The National Hajj Commission has extended the deadline for payment of 2024 hajj. In a statement today, its Assistant Director on Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara said the new deadline is now January 31, 2024 as against December 31, 2023. “The extension was in response to the heartfelt concerns raised by religious clerics, State Pilgrims’ [&h...
•Sanwo-Olu Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ordered the arrest of a lance corporal of the Nigerian Army, for allegedly driving against traffic along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway today. The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Wale Ajetunmobi, revealed this in videos shared on his Twitter handle today. His caption reads, ...
•Scene of the accident An Okada rider and his two passengers narrowly escaped death today in the Iyana-Mortuary area of Abeokuta as they were crushed by a Highlander jeep. Eyewitness accounts said the Okara rider who was on a high speed from the NNPC end of the busy road defied the traffic light as the […]
•Fubara and Ehie Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has broken his silence over the resignation of Edison Ehie as both the factional speaker and member of the state House of Assembly. Ehie, who loyally identified with Fubara during the crisis, decided to quit his position as a member representing Ahoada-East Constituency II in a letter ...
•Late Benjamin Kiplagat Two suspects appeared in a Kenyan court on Tuesday over the murder of Ugandan Olympic athlete Benjamin Kiplagat who was found dead at the weekend with a stab wound to his neck. The two men were ordered detained for 21 days by a magistrate’s court in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret […]
•Pastor Sam Adeyemi Pastor Sam Adeyemi has called on the older generation to work for the betterment of the country, saying the youths will demand accountability from them. The cleric and Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre (DCC) spoke today, attributing it to youths’ access to information. He said leaders from all sectors must therefore...
Spanish World Cup-winning star Jenni Hermoso told a judge today that the kiss forced on her by disgraced former Spanish football chief Luis Rubiales was “at no point consensual” and that she had come under pressure to defend his actions. After arriving at the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid just before 10:00 am (0900 GMT), the […]
•The burning passenger plane A Japan Airlines plane was in flames as it landed on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport yesterday evening. It had collided with a coast guard aircraft, reports AFP. Meanwhile, according to BBC, footage on broadcaster NHK showed flames coming out of the windows of the aircraft. Also, beneath the Japan […]
•Scene of the accident Six persons have died while 11 sustained injuries in a multiple road crash on the Kaduna-Zaria expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps, Kaduna Sector Commander, Kabir Nadabo, said the accident occurred at Aliko filling station on the Kaduna-Zaria expressway today at about 06:25hrs, reports NAN. Nadabo attributed the mu...
•Barau Jibrin The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau has distributed 60 Sharon cars to some residents of Kano State. The distribution ceremony was witnessed by members of his senatorial districts, supporters and well-wishers on Sunday, reports Daily Trust. According to Barau’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Ismail ...
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