Saudi Arabia has halted the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, from undertaking the 2025 Hajj, and has deported him back to Nigeria. Sheikh Gumi confirmed this in a post shared on Monday, 26 May 2025, on his Facebook page. He mentioned that the Saudi government had granted him a visa to enter the country…
The National Assembly has indicated that the harmonised tax reform bills could be approved as soon as Tuesday, after addressing contentious clauses within the proposed legislation. James Faleke, the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance, confirmed this information in a post on his official X (previously Twitter) account on Sunday. Faleke, who heads the…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has instructed telecommunications providers to promptly inform consumers about significant service outages affecting their networks via various media outlets. In a statement released on Sunday, the NCC detailed that operators are required to disclose information regarding the reasons for the outage, the areas impacted, and the estimated duration of the…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has intervened to assist a couple and several others following an incident involving a drunken bus driver who collided with a streetlight. In a statement released on Sunday, LASTMA’s General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, detailed the situation, which occurred in the Alausa area of Ikeja, Lagos. According to the…
Petrol retailers, represented by the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), have urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) to honour the 30-day repair commitment for the Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC). This request follows an announcement from NNPC’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, regarding an impending maintenance shutdown. Soneye…
A significant coalition meeting featuring former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and others descended into turmoil as delegates from Jigawa State caused a disruption. The coalition meeting taking place at the Abuja Continental Hotel, organised by the National Political Consultative Group (North), was briefly interrupted due…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit, conducted for candidates affected by technical system failures during the initial exercise. A statement issued on Sunday by Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, also revealed disturbing trends of misconduct involving candidates, tutorial…
Two individuals have been hospitalised following the crash-landing of a training aircraft operated by the Aviation Training School at Ilorin Airport, the capital of Kwara State, on Friday evening. This information was confirmed in a statement released on Saturday by Mrs. Bimbo Oladeji, Director of Public Affairs for the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), and…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s First Lady, has reaffirmed the commitment of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to tackle food insecurity and empower the nation’s most vulnerable populations through the expansion of the Renewed Hope Initiative’s (RHI) Food Outreach Scheme. The programme, which commenced on 8 March 2024, is designed to provide vital food aid to women,…
In a distressing incident, two siblings, Master Prince Ugwuegbulem and Miss Chizitere Ugwuegbulem, were reportedly abducted by suspected herdsmen in the Umuoka area of the Amakaohia-Ubi Autonomous Community, located within the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The abduction took place on Thursday at approximately 8:30 pm, just 200 metres from their home….
