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The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON), Zikrullah Hassan, has said the four local airlines to airlift Nigerian pilgrims for the 2023 Hajj exercise have requested that the hajj fare be increased by $250. According to him, the airlines – Air Peace, Azman, Max Air and Aero Contractors – based the request on the […]
Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, Isah Idris Jere has counselled the United Kingdom to review its strict visa regime, saying such development is part of what fuels irregular migration. The CGI gave the charge on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening session of the 2023 Nigeria-United Kingdom Migration, Justice and Home Affairs […]
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has embarked on registering all unemployed people in Nigeria to engage them in productive ventures. The Enugu coordinator of the agency, Ifeoma Ezekwe, disclosed this in an interview on Friday in Enugu. Ms Ezekwe said the exercise was being held across the 36 states, including the FCT, Abuja. She […]
Chris The former Deputy Senate President of the 8th Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, on Friday, 12th of May, 2023 marked his 61st birthday in a United Kingdom (UK) prison. It was gathered that Ekweremadu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was born on the 12th of May, 1962. Ekweremadu was born at Amachara Mpu […]
The sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi, Yusuf Abdullahi, has called for applying Sharia law to prosecute traffic offenders to stem road crashes in the country. He made the call in an interview on Thursday in Bauchi. According to him, the extant laws guiding road crashes are not stiff enough, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, state governors, and their deputies may have enjoyed about N651.2m hardship allowance in the last eight years despite the high cost of living being faced by Nigerians occasioned by rising inflation. The type of allowance, which is 50 per cent of the annual basic salary, is also enjoyed […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has moved out of his official residence at the Presidential Villa and relocated to the Glass House. Akelicious reports that this was done ahead of the inauguration of the President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The Glass House has served as a transitional abode for the outgoing president and their spouse during the handover […]
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has reportedly been granted study leave by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Sahara Reporters, this will give opportunity for Emefiele to flee the country before Buhari leaves office on May 29, 2023, comes amid corruption and terrorism-financing allegations against him. Recall that the Department […]
With barely 17 days to the swearing in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, five residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, have approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for an order to halt the ceremony. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023, applied for an order, restraining the Chief Justice […]
With barely 17 days to the swearing in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, five residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, have approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court for an order to halt the ceremony. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/578/2023, applied for an order, restraining the Chief Justice […]
