Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, a pilgrim from Plateau has died in Makkah. Mr Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Jos. Dauda said that the pilgrim died on Monday at the King Abdul’aziz hospital, Makkah due to complication from diabetes….
The Democratic Front (TDF) has dismissed the statement credited to the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) criticising the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu for a second term by members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Malam Danjuma Muhammad, the Chairman of TDF, in a statement on Monday, stated that CUPP was in no…
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has taken a major step to support economic development in Kogi State with the opening of a new office in Lokoja. The office’s inauguration ushers in new possibilities for local businesses, providing improved access to development finance and opportunities for sustainable growth. Gov. Ahmed Ododo, who commissioned the office on…
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North Senatorial District, has said that his public support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 is not driven by personal ambition or political sycophancy. Speaking during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Kalu addressed recent public backlash over his outfit, worn during a…
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Bashir Bayo Ojulari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, on his milestone 60th birthday on June 3. In a statement by Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga on Monday, the President joined family, friends and associates in celebrating an accomplished energy professional whose distinguished career has been defined by transformative…
The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, on Monday paid a sympathy visit to Niger over the flood that recently claimed many lives in Mokwa. A statement issued by Peter Obi Media Reports Spokesman, Ibrahim Umar, on Monday in Abuja, said that Obi was accompanied on the visit by the acting National Chairman of…
The former Governor of Anambra, and the 2023 Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has donated twenty million naira to the victims of flooding in Mokwa, Niger on Monday. Obi, who was received by the Deputy Governor of the state, Mr Yakubu Garba on behalf of governor Muhammad Bago, in Minna, expressed…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has eliminated no fewer than 20 armed terrorists and destroyed over 21 motorcycles during an air interdiction operation on May 31 in Zamfara. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, in a statement on Monday, said the operation was carried out in the general area…
The House of Representatives has asked the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to submit to the guidelines and a detailed report of the conduct of 2025 the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) to it within 24 hours. The House Committee on Basic Education Examination Bodies made the request at the investigative hearing on the immediate…
The traditional ruler of Elem Kalabari community in Degema local government area of Rivers State, Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has vowed rebuild the community, which was abandoned in 1885. Recall that the Rivers State government had on December 31, 2024, presented a staff of office to Dokubo and recognised him as the traditional ruler of…
