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727 intending pilgrims complete hajj payment in Jigawa

727 intending pilgrims complete hajj payment in Jigawa

Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare  Board has disclosed that only 727 out of 1,472 Pilgrim seats allocated to the state by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) had completed their payment at the moment.

Abia can pay salaries, pensions  with IGR—Nwosu

Abia can pay salaries, pensions with IGR—Nwosu

ALL Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in Abia State, Sir  Friday  Nwosu, has said that with efficient management of the internally generated revenue, IGR, accruing to the State, Abia does not need federal allocations to pay salaries and pensions.

Amnesty programme: Itsekiri beneficiaries appeal to Dokubo for better treatment

Amnesty programme: Itsekiri beneficiaries appeal to Dokubo for better treatment

The Itsekiri youths that benefitted from the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) scholarship overseas have appealed to the coordinator of the programme, Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo to save them from the ill treatment they have been made to suffer from previous coordinators of the programme, noting that when Itsekiris were accommodated into the Amnesty programme in 2012, the then coordinator, Kinglsey Kuku claimed that the office lacked funds to send them Itsekiris abroad even when those from other ethnic nationalities were being favoured for prestigious engagements abroad.