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Family reunion

Sundaland:
https://citizentv.co.ke/news/james-mwaura-left-home-to-buy-rice-but-disappeared-47-years-ago-facebook-just-brought-him-back-12773118/?fbclid=IwAR3fgKy-CJWJQdSUIvTVuu-Jvxvt4cURomIvPeZSRJWn2UlbSgJ8U8rXYoI

This can only happen in south west where their religion is tolerance

yetty247:
A Nigerian pastor, Oluwaseun Basil Alabi, has warmed the hearts of many after he renovated a debilitated 60-year-old mosque in Ikire, Osun state.

This was shared online by a Facebook user, Bakara Adegboyegba, who revealed that the building was commissioned days before Sallah.

Sharing before and after photos of the Mosque, Bakara wrote in part,

“It was a joyful gathering of Muslim leaders in the quiet city of Ikire, in Irewole local government area of Osun State on Friday the 16th day of July 2021, as a sixty year old Alatise mosque located at Popo junction of the town renovated by a pastor was commisoned for use.”

The Chief Imam of Ikire land, Alhaji Yunus, commended Pastor Alabi for his selfless act to the community. Thereafter, he led a special prayer session for the pastor who resides in Minnesota, US.

Speaking on why he choose to renovate the mosque, Pastor Alabi said,

”I grew up in an Ikire community where religion had no effect on our relationship. It was a time when chritians participated actively in the religious festivities of Muslims.

A time when you would find many hijab wearing women attending church sessions of chritian weddings and burials. It was a time you find young children, Muslims and Christians play together in the mosques and eat saara (food items brought to mosque as alms)together without fear or intimidation.

It was a time that humanity United us and made us one strong family, living and sharing our goodness with love and togetherness.”

Words of Almighty Lord

Amoto94:
Merits of memorizing the Qur'an

Q : Many a time I memorize Ayahs of the Noble Qur'an but I forget them after a while. Moreover, when reading a certain Ayah, I doubt whether my reading is correct or not. Later, it turns out to be incorrect. Please, advise. May Allah guide you!

A: It is prescribed for you, my brother, to exert effort in memorizing what you can of Allah's Book and to recite before some good Sheikhs at school, in mosque, or at home. You should do this regularly so as to correct your recitation, because the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it." (narrated by Al-Bukhari(may Allah be merciful with him) in his Sahih). Thus, the best among people are the people of the Qur'an who learn and teach it to people and put it into action.

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to some of his Companions: "Which of you would like to go early in the morning every day to But-han (a valley in Madinah) and return from it with two large-humped she-camels, without committing a sin or severing the ties of kinship? They replied, "O Messenger of Allah! We (all) would like that!" He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "If any of you go to the mosque and learn or recite two Ayahs from the Book of Allah, this is better for you than two she-camels, and three (Ayahs) are better than three (she-camels), and four (Ayahs) are better than four (she-camels). And the number (of Ayahs recited in total) are better than the same number of camels." or as the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said.

This shows the virtue of learning the Noble Qur’an. Dear brother, you should learn the Noble Qur’an at the hand of Sheikhs well-known for their proficiency in reciting the Noble Qur’an to receive the benefit and correct your recitation.

As for your forgetfulness, there is no harm on you regarding this. Every one is liable to forget as the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "I am a human being like you and liable to forget like you." Once hearing someone reciting the Noble Qur’an, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "May Allah show mercy to so and so; he has reminded me of such and such an Ayah which I had missed." i.e. "I forgot it". The meaning is that one may forget some Ayahs and remember them later or some other persons may remind him. It is better that one should say, "I have been made to forget," because it is reported that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “None of you should say, ‘I forgot such-and-such an Ayah’, but he has been made to forget.” This means that Satan made him forget. As for the Hadith: "No man recites the Qur'an, then forgets it but will meet Allah on the Day of Judgment in a maimed condition (or empty-handed, or with no excuse)", this is a weak Hadith according to the view of Scholars and was not related from the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم). Forgetfulness is neither out of one's choice nor capacity to recover from it. This means that it is ordained for you to memorize what you can of Allah's (سبحانه وتعالى) Book and to do that regularly before Sheikhs who are professional in recitation to correct your mistakes.

