By Waziri Isa Adam The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria NAHCON, has pegged the Hajj fare for 2024 within the range of N4.5m and N4.9m depending on the centre of take-off. A statement emanating from the Hajj commission said the Chairman of the commission Malam Jalal Ahmad Arabi had initiallyContinue Reading
By Mahdi Waziri Isa One time Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, branch, Professor Muhammad Kabir Aliyu mni, has been elected as the chairman of Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI), Kaduna branch, of National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPS), KuruContinue Reading
By Samson Yaki The federal government has approved the appointment of Dr. Obarakpo Samuel James as the Acting Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa in Nasarawa State, following the expiration of the tenure of Dr. Abdullahi A. Ahmad who served between January 2018 and December, 2023. The appointment, which wasContinue Reading
By Samson Yaki The ongoing demolitions by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a bit to restore the Master Plan of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been described as welcomed development as it is geared towards restoring the glory of the nation’s capital city. A world classContinue Reading
The Medical Director, MD Federal Medical Centre, FMC Azare, Dr Dauda Abubakar Katagum has expressed readiness for the upgrade of the health facility to a Teaching Hospital. Katakum revealed this to newsmen while recounting his achievements within one-year of his stewardship as Medical Director of the premier tertiary health institutionContinue Reading
Following the theme that led the BRICS alliance throughout last year, Russia has said that ditching the US Dollar is 2024’s top priority. Indeed, the country is set to embrace the chairmanship of the group this year. Subsequently, it discussed the current financial reality of the global economic order asContinue Reading
HRH, Alhaji Isiaq Ajibola (Akogun of Ife-Olukotun), former Managing Director of Daily Trust Newspaper, has lost his mother. Aged 110 years, she died in her home town, Ife Olukotun, Yagba East LGA, of Kogi State, after a brief illness. The centenarian was a devoted Muslim who left behind many children,Continue Reading