President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday in Abuja restated the commitment of the Federal Government to ensure the safety of Nigerian pilgrims throughout their stay in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Buhari, represented by the FCT Minister, Malam Musa Bello, gave the assurance while inaugurating first flight for the 2018 HajjContinue Reading
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says no fewer than 17,000 intending pilgrims for this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia had been registered in its biometric data capturing system as at July 19. It said in a statement by Fatima Usara, Head, Public Affairs, NAHCON, that over 5,000 visasContinue Reading
By Francis Onyeukwu Owerri, July 8, 2018 (NAN): Eleven young Catholics, among them a former member of staff of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), were on Saturday in Owerri ordained priests and deacons. The four newly ordained priests are: Rev. Fr. Kenneth Kanwa, Rev. Fr. Maximus Okorie, Rev. Fr.Continue Reading
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has admonished journalists to exhibit professionalism and patriotism in their duties to save the country from collapse and the ills of bad journalism. The Sultan made the call on Saturday in Sokoto when national officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)Continue Reading
Anglican Church lauds Buhari for granting financial autonomy to state Legislature, Judiciary By Stanley Nwanosike he Anglican Diocese of Udi in Enugu State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Financial Autonomy Bill for State Houses of Assembly and Judiciary into law. The diocese stated this in a communiquéContinue Reading
The Poples Redemption Party (PRP) Chieftain Yahaya Daudu, seeking governorship election in Niger, has urged Nigerians to live in love and peace irrespective of the country’s diverse religion, culture and ethnicity. He made the plea in a message issued on Friday in Abuja to congratulate the Muslim faithful at theContinue Reading
Messages of goodwill and felicitations have poured for Muslims who will troop out today to mark Eid-el-Fitr, the festival that marks the end of Ramadan. President Muhammadu Buhari in his message of goodwill urged Muslims to embody the virtues of Ramadan beyond the fasting season and become good ambassadors ofContinue Reading
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Wednesday approved the payment of June salary to all workers of the state. This was contained in a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba and made available to newsmen in Kano in Wednesday. The statement quoted the commissionerContinue Reading
SANTIAGO: The Vatican’s top abuse investigator arrived in Chile on Tuesday, a day after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of three bishops from the scandal-wracked Chilean Church. Maltese archbishop Charles Slicluna was accompanied by another papal envoy Jordi Bertomeu. “We have come to ask forgiveness” from the victims onContinue Reading
