By Salisu Sani-Idris The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has said that no fewer than 50,000 Nigerian intending pilgrims will perform the 2024 hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Malam Jalal Arabi, disclosed this at a news conference held at Hajj House onContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Pastor Lawrence Oji, popularly known as “Pastor Solution”, on Monday urged clerics in Nigeria to focus more on salvation rather than prosperity, in their sermons. The cleric, who was a drug addict and an ex-habitual offender, made the call during a news conference in Lagos. Oji isContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo Dr Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, on Friday visited the inmates of Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje to commemorate 72nd birthday of President Bola Tinubu. Represented by his aide, Nafisa Bello, Tijani said the visit was to celebrate President’s birthday with inmates by providingContinue Reading
By Uchenna Eletuo Bishop Edoho Ighalo, the Senior Shepherd of A Touch From Heaven Ministry, says the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Lagos State remains united. Ighalo said this at a news conference in Lagos to disabuse people’s mind of any crisis in the body. He said that contraryContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo Prof. Jeffery Barminas, the Director-General, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), says the institute aims to blaze the trail in science technology innovation by 2025. Barminas said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, following NARICT’s emergence as 2nd position atContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris An Islamic cleric, Imam Abdullahi Abdul, has urged Nigerians to reconnect to Allah and look up to Him for solutions to the socioeconomic challenges bedevilling the country. Abdul made the call at the 17th Annual Ramadan lecture/iftar (Breaking of Fasting) organised by the Obafemi Awolowo University MuslimContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Ola Olukoyede, Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has blamed the neglect of cultural values for the high rate of corruption in the country. Olukoyede stated this on Tuesday when Chief Biodun Ajiboye, Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO),Continue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Ansar-ud-deen Society of Nigeria (ADS), on Saturday in Abuja, urged Nigerians to exhibit the right attitude and moral behaviour, to project good image for the country. Sheikh Muhydeen Bello, the Chairman of Ansar-ud-deen Northern States Council of Missioners, gave the advice at the 29th Annual Ramadan lectureContinue Reading
By Edeki Igafe Dr Dayo Mobereola, Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has urged the private sector to partner with it to unlock the immense potential in the Marine and Blue Economy. Mobereola made the call during the handing over of the Offshore Waste Reception Facility for CentralContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), in Abuja on Thursday, inaugurated its Lagos State Executives to pilot the affairs of the association for the next four years. Its National President, Alhaji Musa Maitakobi, who inaugurated the executives, cautioned all members of the association against violenceContinue Reading
