development Association led by its National President, Barrister Anthony Kayode Towoju; Elders and Youth Stakeholders in the kingdom, they expressed their appreciation to the Speaker for his peace-making and bridge-building dispositions and for being a worthy example for the youth constituency, they prayed for God's continuous guidance for him.

The Second group was led by the Kwara State Commandant of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA; Muhammad Ibrahim in the company of the Special Assistant to the Kwara Governor on Drug Abuse, Prevention, and Control, Hon. Mukail Aileru; The visit provided the NDLEA Boss and the SA the opportunity to brief the Speaker on the efforts made so far to prevent and control drug abuse in the state and to also seek legislative support for the war against illicit drugs.

The last group was the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria, ANAN, Kwara Branch. ANAN which seeks a Nigerian and community-based approach to the definition of accountancy standards and practices was led by the state Chairman, Hajia Ramat Remi Sulyman and other Executives and members of the Association. The Accounting body briefed the Speaker about the activities of the association in the state and sought legislative support going forward.

20/03/2024

Uncomfortable FACTS we must accept

1. You should either have a supportive partner or no partner. There's no third option.

2. Do not date while you're broke, in terrible shape, miserable, and your life is chaotic. Get your life in order first.

3. The best revenge is getting yourself to a place where you no longer care about revenge

4. If someone can't tell you their flaws, they have a dangerous lack of self-awareness.

5. Just because a relationship has lasted a long time doesn't mean it's working.

6. Self-respect comes from self-control. You'll never respect yourself if you're a slave to people pleasing and external validation.

7. Don't let your time and energy leak from social media, overthinking, and meaningless relationships.

8. If you always think your happiness is somewhere else, it'll never be where you are.

9. Life doesn't wait for you to be okay. Get up every day and keep pushing through.

10. Free yourself from society's advice, most of them have no idea of what they're doing.

© Dr. Kendi Muthomi

19/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/kwara-fg-world-bank-hail-gov-abdulrazaq-on-new-agric-project/

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has flagged off the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), a six-year $500m food security

18/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/ramadan-dangote-feeds-ten-thousand-people-daily/

Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, through Aliko Dangote Foundation, has launched the distribution of free meals to no fewer than 10,000 fasting

17/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/defense-headquarters-posts-cryptic-message-after-killing-of-soldiers/

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Sunday posted a cryptic message on X, formerly called Twitter, after 16 military personnel were killed in Delta state.

16/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/cleric-canvasses-for-care-and-affection-towards-orphans/

Caring for the orphans and vulnerable children in the society has been identified as one of the best way to secure Allah's favors on earth and hereafter.

15/03/2024

KWARA NORTH AGENDA: A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

History is always there to guide us in making decisions. Otoge isn’t just a mantra it’s a reactionary approach by the good people of Kwara state to some decisions made by the Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
PDP's failure in 2019 to feed a candidate from Kwara North led to the fall of the party in Kwara state. Till today they’re still struggling to win a local government constituency since 2019, a ruling party fell so badly from top to bottom.

It has beckoned on The Progressive family at the moment not to make similar mistakes. One of the core values of Harmony is equal representation.
If a state is having issues with equal representation, there will be calls of marginalization by groups who feel deprived of certain positions in the state.
Sen. Bukola Saraki would have been able to aggregate these differing interests together by following the power shift agreement within the 3 senatorial districts of Kwara state but he didn’t do that as the leader of the party. Which contributed to the fall of the party in 2019.

I want to use this avenue to call on all Leaders and members of our great party, the largest party in Africa. The All Progressive Party (APC) in Kwara state to start looking at the Kwara north agenda as a collective one and void of distractions or personal interest.

Kwara North Agenda is that of the interest of the state and the interest of the state should be above every other interest.

I also want to use this medium to call on my fellow Progressives from Kwara North to look within and start preparing to take the pivotal role of piloting the affairs of the state of harmony.

From my bleeding pen 🖊
Jide Aina popularly known as Voice Of The People is a graduate of Political Science from the University of Abuja.
He holds a Master's Degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution.

