The Chairman, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Prof. Abdullahi Saleh, on Wednesday, expressed the commission’s readiness to provide seamless 2025 Hajj operations, beginning with the inaugural flight on May 9. Saleh said this at the National Hajj Stakeholders Summit, with the theme “Sustainable Hajj Financing: Developing a Resilient Model for Nigerian Pilgrims and Operators.” […]

AS Nigerian workers join their colleagues all over the world to mark May Day celebration, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Wednesday, advised workers in Edo State not to succumb to the threat by governor Monday Okpebholo to come to the stadium for the celebration, instead they should stay at the secretariat of their various unions.

 Nigeria has joined the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) Forum as an associate member to explore better ways of cross-border data transfers. Dr Vincent Olatunji, the National Commissioner of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission(NDPC) made the announcement on Wednesday at a media briefing organised ahead of the Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA) conference […]

Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams said his team will give their “soul” to beat Manchester United on Thursday and reach the Europa League final.

Son Heung-min will miss the first leg of Tottenham’s Europa League semi-final against Bodo/Glimt on Thursday, manager Ange Postecoglou said on Thursday.

How the N50 billion recently released by the Federal Government to pay part of the Earned Academic Allowance, EAA, owed academic staff in federal universities will be shared is already creating bad blood between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and the Congress of University Academics, CONUA.

The global credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings, recently upgraded its credit rating for Nigeria to ‘B’.

The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has commended NNPC Limited for its role in driving progress in the oil and gas industry, stressing that the reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu administration are already yielding measurable results.

A midnight fire outbreak has destroyed more than 500 makeshift shops at the Terminus Market, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau.

Following the ‘political tsunami’ that hit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party’s former National Publicity Secretary, has maintained that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will not escape a defection crisis.

The Lagos State Government has announced that a total of 3,009 unemployed graduates have been connected with recruiting agencies across the state in the last two years.

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has flagged off the 10-kilometre dualisation of the Akure–Idanre Road, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to completing all ongoing road projects, including those initiated by the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

“If autonomy is about what you share with local government areas in Abuja, that is not going to take us anywhere, because our population is growing and the handouts from Abuja have remained stagnant.”

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa has warned his appointees to desist from engaging in political activities before the release of 2027 election guidelines by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Diri gave the warning on Wednesday during the 162nd session of the Bayelsa Executive Council meeting inside the Executive Council Chamber in Yenagoa. The governor […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) has announced Sheikh Dr. Bashir Aliyu Umar, OON, as its new President following the passing of its former leader, Sheikh AbdulRasheed Hadiyatullah, on Tuesday. In a statement issued by Malam Nafi’u Baba-Ahmed, Secretary General of the Council, the SCSN confirmed that Dr. Umar, previously […]