**Says State to create 500,000 business outfits By Boluwaji Obahopo, LOKOJA Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello said he is targeting the Micro Small and Meudium Enterprise, (MSME) as a means of tackling unemployment in the state as well as rejuvenating the state economy. Toward this end, the governor said he has set machinery in motion […]

By Luminous Jannamike Abuja—The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, yesterday, said it had concluded plans to finish the airlifting of all intending pilgrims to the Holy Land for this year’s pilgrimage by July 3. This is beside the pilgrims airlifted by private tour operators across the country. The Saudi government had allocated 43,008 slots […]

By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA , has described the Calabar Port as one of the most viable, active  and working ports in Nigeria following the berthing of 196 Meters long vessel,  Value Tyler, from Singapore and increased operational activities at their terminals. It further described rumours making the rounds about Calabar […]

By Dickson Omobola In the battle to eradicate polio in Nigeria, a quiet revolution is taking place—led not by politicians or doctors, but by a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) expert. Abdulkareem Bayo has emerged as a pivotal figure in reshaping how public health interventions are deployed across the country’s most remote and hard-to-reach communities. Currently […]

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The battle of supremacy between the Imo state Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma and his predecessor and Senator representing Imo West, Owelle Rochas Okorocha got messier on Thursday following indications of a sharp division in the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC. The APC […]

By Biodun Busari The former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday, appeared before Uxbridge Magistrate’s Court in London, facing charges under Britain’s Modern Slavery Act. The case has been adjourned to July 7 at Westminster Magistrate Court to allow the UK Attorney General, Suella Braverman, determine whether the case will be tried in the […]

Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), AGVision Mining Limited and KAM Industries Limited came top of the list in a rating of the impact of mining sector

Experts in the health sector have challenged the government to intervene in the difficulties faced by Nigeria’s primary healthcare system.

The Abuja-1 Regional Manager of Heritage Bank Ltd, Mr. Daniel Oniko has bagged a Masters Degree ( MBA Chartered Bankers) at the prestigious Bangor University, Business School, Maine, Wales UK. The celebrity banker and a member of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) had as part of measures to improve his knowledge in the […]

The Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mallam Idris Ahmad Almakura has confirmed the death of Hajiya Aisha Ahmad, one of the pilgrims from the state to this year’s Hajj. He stated this on Wednesday while addressing journalists in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. According to Almakura, late Aisha who hailed from Keffi Local Government […]

A faith-based charity organisation, Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation (ZSF), has disbursed over N39 million to 104 people at Alausa Secretariat Central Mosque, Ikeja, Lagos. The beneficiaries are widows and those battling health challenges including some non-Muslims. The event was meant to commemorate the 2022 International Widows’ Day. Executive Director of the foundation, Prince Sulayman Olagunju […]

A new initiative has been perfected by the Saudi Arabian authorities at the pelting of devil site, known as Jamarat. The plan, it was gathered would have not more than 90 pilgrims at a time to perform the rite. This is meant to reduce the number of pilgrims at the Jamarat during the stoning rite […]

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Palpable fear and anxiety gripped residents of llara- Mokin, in Ifedore council area of Ondo state over alleged letter written by terrorists to attack the university Community.

This tiny, rocky outcrop in the north-west of the Black Sea was seized by Russia on the first day of its invasion of Ukraine, and it has played an outsized role in the war ever since. After more than four months of repeated Ukrainian bombardment, Russian forces have abandoned Snake or Zmiinyi Island, as it […]