MAXILENSNEWS ; a brainchild of Maxilens Media Consult is a reliable Online Newspaper and Quarterly M

15/03/2024

2024 Budget on mind.....

15/03/2024

Abdulkadir Salaudeen

Lamenting the state of anomie which Nigeria best typifies in my column last week, I asked: “Is it not shaming, shameful, shameless, and shameworthy that a

12/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/value-seeds-limited-commissions-genetic-lab-in-zaria/

10/03/2024

Ramadan Kareem. Check below prayer times across cities in Nigeria for the month of Ramadan. Usman Jibril

09/03/2024

Tutorial are now available on YouTube for students who are preparing to write the next Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination.

The YouTube link is: https://www.youtube.com//playlists

The recorded tutorial covers all the students needs for the examination, which is entrance test to Nigeria’s higher institutions- universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.

Disclosing the resources to journalists in Abuja, the Managing Director of Nigerian Tulip International College (NTIC), Mr. Fevzullah Bilgin said this was part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the institution.

He noted that pass questions at JAMB Examination were solved by seasoned teachers from the school.
He said with this intervention, students would be able to pass JAMB with little stress and with high marks.

Bilgin said the school decided to put out the programme to make JAMB easy and assist the students to score high and gain admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions.

08/03/2024

FELICITATION AND MOONSIGHTING FOR RAMADAN 1445 A.H.

The month of Ramadan (is that) in which was revealed the Quran, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion (between right and wrong). “So whoever of you sights (the crescent on the first night of) the month (of Ramadan i.e. present at his home), he must observe fasting that month”… (Q. Al-Baqarah 2:185)

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, felicitates the entire Muslim Ummah on the auspicious occasion of the forthcoming 1445 AH Ramadan Fast. The Council prays that Allah spare the lives of every Muslim to participate in the ibaadah exercise and to maximize the benefits therein.

Consequent upon the advice of the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC), the President-General enjoins the Nigerian Muslim Ummah to search for the crescent of Ramadan 1445 AH immediately after sunset on Sunday, 10th March 2024 which is equivalent to 29th Sha’aban 1445 AH. If the crescent is sighted by Muslims of impeccable character on the said evening, then His Eminence would declare Monday, 11th March 2024 as the first day of Ramadan 1445 AH. If, however, the crescent is not sighted that day, then, Tuesday, 12th March 2024, automatically becomes the first of Ramadan, 1445AH

In addition to the established and traditional Islamic leaders in each locality, the following members of the National Moon Sighting Committee (NMSC) can be contacted to report credible and positive sighting of the Crescent of Ramadan 1445 AH

In the face of the current economic hardship, Council appeals to endowed Muslims in the country to extend acts of charity to the less privileged within their neighbourhoods before, during and after the month of Ramadan. The Council also admonishes traders to neither hoard food products, nor unduly hike the prices of consumer goods during the period of the fast.

We urge the Muslims to take advantage of the holy month of Ramadan to pray that Allah grant the Palestinians His divine support and liberate them from their oppressors.

The Council hereby enjoins the Muslims all over the Country to be on the lookout for the Ramadan crescent on the night of Sunday 10th of March 2024 and await the official announcement by His Eminence, the President-General of NSCIA, on the commencement of the 1445 AH Ramadan fast.

We wish all Nigerian Muslims and their counterparts all over the world happy Ramadan in advance.

Allahuma Baligna Ramadan. Amin

Signed
Prof. Salisu Shehu
Deputy Secretary General

08/03/2024

Kwara Speaker Visits Bode-Saadu- -Kaiama-Kosubosu Road, Commends FG, Gov AbdulRazaq For Initiative

The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu says the ongoing construction of the Bode Saadu- -Kaiama-Kosubosu road will open up business opportunities between Kwara and neighboring states.

Rt. Hon. Danladi-Salihu who stated this during a tour of the road in the company of the Kwara North stakeholders also commended former President Muhammadu Buhari, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for facilitating the road through tax credit.

The Speaker explained that before now, the tax credit was unknown to Kwarans, stressing that it was Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who lobbied the federal government to get the road awarded to BUA Group of Company.