May Allah grant you success and make matters easy for you.

[Majmoo 'al-Fataawa Ibn Baaz, Vol.: 6; pp. 291 - 293]

https://m.facebook.com/Dawahlink.int/posts/842695196358396

The silence surrounding the Accountant-General’s 60th birthday may be connected with the fact that he has reached the age of statutory retirement and does not want to retire, Sule Minimah writes

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/accountant-generals-60th-birthday-celebration-the-elephant-the-room/

The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mallam Ahmed Idris celebrated his 60th birthday on Tuesday, November 25, 2020. With this, Idris has joined the list of Nigerian leaders who recently celebrated their birthdays, including former president Goodluck Jonathan who clocked 63 on November 20, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who celebrated his 74th on November 25, and former Auditor-General, Anthony Ayine, who became 60 on October 25.

However, the fanfare and publicity generated by these other events are lacking in the Accountant-General’s birthday celebrations. There seems to be an odd silence surrounding the birthday of such a high-ranking civil servant. There have been no announcements, not even from his office, nor have there been congratulatory messages flying around as is usual with important figures in the government. With a closer observation, it is easy to suspect that the silence around the Accountant-General’s birthday celebrations may be a deliberate strategy to deflect attention from his age. At 60, the statutory age of retirement for Nigerian civil servants, it is curious that the issue of his retirement and succession to his office is not being discussed in the public space.

Back in August, when the issue of the retirement of former Auditor-General, Anthony Ayine came up as he approached his 60th birthday on October 25, the House of Representatives rejected a move to extend his tenure, forcing him to retire after his 60th birthday. A lawmaker was widely quoted then as saying: “The extension of service of public servants due for retirement is anathema to the career progress of other civil servants. We understand there are many directors and we expect that the president would look at their records and appoint the most qualified and perhaps senior to succeed the outgoing.” Is what is sauce for the goose no longer sauce for the gander?

Born on November 25, 1960, Ahmed Idris is of the same age with Nigeria. A financial accountant by profession, Idris was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Accountant-General of the federation in June 2015, replacing Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla.

A member of the Association of National Accountant of Nigeria (ANAN), Idris was a director in the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel prior to his appointment as the country’s chief accountant. In June 2019, shortly after President Buhari was sworn in for a second term in office, he reappointed Idris, thereby throwing up the contradiction of when his tenure as a civil servant is really expected to end. So far, Idris’ six-year tenure has been dominated by the Treasury Single Account (TSA), a centralised bank account used by government agencies to receive revenues for the federal government, and the issues surrounding it. In August 2015, barely two months after appointing Idris, President Buhari made the TSA a centrepiece of his administration when he ordered all banks to close all government accounts and remit the funds therein to the TSA. Previously, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) operated thousands of accounts for different purposes, making it difficult to track government funds.

The TSA has had a remarkable impact on Nigeria’s financial management system, automating processes, reducing wastage, and increasing transparency. Five years after it became a major component of federal government policy, the initiative continues to save the government over 24 billion Naira monthly on charges that would have been paid for maintaining thousands of accounts across many banks.

Despite these gains, what Nigeria has in operation appears to be a caricature of the original TSA concept as defined by World Bank. The TSA policy in Nigeria has been bedevilled by major controversies which reflect poorly on the government and may threaten its sustainability, even though it is being hyped as a major success. In my opinion, flagrant non-compliance by some MDAs and the lack of understanding of the technologies powering it by its most critical stakeholders are top on the list of issues impeding the progress of this laudable initiative.

A few weeks ago, Mr Idris himself strangely told the Senate that the government does not have capacity for the real-time monitoring of revenues accruing into the country’s TSA account at the Central Bank. There have also been endless squabbles on the suitability of the IPPIS software procured and implemented by the OGAF to meet the needs of universities. The same goes for the GIFMIS accounting software which as at today and after spending millions of dollars for the foreign software and foreign consultants has delivered less than expected.

