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Autonomy: Delivering local governments from governors’ stranglehold

By Kingsley Okoye, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Supreme Court’s judgment of July 2024 on local government autonomy was widely seen as a significant victory...

Politics3 months ago

Kogi Funds Scandal: EFCC receives petition as Youth Council Alleges Massive Diversion

By Abdul-Ganiyy Akanbi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has received a petition from the Igala Youth Council, IYC and coalition of Civil Society Organisations...

Politics3 months ago

SDP to IGP: Recover party’s looted funds from our former National Chairman ,Alhaji Shehu Gabam

By Our Correspondent The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun to exercise the powers within his office to...

Religion3 months ago

Save Nigerian pilgrims from missing 2026 Hajj, CSO urges Tinubu, govs By Abdul-Ganiyy Akanbi A faith-based Civil Society Organization, (CSO), in the Hajj and Umrah Industry, the Independent Hajj Reporters, IHR, has once again appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the 36 state governors to bail out Nigerian intending pilgrims from missing out on participating in the 2026 Hajj. The group, in a statement signed by its national coordinator, Ibrahim Muhammad who is currently attending the 5th Hajj and Umrah conference taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said that any amount approved as a loan will be refunded to the state governments immediately after pilgrims pay their fares. It lamented that is the first time in 20 years that the Nigerian Hajj quota is being slashed from 95,000 to 66,000, warning that further reduction is looming. “The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has given the Nigerian Hajj authorities two weeks (14 days) to make all necessary payments for its allocated slots as was done by other countries. “The Ministry threatens to further reduce the Nigerian Hajj quota from the downgraded slots of 66,000 to 50,000 if the Nigerian Hajj Mission fails to comply with the requirements,” the IHR stated. It, therefore, urged President Tinubu to help rally state governors to immediately approve a loan that will cover the allocation to their states and to also make the funds available to the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON to enable the commission to make the necessary payments within the specified period. “Failure to assist will demote Nigeria from one of the major Hajj participating countries, and the country will permanently be placed on 50,000 slots because other countries are currently applying for an increase in their quota,” the statement said. IHR recalled that the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, had set December 21, 2025, as the deadline for payment for Mashaa’ir Camp fees on Nusuk Wallet while January 4, 2026 was scheduled for all Hajj participating countries to finalise payments for camps and services, noting that the process of making payments on the Nusuk app takes time. It explained that the situation becomes critical because its finding reveals that the number of intending pilgrims that have so far registered falls below 20,000 nationwide, putting NAHCON in a difficult position. The CSO noted that the “late and sluggish pre-Hajj preparations contributed to the decline in numbers of registered pilgrims, coupled with our penchant to always wait till the tail end of the month of Ramadan before pilgrims will be rushing to make payments.”

By Abdul-Ganiyy Akanbi A faith-based Civil Society Organization, (CSO), in the Hajj and Umrah Industry, the Independent Hajj Reporters, IHR, has once again appealed to President...

Law & Crime4 months ago

DIGITALISED NDLEA AND WORRIES ABOUT DRUG ABUSES

BY: EMMANUEL NNADOZIE ONWUBIKO “Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a hundred times.” – Mark Twain with a hard truth on addiction recovery. “Addiction is...

Law & Crime4 months ago

Group demands probe of alleged missing N18.6bn NASC project funds

By George Mgbeleke A civil society organization, Development Watch Network (DWN), has urged the leadership of the National Assembly to account for the alleged missing N18.6...

Business & Economy5 months ago

Bayelsa NUJ Advocates For Endowment Funds For Entertainment Industry

By David Owei, Bayelsa The Bayelsa state Council Nigeria Union of Journalists has advocated for the endowment funds to encourage and promote the entertainment sub sector...

Politics9 months ago

Lawan debunks allegation against him on Gashua water project as baseless

Former President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan has dismissed as false his involvement in the fraud that delayed the completion of the Gashua Water...

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