"In Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, we have a Governor that means well for his people and goes all out to improve their living standard. But for his efforts, Kwara State would not have benefitted from the tax credit initiative, so on behalf of the stakeholders from the Kwara North Senatorial district, especially our traditional, community, religious and political leaders, we are grateful to the President and the Governor for this massive project that will fastrack development in our state", the Speaker noted.

He also noted that farmers from the Kwara North which is reputed as the food basket of the state, have been going through hell transporting their farm produce to the center because of poor road network.

"The road, when completed will among other benefits serve as a unifying factor for the five Local Government areas in the northern part of the state - Baruten, Edu, Moro Kaiama, and Patigi - and it will ensure transportation of goods and services especially agricultural farm produce to other parts of the state and across the country as a whole. This will also ensure that our farm produce get to the market on time and ultimately crash food prices"

On their part, Hon Abdullah Danbaba, Hon. Madinat AbdulRaheem, Rt. Hon. Matthew Okedare and other stakeholders who also spoke on the tour commented on the economic benefit of the roads and applauded President Tinubu and Governor AbdulRazaq for the infrastructural development.

The road, awarded by the Federal Government and facilitated by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq when completed will link Bode Saadu-Kaiama-Kosubosu; Bacita-Shonga-Lafiagi; Eiyenkorin-Afon-Offa-Odo Ottin; and Okuta-Bukuro Road, and then connects to the Benin Republic.

In the company of the Rt. Hon. Speaker were his counterparts in the House of Assembly, Hon. Medinat AbdulRaheem, Hon. Musa Abdulkareem, Hon Gideon Saba, Hon Abdullah Danbaba, Hon Lawal Ayanshola, and Hon Muhammad Baba Salihu. Others are the Commissioner for Youths, Hon. Musa Buge; Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Abdullah Bata; commissioner for environment, Hon. Shehu Ndanusa Usman; as well as TIC Chairmen of Baruten, Edu, Moro, Patigi and Kaiama Local Government areas, TESCOM Chairman, Mallam Bello Taoheed; Local government service commission chairman, Alhaji Umar Shero; Hon. Saddiq Buhari; Kwara Polytechnic Bursar, Mr. Muhammad Baba Ibrahim; Hon. Sadiq Danseko, Hon. Maryam AbdulGaniu among other stakeholders.

Sheu Abdulkadir Yusuf, mnipr
CPS to the Rt Hon Speaker, KWHA

06/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/enforce-anti-liqour-laws-iedpu-urges-kwara-police/

Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) has urged the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police to ensure the full enforcement of the laws

05/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/why-kano-anti-graft-cant-probe-ganduje-over-dollar-video/

The Federal High Court, sitting in Kano has ruled that the Kano State Public Compliant and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCACC lacks the merit to investigate

03/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/why-i-returned-lost-100-million-naira-to-owner-islamic-guard/

One of the Islamic Izala Guards of Jamaatu Izalatul Bidia Wa ikamatussunnah, Salihu Abdul Hadi, has given reason why he returned 100 million Naira lost money

02/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/iedpu-commends-prof-naallah-visionary-leadership-in-uniabuja/

National President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik, has commended the Vice Chancellor of the

01/03/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/kwara-police-parade-28-criminals-for-heinous-offenses/

Kwara State Police Command has paraded Twenty-Eight suspects for various offences, ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery and homicide.

01/03/2024

Abdulkadir Salaudeen

Award winning books are many. But no matter how rich and admiring some of these books are, we only read them, talk about them, and praise their authors for

29/02/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/hijrah-organization-commends-nafdac-on-ban-of-sachet-alcoholic-drinks/

Communique issued by Hijrah Organization of Nigeria after her Monthly Meeting held on Sunday 25th February 2024 at late justice Orire's house GRA Ilorin,

28/02/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/kwara-joint-security-team-foil-kidnap-attempt-arrest-5-suspects/

A swift response from the Kwara State Joint Security team consisting of the Nigerian Police Force and local Vigilantes led to neutralizing and arrest of a

26/02/2024

Tinubu Sets To Implement Orosanye Report

Following Federal Executive Council meeting today, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has insisted there's no going back on the implementation of the Orosanye report on civil service reform.

