KATSINA REFUNDS INTENDING PILGRIMS DEPOSITS

The Katsina State Pilgrims’ Welfare Board has commenced the refund of the 2020 Hajj deposits to intending pilgrims, who have applied for refund, according to a statement by the board’s…

SULTAN DECLARES FRIDAY ISLAMIC NEW YEAR

Failure to sight the new moon of Muharram 1442 AH as envisaged on Wednesday, has now made Thursday, August 20, 2020, the 30th Zulhijia 1441 AH. Consequently, the Sultan of…

NGF 32 STATES NOW HAVE MOLECULAR LABS

The Nigeria Governors Forum has said 32 out of Nigeria’s 36 states now have molecular laboratories dedicated to testing for COVID-19. The forum also said 29 states had received funding…

DELTA ORDERS POLITICAL APPOINTEES , PS TO DECLARE ASSETS

THE Delta State Government has ordered all political appointees to declare their assets on or before August 28, 2020. A statement titled, ‘Declaration of Assets by Public Office Holders,’ issued…

PRESIDENT BUHARI DEMANDS UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF OUSTED MALIAN LEADER, OTHERS

THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday faulted the development in Mali which led to the military toppling the government of President Ibrahim Keita. Describing the development as…

AROTILE: TWO SUSPECTS FREED, DRIVER TO ESCAPE DEATH

A Kaduna State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kaduna, on Thursday, set free two of the three suspects arrested for causing the death of Nigeria’s first female fighter helicopter pilot,…

BREAKING : FG APPROVES N13BN FOR TAKE OFF OF COMMUNITY POLICING

The Federal Government has approved the sum of N13.3bn for the take-off of community policing initiative across the country. The approval is part of the measures aimed at containing the…

SALAMI: I DON’T KNOW WHEN MAGU PROBE’LL END

Justice Ayo Salami, the Chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to probe the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has…

DEJI OF AKURE ORDERS CLOSURE OF MARKETS, SHOPS

The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladelusi Ogunade, has ordered the closure of markets and shops in the Ondo State capital over the celebration of 2020 Aheregbe and Amole festivals. The…

NBA ELECTION IMPERFECT, BUT WE CAN’T CANCEL IT, BOT REPLIES ADESINA

…Urges Akpata to reform NBA’s electoral process Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Board of Trustees of the Nigerian Bar Association that was petitioned by a presidential candidate in the association’s July…