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Recites With Shetty Unveils Maiden Quranic Award Competition

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Maryam Shetty during her opening remarks

 

Recites With Shetty, a Quranic recitation competion initiative online  by good governance advocate Mrs. Maryam Shetty, has been unveiled in the ancient city of Kano.

Maryam Shetty, who came into the limelight after the withdrawal of her ministerial nomination in 2023 by President Bola Ahmad Tinubu, awarded the winners who submitted their recitations online and were selected based on their capability and prowess after assessment.

The one million Naira prize being presented

In her opening remarks, the convener, Hajiya Maryam Shetty, said, “There is nothing that binds us together except Al-Qur’an, the Glorious Book of Allah.”

Cross section of participants at the award

Cross section of participants at the award

According to her, married women also participated in the competition, including fathers and their sons and daughters.

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Quranic recitation from a participant

Quranic recitation from a participant

She said it is very important to showcase to young people the need to enjoy what is good and forbid what is wrong, which in Islam means Amru bil ma’ruf wa nahi anil munkar.

Hajiya Maryam Shetty said the initiative is a continuous one and will be sustained to encourage more people.

In a remark, Islamic scholar Malam Hafizu Rogo expressed gratitude to Mrs. Maryam Shetty for organizing the Quranic recitation competition online.

He said Shetty has brought forth a great initiative and embarked on it with the most revered book.

According to him, when one embraces the Al-Qur’an, Almighty Allah will uplift one’s status in society.

Sheikh Hafiz Rogo said the angel sent by Almighty Allah to reveal the Al-Qur’an Angel Jibril is the most revered among the angels of Allah.

He added that the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina, where the Qur’an was revealed, are the most revered and holy cities in Islam.

And for mankind, the best of Allah’s creatures Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is the most revered among the prophets of Allah and all of mankind.

Nuradeen Mu’azu from Abuja clinched the first position with 1 million Naira, while Muhammad Idris Khalid from Bauchi won 500 thousand Naira, and A’isha Dahir from Jigawa received 250 thousand Naira.

 

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Breaking:Former Chief Justice Of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Is Dead

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Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.), is dead.

A close source confirmed to SaharaReporters on Tuesday morning that the former head of Nigerian judiciary passed away at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

“Ex-CJN Tanko Muhammad is dead. He passed away this morning at a Saudi Arabian Hospital,” the source said.

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Nigeria Tracker reports that Late President Muhammadu Buhari appointed late Justice Ibrahim Tanko into the exalted seat after the sacking of his predecessor Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen over the issue of code of conduct in January 2019.

In Late 2022 Justice Ibrahim Tanko suddenly exited the seat due to what many said intense pressure from cabals in Late President Muhammad Buhari’s presidency and was succeeded by retired Justice olukayode .

Late Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad hails from Bauchi state .

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The Aso Rock Gossip That Made Late President Buhari Lock His Wife Out

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By Yusuf Danjuma Yunusa

In a new biography, former First Lady Aisha Buhari has revealed that late President Muhammadu Buhari began locking his bedroom door, preventing her from gaining access, after hearing rumors within Aso Rock that she intended to kill him.

This personal account is featured in the 600-page book, ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari’, where Aisha Buhari details her experience managing her husband’s health challenges during his presidency.

She stated that the former president, trusting the gossip circulating within the presidential villa, altered some of his personal habits as a result.

The biography, which was authored by Charles Omole, director-general of the Institute for Police and Security Policy Research, was launched at the presidential villa in Abuja.

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Many high-profile persons and political chieftains, including President Bola Tinubu, attended the launch.

In the book, Aisha said Buhari’s 2017 health crisis was not a mysterious ailment or the effect of poisoning, but began after a broken feeding routine and mismanaged nutritional habits.

The former first lady said she had long managed her husband’s meals and supplements at specific hours, adding that the regimen helped Buhari to maintain stability.

“According to Aisha Buhari, her husband’s 2017 health crisis did not originate as a mysterious ailment or a covert plot. It started, she says, with the loss of a routine; ‘my nutrition,’ she describes it, a pattern of meals and supplements she had long overseen in Kaduna before they moved into Aso Villa,” the book reads.

When they moved to the villa, she said she convened a meeting with close staff including Suhayb Rafindadi, the physician; Bashir Abubakar, the chief security officer; the housekeeper, and the DSS DG to explain the plan.

After some time, the plan was discontinued.

“When the Presidency’s machinery took over our private lives, I explained the plan: daily, at specific hours, cups and bowls with tailored vitamin powders and oil, a touch of protein here, a change to cereals there. Elderly bodies require gentle, consistent support,” Aisha was quoted as saying in the book.

“Then came the gossip and the fearmongering. They said I wanted to kill him.

“My husband believed them for a week or so,” she said, adding that the president began locking his room, changed small habits, and crucially, “meals were delayed or missed; the supplements were stopped”.

“For a year, he did not have lunch. They mismanaged his meals,” she added.

Aisha denied stories of plots to poison her husband, adding that Buhari’s health began deteriorating because of “loss of a routine, ‘my nutrition,’ was the genesis of the crisis”.

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Former Kano LG Chairmen Endorse Tinubu, Reaffirm Loyalty to Ganduje as Kano APC Leader

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‎Former local government chairmen in Kano State who served between 2014 and 2024 under the administration of Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term and reaffirmed their loyalty to the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ganduje, as the party’s leader in Kano State.

‎The former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Baffa Takai, made this position known during a closed-door meeting with Kano APC stakeholders in Abuja.

‎‎The former local government chairmen also expressed their solidarity with APC stakeholders under the leadership of Hon. Abubakar Kabir Bichi, commending their efforts toward promoting unity and progress within the party.

‎They called on other party members to join hands with them in fostering peace, unity, and progress within the APC.

‎The group further reaffirmed its commitment to the party’s ideals and principles and pledged to continue working collectively to strengthen the party and ensure its victory in future elections.

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