A picture taken June 23, 2020 shows a few worshipers performing al-Fajr prayer at the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. – Saudi Arabia held a “very limited” hajj in 2020 and 2021, with pilgrims already in the kingdom allowed to perform the annual ritual […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed the assertion that the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the capacity to conduct its national convention on March 26, saying the party will surprise its critics. The president stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents shortly before departing the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International […]
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yesterday announced the lift of suspension of direct flights from 17 countries including Nigeria. Other affected countries are South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi, Mauritius, Zambia, Madagascar, Angola, Seychelles, United Republic of Comoros, Ethiopia and Afghanistan. Also, the Saudi Government scrapped major COVID-19 restrictions except wearing of […]
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Director-General of Debt Management Office (DMO), Patience Oniha Prevaling economic realities, especially the rising price of crude oil at the international market, and the cost of petrol subsidy, which is threatening the 36 states could worsen the financial crisis facing the states ahead of 2023 election. Already the states’ governors have expressed concerns, and are […]
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By Ayo Olukotun “Does it bother the government that when the prices of oil go up in the world market as currently, ordinary Nigerians are not excited?” – Ayo Makinde, Channels Television, Journalist, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 There are several depressing mysteries about Nigeria, not the least of them, how a relatively tiny political elite […]
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Nigerians arrive from Ukraine. Photo: Abike Dabiri-Erewa On the tenth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Saturday, Russian forces besieged the key southern port of Mariupol and sought to press deeper into the country in the face of strong Ukrainian resistance. The capital Kyiv remains under Ukrainian control as does Kharkiv in the east despite […]
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Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has argued that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the power to write the National Assembly seeking an amendment of the Electoral Act. Wike particularly alleged that the recent letter Buhari sent to the National Assembly praying the amendment of Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022 was done in bad faith. […]
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Nigerian students who escaped Russia’s ongoing military offensive in Ukraine have narrated how they were almost shot by soldiers for fighting against racism. The war, which has led to the death of hundreds of civilians and troops, leaving thousands injured and many more displaced, has seen millions of foreign nationals fleeing Ukraine for neighbouring countries. […]
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Over 122,000 Nigerians and other Africans have signed a petition on the discrimination against blacks who are attempting to exit Ukraine over the invasion of the Eastern European country by Russia. As of 6 pm on Saturday, 122,732 persons had signed an online petition by a civil society organisation, Concerned Nigerians, titled ‘Stop discriminating, provide […]
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa,(SAN), has described the new dress code for female police officers as illegal. In a statement on Saturday, the lawyer said the new dress code should be reversed. As reported on Friday, the Nigeria Police Force had approved a new dress code that allows female police officers to voluntarily […]
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