After five years in the saddle, one would have expected that Idris would come out shining with all of these technology initiatives without excuses. he analysis above indicates that the actions of whoever sits in the office of the Accountant-General has significant implication for how the financial affairs of the country is managed using modern technology tools, This is why Nigerians must be really concerned about who occupies this important position. As Idris clocks the honourable age of 60, several questions beg for answers. Why is the public, including the media, not asking when he will retire according to the statutory provisions for civil servants, whereas the same issues came up during the former Auditor-General’s 60th birthday? Why has the government not announced a successor to Mr Idris ahead of his birthday, in compliance with the statutory provisions for civil servants in Nigeria? Why did nobody ask questions when the president renewed his appointment last year, knowing he would hit the age of retirement this year? While fighting the urge to see this from the dangerous perspective of ethnicism, one cannot but observe that this is beginning to look like certain people are subjected to the rules that others are above.

The onus is on President Muhammadu Buhari, to explain to the public, why this is so. Otherwise, Nigerians will increasingly see his government as fragrantly disposed to favouritism, nepotism, and tribalism

EndSARS activist and Bring Back Our Girls co-founder, Aisha Yesufu has received the Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti Human Rights award at the Community and Human Rights Award event being held virtually.

"I will never stop until we get a Nigeria where a child of nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody," Aisha Yesufu said as she received the award.

This is coming as CNN's independent investigative report on the Lekki toll gate shooting is released, confirming that the Nigerian army indeed, killed young people protesting against police brutality.

Kudos to this courageous woman

ehinmowo:
Then CBN is mad. And stupid cabal.

Na now you just dey no sey dem dey craze? Remember CBN threatened all the MDs of banks in the NESG and made them pull out of the group with immediate effect. Access bank is probably afraid of government sanctions after spending hefty amounts on acquisitions. But the bank has also been doing some other great things like their 15 billion naira green bond for green-friendly investors. They also have a special scheme for women entrepreneurs. But I admit they need to work better on their operations

“The Democrats spent four years investigating the Russia hoax, but they don’t want to take four weeks to investigate the integrity of this election…We need to investigate.”

Bravura Holdings Ltd., owned by Nigerian billionaire Benedict Peters, has $1 billion available for the development of a platinum mine in Zimbabwe, its country manager said.

The 3,000 hectare (7,413-acre) concession where it plans to dig the mine is in Selous, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare and close to existing platinum mines.

“From where we are now, we will go to resource definition, after that we will go to resource modeling, after mine development and then mine construction,” Lionel Mhlanga, Bravura’s manager in the southern African country, said in an interview at the mine on Nov. 6. “Those are all things that should happen in the next 18 months.”
Bravura is one of a number of little-known companies that have secured platinum concessions in Zimbabwe as the government seeks to kick start its stagnant economy. Still, established platinum miners haven’t announced plans to expand their operations. While Zimbabwe has the world’s third-largest platinum group metal reserves, investors have been deterred by frequent changes to mining laws and currency policies.

In addition to Bravura, Russian and Cypriot companies have announced plans to invest in Zimbabwean platinum mines.

For more on Zimbabwe’s platinum plans click here

Peters owns Aiteo Eastern E & P Company Ltd., Nigeria’s biggest domestic oil producer, but has little experience in mining.

Still, the group also intends to explore mining lithium, rare earth minerals and tin in Zimbabwe, Mhlanga said.

It’s also seeking to mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo, copper in Zambia, gold in Ghana and iron ore in Guinea, he said. Namibia and Botswana could also be options for the company, he said.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-11/nigerian-billionaire-plans-to-dig-platinum-mine-in-zimbabwe

These guys are not talking about how to compensate families of protesters that died, as if the lives of the policemen are worth more than that of the innocent souls they killed.