The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has appealed to all stakeholders to prioritise collaboration towards delivering a successful 2025 Hajj exercise. Chairman of NAHCON, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh, made the appeal in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the commission’s Assistant Director, Information and Publication, Hajia Fatima Usara. According to Saleh, recently, NAHCON…
In a groundbreaking development, a woman in Britain has given birth following a womb transplant, marking a significant milestone in reproductive medicine. Grace Davidson, 36, from southern England, who was born without a functioning womb, became the first woman in the UK to receive a womb transplant in early 2023. Her sister, Amy, donated her…
Sen Sunday Karimi, Chairman, Senate Services Committee, has urged his counterpart from Borno South, Senator Ali Ndume to focus more on pressing issues such as insecurity rather than “play to the gallery”. Nudeme had accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of making lopsided political appointments favouring his Yoruba ethnic group, when he appeared as a guest…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has raised alarm over the escalating migration of healthcare professionals from Africa. Speaking at the 7th Annual Capacity Building Workshop of the Association of Medical Councils of Africa (AMCOA) on Monday in Abuja, Pate described the mass migration of healthcare workforce from the…
Award-winning Nigerian street artist and CEO of Jaytech Group, Amb. Christopher Ogar Ogar (known as Jaymoni), has sanctioned the installation of a solar-powered borehole for the Ochochi community in Okpoma, Yala Local Government Area, Cross River State. Jaymoni, co-owner of the Wayward brand, made this decision after hearing about the local residents’ struggles from Amb…
Croatian economic analyst Petar Vuskovic said if inflation is the fuel for recession, the tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump are the matches that will ignite it. Vuskovic said in an interview with the local N1 Television on Tuesday. “It is not a question of whether the economic armageddon will hit us because it…
The Association of Corporate Affairs Managers of Banks (ACAMB) has described the death of founder of defunct Diamond Bank, Pascal Dozie, as a loss to the banking and financial services sector The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dozie passed away on Tuesday at the age of 85. ACAMB President, Mr Rasheed Bolarinwa, told…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed regret over the death of renowned business mogul, Chief Pascal Dozie, describing him as one of the country’s most undaunted entrepreneurs. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday, Obasanjo said he was saddened by the development. According to him, the…
The Nigeria Country Director, World Bank Group, Dr Ndiame Diop, has called on the Federal Government to infuse structural and economic reforms to transform Nigeria. Diop stated this in Ibadan on Tuesday at the Distinguished Personality Lecture Series of the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan (UI). He said that economic transformation to create…
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ‘s witness told an Abuja high Court how contract for the construction of the terminal building at Katsina Airport was inflated from N800 million to N2.7 billion. The witness, Isaiah Yesufu, a Director of Certification, Compliance and Monitoring at the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), made this known while…
