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The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, recently gave the best graduating student of the Lagos State University (LASU), Oladimeji Shotunde, an indigene of the state, a two-bedroom bundgalow and N2 million cash on behalf of the state government. The gifts were presented at a ceremony in which the state government celebrated twenty three (23) outstanding teachers and learners of the state tagged ‘Ogun Academic Laureates 2021’.     Meanwhile an Islamic human rights advocacy group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the governor for this action. The group spoke on Thursday 29 th  April, 2021 through its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola.     “This is quite laudable. Governor Abiodun is giving priority to academic pursuits. He is fully aware that no nation can rise without education. He is therefore giving recognition to scholars and teachers. We need such encouragement at a time like this when the young ones are taking the fast road to wealth through rituals, Yahoo Yahoo, g

Sequel to the furore over past pronouncements of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and the confidence-imbuing statement issued on him by the presidency, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on Nigerians to allow the country to move on.     The call was made on Tuesday 27 th  April, 2021 by MURIC’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, in a statement circulated to the media.   MURIC said:   “In a tweet dispatched yesterday 26 th  April, 2021,  Dr. Ben Gbenro (@bengbenro) opened another vista to the Pantami discourse. He disclosed how he was trained in martial arts and weapon handling for the church in the past but that he no longer subscribes to the idea. ‘I was once an impressionable young man. I was a member of CAN brigade trained in martial arts and weapon handling to fight for d Church in late 80s & early 90s, I was a strong advocate of Nigeria’s break up in mid 90s, today, I no longer subscribe to any of these ideologies.’   (

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has described Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, as a man of peace and integrity. There have been calls for the minister to resign over his past comments in support of terror groups like Al-Qaeda. Although, the minister had since said he made those comments when he was younger and now his views have changed, some Nigerians have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack him. Samuel Ayokunle, national president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), had also called for an investigation into the controversy surrounding the minister. But Salisu Shehu, deputy secretary-general of NSCIA, in a statement, said those calling for the minister to be sanctioned, including CAN, were out for mischief. He said the NSCIA could have also called on the government to arrest a prominent former minister who bailed Mohammed Yusuf, the late founder of Boko Haram, thrice. “With all these very clear achievements on contri