•Fayemi (L), Peter Obi (C) and Tinubu (R) President Bola Tinubu yesterday met with the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, and a former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, during Pope Leo XIV’s installation service at the Vatican, Rome. In a statement yesterday, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said...
•Tinubu and PFN President, Bishop Wale Oke The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to prioritise visible, tangible action over rhetoric in addressing the nation’s deepening socioeconomic and political challenges. Speaking at the close of a four-day leadership retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, PFN National...
•Rams market As this year’s Eid al-Adha approaches, livestock dealers and buyers have expressed concern that rams and other sacrificial animals may become more expensive due to rising cases of rustling in parts of the North West and a recent livestock export ban imposed by the Niger Republic. Earlier in May, the Nigerien government temporarily...
•Hajj pilgrims Lagos has commenced airlifting of its intending pilgrims for the Y2025 Holy pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 388 pilgrims on board the inaugural flight. The intending pilgrims numbering 388, comprising 167 males and 221 females, left the Pilgrims and Cargo Terminal, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on...
•Hajj pilgrims The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has airlifted over 8,819 pilgrims, representing over 19 per cent, within four days. This marks an improvement from last year’s exercise, reports The Nation. According to the commission, Air Peace has concluded the airlift of Kogi State pilgrims, transporting 559 out of the 564 sch...
•Pope Leo XIV (L) delivers the Regina Caeli prayer in The Vatican yesterday Pope Leo XIV called for an end to war in the world as he greeted crowds from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, in his second official public appearance since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church. “Dear brothers and […]
•Hajj pilgrims The federal government has booked down a total of 64,188 Nigerians for this year’s holy pilgrimage. This was disclosed by the Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday at the flag off of the inaugural airlift of pilgrims from Nigeria to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2025 Hajj, reports Channels TV. The grand […]
•Hajj pilgrims The Kebbi State Government yesterday evening flagged off the 2025 Hajj exercise with the successful airlift of the first batch of 420 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The pilgrims departed the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi, aboard a Flynas aircraft, which took off at approximately 5:50 PM Nigerian time,...
•The newly elected Pope Leo XIV World leaders welcomed the election yesterday of Robert Francis Prevost as the next leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Prevost, who took the papal name Leo XIV, is the first Pope from the United States. Here are key reactions from world leaders since the emergence: ‘A Great Honour’: […]
•Newly elected Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV gave his first address from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, shortly after being elected yesterday as the new head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Here is a translation of the speech, which was delivered in Italian with one part in Spanish. May peace be with […]
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