In a move to ease the financial burden on intending pilgrims, the federal government has allocated a substantial sum of N90 billion to subsidize the 2024 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to sources within the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the Presidency.
An unnamed source...
work begins in earnest, says Saraki
Former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Alh. Babatunde Mohammed on Saturday, emerged the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State.
Mohammed was declared Chairman of the party at its State Congress which held at the Atlantic Event...
The upgraded Citizens’ Delivery Tracker App, designed to allow Nigerians to oversee government projects, has officially launched. Special Adviser To The President on Policy and Coordination, Hadiza Bala-Usman, unveiled the app in Abuja on Monday, highlighting its immediate accessibility at app.cdcu.gov.ng and its upcoming availability on Google Play Store...
‘Public deserves to know what went wrong’ - Governor
Panel chair: ‘We’ll be guided by professionalism’
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, inaugurated members of the investigation tribunal that will conduct an inquiry into the misconduct responsible for the collapse of a 21-storey structure on Gerrard Road in...
President Bola Tinubu declared a strategic shift in national education policy, focusing on skills, technology, and vocational training to bolster employment opportunities across Nigeria. Speaking at the 38th to 41st convocation ceremonies at Usman DanFodio University, Sokoto, Tinubu, represented by Education Minister Prof. Tahir Mamman, emphasized a comprehensive approach...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has commissioned the Edo Tech Park, an elite software engineering and leadership training institute, noting that the park will produce at least 15,000 world-class software engineers in the state within the next five years.
Obaseki, who spoke during the commissioning of the take-off...
The Kwara State Pilgrims Welfare Board has revealed that more than 100 intending pilgrims from the state are at risk of missing out on this year's Hajj pilgrimage. Alhaji AbdulSalam Abdulkadir, the executive secretary of the agency, disclosed this alarming situation during a sensitization program aimed at preparing the...
Laughs off PDP’s comeback bid after wrecking state
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend said the criminal diversion of funds meant for development of basic education amounted to reckless looting of the future of Kwara child.
Speaking at the official signing of MoU for the KwaraLEARN programme, the...
Arrests 75-year-old grandpa in Ekiti, 70-year-old grandma in Benue for illicit drugs dealing
destroys 11, 636.185kg cannabis in Edo forest
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted three trailer loads of opioids comprising three million four hundred and fifty thousand (3,450,000) pills and three hundred...
Committee to submit Report in Two weeks
Okuwobi: Panel treated 235 petitions, awarded a total of N410 million to 70 victims
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday set up a four-member committee led by Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) to raise...
