Allah has blessed this ummah with the glorious season of fasting. It is a period where goodness is enjoined and even multiplied. A month of forgiveness where sinners purify themselves and get closer to the Creator. It is a month of giving and sharing. This is Ramadan, the glorious month, the blessed season, the uniqe period of worship. Allah has enjoined fasting in it, so that we may gain nearness to him.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Auditor-General of Federation, AuGF, yesterday, sharply disagreed on the audited reports of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, from 2009 to 2014.

PEEVED by the recent hike in the pump price of fuel from N86.50 to N145, the National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, zone B, yesterday threatened to shutdown all tertiary institutions in the zone comprising 11 states today (Friday) in protest against the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government to remove fuel subsidies.

Abuja—Federal government yesterday said the proposed establishment of a national carrier was to enhance competition in the nation’s aviation sector. The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, disclosed this in Abuja while receiving the leaders of Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, led by its President, Mr Benjamin Okewu.

OUTGOING Vice President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and president of Nigerian Baptist Convention, Rev. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle yesterday won the first round of the CAN presidential election, defeating his only rival eight votes to two.