Here are some of the highlights...

1. FEC approved construction of Lagos-Port Harcourt-Calabar Coastal Superhighway to Messrs Hitech Construction Africa. The First phase made up of 47 kms will begin in Lagos.
2. Social security payments to the vulnerable households to begin immediately. Recipients will be those with NIN and BVN.

3. Social security payments to be extended to graduates from NCE and upwards

4. Consumer Credit to be established very urgently. Chief of Staff to lead a committee that includes Budget Minister, Attorney-General, Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Finance, to make the scheme a reality.

5. The Council in order to enhance efficiency in the Federal service, and reduce the cost of governance, decided to implement the recommendations of the Steve Oronsaye panel on the restructuring and rationalisation of Federal agencies, parastatals and commissions.

The implementation involves merging, subsuming and scrapping agencies with similar functions.

The Oronsaye report was submitted in 2012 to the Jonathan administration. In 2014, the Jonathan government released a white paper on the report. The Buhari administration after re-examining the white paper also released a second white paper in August 2022, but did not implement the report.

However, the Tinubu administration has decided to confront the monster of high governance cost by implementing elements of the report.

An eight-man committee has a 12-week deadline to ensure that the necessary legislative amendments and administrative restructuring needed to implement the reforms are effected in an efficient manner.

The committee comprises Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Head of the Civil Service, Attorney General and Justice Minister, Budget and Planning Minister, DG Bureau of Public Service Reform, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Special assistant to the president on National Assembly. The Cabinet Affairs Office will serve as the secretariat.

Key recommendations for implementation:

National Salaries, Income and wages Commission to be subsumed under Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission. The National Assembly will need to amend the constitution as RMAFC was established by the constitution.

Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission to be merged with Bureau of Public Enterprise and be rechristened as `Public Enterprises and Infrastructural Concession Commission

National Human Rights Commission to swallow Public Complaints Commission

Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate(PTAD) to be scrapped and functions to be taken over by Federal Ministry of Finance

NEMA and National Commission for Refugees to be fused to become National Emergency and Refugee Management Commission

Border Communities Development Agency to become a department under National Boundary Commission

NACA and NCDC to be merged

SERVICOM to become a department under the Bureau for Public Service Reform(BPSR)

NALDA to return to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.

Federal Ministry of Science to supervise a new agency that combines NCAM, NASENI and PRODA

National Commission for Museums and Monuments and National Gallery of Arts to become one entity that will be known as National Commission for Museums, Monuments and Gallery of Arts.

National Theatre to be merged with National Troupe.
13. Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa and Directorate of Technical Aid Corp to be merged under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission to become an agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Federal Radio Corporation and Voice of Nigeria to be one entity to be known as Federal Broadcasting Corporation of Nigeria

National Biotechnology Development Agency(NABDA) and National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology to be emerged into an agency to be known as National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency(NBRDA).

National Institute for Leather Science Technology and National Institute for Chemical Technology to become one agency.

Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency and National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development to become one agency.

The National Metallurgical Development Centre and National Metallurgical Training Institute will be merged.

National Institute for Trypanosomiasis to be subsumed under Institute of Veterinary Research in Vom, Jos.

The list is not exhaustive.

Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

26/02/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/saudi-arabia-starts-export-of-fresh-tomatoes/

Saudi Arabia has achieved a remarkable milestone by exporting tomatoes to Europe for the first time in February 2024.

24/02/2024

BREAKING: The authorities of ECOWAS on Saturday said they have lifted the ban on Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.

The decision was based on humanitarian considerations, especially because of the Lenten period and the approaching month of Ramadan.

The regional bloc also lifted sanctions on Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

ECOWAS is set to invite all four countries to a meeting.

24/02/2024

https://www.maxilensnews.com/kwara-emerges-best-in-immunisation-coverage-in-north-central-wins-unicef-award/

Gov. AbdulRazaq's Health Interventions Win UNICEF's $500,000 for Kwara