By Salisu Sani-Idris The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), on Monday in Abuja inaugurated a committee to screen and verify accommodation and service providers for the 2025 Hajj. Its Chairman of NAHCON, Prof. Abdullahi Usman, while inaugurating the committee, said it would play a critical role in ensuring theContinue Reading
By Ibrahim Muhammed National Coordinator Independent Hajj Reporters Last Thursday, I attended the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the amendment of the NAHCON Establishment Act 2006. The States Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards Executive Secretaries under the umbrella of Forum of States Executives sought the amendment of section 4Continue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Public Relations Officer (PRO) and Nigerian Tribune Tourism Editor, Mr Wale Olapade, a multiple award winner, has been specially honoured by the National Tourism Transport Summit with the Outstanding Tourism Advocate Award. The award ceremony is billed to hold in Abuja on December 4, 2024. ThisContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The Federal University Gusau in Zamfara has denied awarding Professorship to the sacked Vice-Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Akwa, Dr Bernard Odoh, insisting that he has never worked in the institution. The vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Muazu Abubakar, stated this at a press briefing inContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says Nigerians will have to pay for the new multipurpose national Identity card due to limited government revenue. The Head of Card Management Services at NIMC, Dr Peter Iwegbu, said this at a two-day roundtable organised for journalists in Lagos. He saidContinue Reading
Flowerbud News Gov. Muhammed Bago of Niger says the five billion dollars Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Niger Foods and Uttam Sucrotech International Ltd. will transform the economy of the state. Bago said this during the signing of the MoU by the Niger Foods and Uttam Sucrotech InternationalContinue Reading
Flowerbud News Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf of Kano State has handed over 76 minors discharged and acquitted by a Federal High Court in Abuja to their parents in Kano. The teenagers had been detained in connection with the EndBadGovernance protests in August 2024. Handing over the minors on Thursday at MuhammadContinue Reading
Flowerbud News The National Economic Council (NEC), on Thursday ratified the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Sovereign Wealth Investment Authority (NSIA). The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Bagudu, made this known while briefing newsmen at the end of NEC chaired by the Vice-President Kashim Shettima, atContinue Reading
The General Manager of the Lagos State Electricity Board, Mr Kamaldeen Balogun, an engineer, has disclosed that the State government would require an investment of between $14 billion and $33 billion to meet its energy generation needs by 2030.Continue Reading
