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3,000 Kaduna Pilgrims Receive 2023 Hajj Refunds

03.02.2025

The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency (KSPWA) has refunded money to more than 3,000 pilgrims who participated in the 2023 Hajj. Spokesman Yunusa Abdullahi said the refunds were received from the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). He explained that each pilgrim received N61,080, and the funds were disbursed directly into the pilgrims’ accounts. “NAHCON...

I’ll Democratise NASS Mgt Process, New Clerk Pledges

03.02.2025

The new Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Mr Kamorudeen Ogunlana, has pledged to democratise the management process of the assembly. In a statement after his assumption of office in Abuja, Ogunlana urged members of the management team to work harmoniously. He said: “I intend to democratise decisionmaking. There is no way I will sit...

Lassa Fever Cases Drop In Week 3, But Deaths Rise — NCDC

03.02.2025

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has reported a decline in confirmed Lassa fever cases for Epidemiological Week 3 of 2025. However, fatalities remain a concern, with 39 deaths recorded so far this year. The NCDC disclosed this in its latest Lassa Fever Situation Report published yesterday via its official website. According...

2027: No Credible Alternative To APC, Says Masari

03.02.2025

The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Masari, yesterday said there was no credible alternative to the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) administration in salvaging the plight of Nigerians. Masari spoke yesterday in Kafur, Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State, during the inauguration of the campaign for the state’s local government councils...

Shelling At Busy Sudanese Market ‘Fills Mortuary With Bodies’

03.02.2025

Shelling at a busy market near Sudan’s capital has filled a mortuary with bodies, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said. MSF and the Sudanese authorities said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) were responsible for Saturday’s attack in the city of Omdurman, which killed and injured more than 100 people – a claim...

Mercedes Raced By Moss, Fangio Sells For Record £42.75m

03.02.2025

A Mercedes ‘streamliner’ raced by Formula 1 legends Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio has sold for a record £42.75m (€51.155m) at auction. The silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen was driven by Argentina’s five-time F1 champion Fangio as he won the 1955 Buenos Aires Grand Prix. Britain’s Moss piloted the car at the Italian Grand Prix...

NIBSS: More Nigerians Go Cashless As PoS Terminals Rise By 127% To 5.56m

03.02.2025

Point of Sale (PoS) terminals deployed across the country by financial institutions surged by 127.07 per cent to hit a record 5.56 million as at the end of December 2024, compared with 2.45 million in the corresponding period of the previous year, latest data released by Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) shows. This implies that...

Nigerians In US Go Spiritual, Send Families To Churches, Mosques For Prayers

03.02.2025

There are indications that many Nigerians living in the United States (US) are currently facing tough times, making them to contact their relatives and family members in Nigeria to rush down to churches, mosques, shrines for spiritual help to avert being victims of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation of illegal immigrants from the US. Investigations...

Nigeria Prize For Science To Focus On AI, Digital Technologies –NLNG

03.02.2025

In a move to promote innovation and creativity, submissions for the 2025 awards for the Nigeria Prize for Science and Literature have been opened. Nigeria LNG Ltd. said this in a statement signed by its Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, yesterday. It said this year the Science Prize would be for innovations...

Nigeria Commiserates With Germany Over Ex-President Kholer’s Demise

03.02.2025

The Federal Government, yesterday, commiserated with the government and people of Germany over the passing of former President Horst Köhler. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Köhler, who passed away on February 1 at the age of 81, served as German president from 2004 to 2010. NAN also reports that the late former...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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