Pilgrims performing Hajj without permit liable to 100,000 riyals fine, 10-year ban – Envoy
June 3, 2025 Dr. Modibbo Umar, Charge De Affaires, Nigerian Embassy, Riyad, says pilgrims performing the 2025 Hajj without permit are liable to 100,000 riyals fine, 10 years ban and…
PDP is dead, no longer a formidable opposition – Orji Kalu
Senator Orji Kalu, representing Abia North, has described his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as dead, saying it is no longer counted as a formidable opposition. He said…
Nigeria seeks $25bn gas pipeline investment, meets Vitol Group
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria is pursuing a $25 billion undersea gas pipeline project aimed at supplying natural gas to Europe through the West African coastline. Shettima disclosed this on…
Konga launches 3rd edition of Mid-Year Shopping Festival with massive discounts
Konga, Nigeria’s largest indigenous e-commerce giant, has announced the third edition of its Mid-Year Shopping Festival with discounts up to 50%. The campaign, which began on Sunday, June 1st and…
Interrogating two years of Nigeria’s foreign policy under President Tinubu
Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye writes that foreign policy under President Bola Tinubu has been robustly anchored on strong economic reforms at home with attendant elite consensus on the drivers of development. …
CNG is thriving, investments are expanding, over 50,000 vehicles recorded, says PCNGI
The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) has noted the latest alarmist headline on the fate of the thriving CNG sector by the skeptic section of the media,…
Musk’s Neuralink raises $650 million in latest funding as clinical trials begin
June 3, 2025 Elon Musk’s Neuralink said on Monday that it had raised $650 million in its latest funding round as its brain implant device enters clinical trials. “This funding…
Plateau pilgrim dies in Makkah
June 3, 2025 Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, a pilgrim from Plateau has died in Makkah. Mr. Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this in…
Suspected Employment Fraudster Hands Over Self to EFCC
June 3, 2025 A middle aged man has handed himself over to the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, reporting himself for the offence of…
Niger Flood: Obi visits scene, condoles victims.
The 2023 Labour Party Presidential flagbearer Peter Obi on Monday paid a sympathy visit to Niger state over the tragic flood that claimed hundreds of lives. Obi who was accompanied…