The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and the Indonesian Hajj Mission on Wednesday agreed to exchange ideas to strengthen the Information Technology and financing for service delivery during this year’s Hajj. Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NAHCON, Alhaji Zikrullah Kunle Hassan, who led the delegation to the meeting, said that ICT and Hajj funding are crucial to the success of …

Lagos State Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs has empowered fruit and vegetable vendors in Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to cut down on post-harvest loss. The Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Kikelomo Bolarinwa said that sellers were provided with generating sets, fruit blenders, and refrigerators. Bolarinwa said the event was organized in collaboration with the LCDA following the training on …

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has ordered the closure of the Second Niger Bridge and sections of other major roads earlier opened to ease traffic for the 2022 Christmas celebrations. Giving the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, Fashola said that this is to enable contractors to return to the site to complete work on the various …

The Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service, Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria when he paid an official visit to the Alausa Passport office, Ikeja, Lagos state. Akuneme also said about 40,000 of the …

The Lagos State Government has advised students in schools across the state to shun bad gangs and cultism and exhibit diligence in their academics. The guidance was given, according to a statement on Tuesday, during the monitoring and compliance exercise on school resumption for the second term across the state by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo. Adefisayo, who …

The Rivers State government has filed a fresh criminal charge against a former governor of the state, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi, who was also Minister of Transportation, was sued alongside governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Tonye Cole for allegedly selling off state assets. The state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Zacchaeus Adangor, confirmed …

Ondo State Government has commended teachers in public primary schools for being punctual at their duty posts and living up to expectations as pupils resumed on Monday for the second term of 2022/2023 academic session across the state. After completing on-the-spot assessment of resumption activities in selected schools across the state, the Chairman of the state Universal Basic Education Commission …

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku has assured that the people of the region would experience something new and different in the coming weeks and months. In a live interview on Arise News television News Night programme on Monday, Ogbuku said that the new leadership of the NDDC was going to make a …

Instagram users are reacting to the video of a UK-based Nigerian lady who went to buy pepper. In the video posted on Instagram on 9th January by @instablog9ja, the lady, who is believed to be a new immigrant in the United Kingdom shared her shopping experience wondering how she spent N3,000 to buy pepper in the UK when she could …

Former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan; former Tanzanian President, late John Magufuli; and Rwandan President, Paul Kagame and a host of other leaders will be honored at the maiden edition of the African Heritage Concert and Awards, slated for Saturday, 1st April in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The event is organised by Heritage Times, a communications outfit positioned to be …