October 2025 – Page 163

NAHCON, States Pilgrims Welfare Boards Discuss Key Operational Issues

16.10.2025

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has held a strategic meeting with officials of State Pilgrims Welfare Boards to harmonize the exchange rate that will be applied to all Hajj 2026 cost computations. According to a statement by Fatima Sanda Usara, Deputy Director, Information and Communication, NAHCON Chairman, Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman, in his...

PCC At 50: We Inherited Several Unresolved Complaints In Benue

16.10.2025

A Federal Commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) representing Benue State, Chief James Ogaba Oche, has revealed that the Commission inherited numerous unresolved complaints in the state over the past year. Speaking to journalists in Makurdi during the Commission’s 50th anniversary celebration, Chief Oche said that since assuming office on October 2, 2024, his team...

Okpebholo To Reintroduce Edo Languages In School Curriculum

16.10.2025

Paradigm shift in Edo State, as Governor Monday Okpebholo announced the reintroduction of Edo indigenous languages into the school curriculum across the state, a practice that has long been abandoned. Speaking in a press statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, Okpebholo reaffirmed his administration’s focus on preserving the state’s rich cultural...

FG, EU Launch €40m Education, Youth Empowerment Project In N’West

16.10.2025

The Federal Government, in partnership with the European Union (EU), has inaugurated a National Programme Steering Committee (NPSC) to oversee the €40 million Education and Youth Empowerment in Northwest Nigeria (EYEPINN) project. The initiative, which will be implemented in Jigawa, Kano, and Sokoto States, is designed to tackle the challenge of out-of-school children, enhance teacher...

Kebbi Govt Partners Chinese Firm To Strengthen Fight Against Banditry

16.10.2025

The Kebbi StateKebbi State Government has welcomed a global security consortium, G-Safety, to explore areas of collaboration aimed at strengthening security and supporting existing security agencies in tackling banditry across the state. Governor Nasiru Idris stated this while receiving a delegation of security experts from China at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi, where discussions focused...

Don’t Move 2027 Polls To 2026, Ajadi Warns Nat’l Assembly

16.10.2025

A South-West stalwart of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi, has urged the National Assembly not to move the 2027 general elections to 2026, warning that such a move would disrupt adequate preparations by political parties, candidates, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It would be recalled that the National Assembly...

Stakeholders Set To Celebrate ‘Ogun Pepe’ With Alaafin

16.10.2025

Professional stakeholders from the fields of academia, film, culture, tourism, and history have concluded plans to converge on Oyo Town in November for the commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the 1895 Ogun Pepe (Pepe War), a historic battle in which Alaafin Adeyemi Alowolodu resisted British imperial forces. The week-long event, organized in collaboration with His...

Oyebanji Urges Supporters To Embrace All APC Member

16.10.2025

Ahead of the anticipated June 20, 2026, Ekiti State governorship election, the Governor of the State, Biodun Oyebanji, has called on all his supporters to tow the path of peace and embrace members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Governor, who spoke in Ado Ekiti on Thursday, October 16, at an event attended by...

Festus Daumiebi Commends Diri For Dumping PDP

16.10.2025

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Barrister Festus Daumiebi Sunday, has commended Governor Douye Diri for his decision to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as a courageous and visionary move for the state’s political future. Speaking with journalists on Thursday in Yenagoa, Daumiebi, who was an...

Aiyedatiwa’s Aide Debunks Bond Allegations

16.10.2025

…Highlights Developmental Strides The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Ondo State on Public Enlightenment, Comrade Olufemi Lawson, has reaffirmed the transparency and accountability of the administration of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, describing recent claims by certain groups about a purported ₦240 billion bond as false, baseless, and politically motivated. Speaking at a media parley...