A reliable source from the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has confirmed to the BBC that the agency is still detaining the Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, (NAHCON) Jalal Arabi, alongside the secretary of the commission, Abdullahi Kontagora. The EFCC is probing how NAHCON sp...
•Pastor Enoch Adeboye The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has criticised certain fashion trends among church members, specifically addressing men with braided hair and women wearing false eyelashes and heavy makeup. Speaking during the church’s 72nd annual convention, Adeboye expressed his...
Some top officials of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria have been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission over alleged mismanagement or diversion of the N90 billion released by the federal government to subsidise the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. The officials were arrested in their off...
•Pastor Jerry Eze The founder of Streams of Joy International and convener of the popular New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations (NSPPD) online prayer platform, Pastor Jerry Eze, has been recognised as Nigeria’s highest YouTube earner, according to a report by Playboard, a data curation platform that ranks YouTube channels globally. Wit...
•Tinubu The Catholic Bishops of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, weekend, expressed concern that the Tinubu-led federal government’s reforms have not brought the renewed hope promised, while inflation, hunger and anger keep growing. This was part of the communiqué they issued weekend, at the end of their two-day meeting, held at Sacred Heart Pa...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Malam Jalal Arabi, to its headquarters located in Jabi area of Abuja. Arabi, who expected to be at the office of the anti-graft agency by 10:00am today (Tuesday), will explain to the crack detectives of the [&hellip...
•Tinubu Bishops of the Methodist Church in Nigeria have charged the federal government to implement policies that will tame inflation in the country warning that if the economic challenges facing Nigerians are not tackled, it may lead to chaos and anarchy. This came on a day when a popular Islamic cleric, Imam Muideen Salman, urged […]...
•Governor Ahmed Aliyu Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has given assent to the Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law, which stripped Alhaji Sa`ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, of the power to appoint district and village heads in the state. The law had generated controversy across the country as many were opposed to it, […]...
•Sultan of Sokoto The Governor Ahmed Aliyu administration in Sokoto State says the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has no constitutional power to appoint district and village heads in the North-West state. The Sokoto State Attorney General, Muhammad Nasiru Binji, stated this at a public hearing at the State House of Assembly yest...
•Nigerian pilgrims To ease financial pressure on pilgrims, who took part in the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, the federal government and no fewer than eight states spent N100.642 billion on the pilgrims as subsidies and allowances. The 2024 Hajj lasted from June 14 to June 19, reports Vanguard. Coming at a time when no […]

