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The death of another pilgrim from Kebbi state in Makkah, Saudi Arabia has been announced by the State’s Pilgrims Welfare Board. It was made known in a statement released by the Kebbi Hajj 2024 Media Team on Sunday. The Executive Chairman of the board, Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo, identified the deceased as Abubakar Abdullahi from Gulma in Argungu Local Government Area. He reportedly died after a brief illness. “The governor also urged the immediate family of the deceased, friends and Kebbi pilgrims to take heart and accept the will of God Almighty in good faith,” stated Aliyu-Enabo. This incident follows the…

Francis Inegbeniki, Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has denounced his membership of the party. In his resignation letter dated June 8, 2024, and addressed to the chairman of Ward 9, Opoji in Esan Central Local Government, the former state chairman of the party stated that he made this decision due to recent developments in the party in his local government area and state. He explained that these developments conflict with his core principles and values. “There comes a time in the life of every man when some hard decisions must be taken not only…

Crude oil exports made up 80.80 percent of Nigeria’s export figure in the first quarter of 2024. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) latest foreign goods trade data. The report noted that crude oil exports stood at ₦15,486.63 billion in Q1 2024. Non-crude oil exports was ₦3,680.73 billion, accounting for 19.20 percent of total exports. Accordingly, this sums up the country’s total exports in the quarter under review to ₦19,167.36 billion. “Exports trade in the first quarter of 2024 was dominated by crude oil exports valued at ₦15,486.63 billion, representing 80.80% of total exports, while the…

Two pilgrims from Kwara State on this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia have been pronounced dead. It was announced in a statement by the Executive Secretary of the Kwara State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Abdulsalam Abdulkadir. “Saliu Mohammed, who arrived with Batch 3 of the state contingent, died in an intensive care unit of a public hospital in Madina after a brief illness, while Hajia Hawawu Mohammed (Batch 9) also died following what Saudi authorities have investigated and found to be an unfortunate suicidal episode from the rooftop of her apartment in Madina.” The pilgrims’ board said it “deeply regrets the…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged victorious in all 17 local government chairmanship seats in the just concluded local government council election in Yobe state. The party also won all the 178 councillorship seats in the state. The results were announced by the Chairman, Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission, (YOSIEC), Dr Mamman Muhammad in Damaturu, the state capital on Sunday. “APC has won all the 17 chairmanships and 178 councillorships in the local government elections”, he declared. Get instant and latest news updates via Our WhatsApp Community or Google News online channel.

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has accused the administration of his predecessor, Abdullahi Ganduje of leaving the education sector to rot. The Kano Supremo, who declared a state of emergency on education in Kano on Saturday, further accused the Ganduje’s administration of selling some public schools and converting others to private shops. “Rather than building more classrooms and providing basic furniture in the schools, as well as hiring more teachers, the administration we took over from chose to butcher the land belonging to those schools, in some places demolishing classrooms to create space for shops,” he said. “Those…

Nigeria’s foreign reserve currently stands at $32.80bn. This is according to a data on the website of Nigeria’s apex bank. The new figure highlighted an increase of $110m from $32.69bn on May 31. According to the data, the upward movement has been consistent over the past one week, with the reserve experiencing an increase from $32.74bn on June 3 to $32.77bn on June 4 then $32.79bn on June 5 before the current value. The reserve earlier witnessed a 10-week dip of $1.8bn between March 18 and May 29, 2024. Get instant and latest news updates via Our WhatsApp Community or Google News online channel.

The Northern Awareness Network has slammed the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, over his comments on South African elections. In a post via his X handle on Saturday, the former Anambra State governor said the disparities in the electoral procedures of both nations are regrettable and a reflection of Nigeria’s ongoing struggles with democratic governance. The northern group, in a statement by its chairman, Salihu Suleiman, said the two African countries have a different political histories and contexts, making Obi’s comparison fallacious. “South Africa has a long history of democracy, having gone through significant political reform…

The NPFL match day 35 game between Enugu Rangers and Enyimba International of Aba has been abandoned after a late penalty call in favour of the home team, Enugu Rangers. Rangers headed into the match tagged ‘Oriental Derby’ topping the league standings (60 points) and Enyimba trailing them by two points. The match which attracted supporters in their thousands was going well till the referee pointed to the spot late in the game, awarding Rangers a penalty. The match was tied 0-0 at the moment. The League committee also confirmed the abandonment on there X handle. “Rangers 0-0 Enyimba #RANENY…

Doyin Okupe, a former aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan has berated the national minimum wage Act which makes it compulsory for governors of all the Nigerian 36 states to pay a uniform minimum wage. Okupe, a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, opined that all governors should be allowed to make decisions on amount that is payable by their states. “We should not make laws that is un-encompassing that makes it compulsory for all governors in the federation to obey them. They are sub nationalities on the own. “I mean for instance, if you pay a minimum…