The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam, on Thursday met with Pilgrimage Tour Operators across the country. The meeting which held in Lagos discussed and trashed out the issue of unauthorised private tour operators ahead of the 2022 pilgrimage. The NCPC boss who disclosed this on his twitter handle,…
The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday, March 10, 2023, paid a visit to the former President of CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, in his office in Warri, Delta state. Pam was accompanied by Elder Sunday Oibe, Secretary General of Northern…
Former sports minister, Solomon Dalung, has dismissed reports associating him with the interim leadership of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), describing the reports as “fake news”. Dalung also denied his membership of the third force, a political movement led by former Kano state governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso which recently moved to the NNPP. Dalung, Senator…
Two suspects attempting to traffick 16 children have been arrested by the Taraba state command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Adamu Salihu, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Saturday in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. Salihu said the suspects were arrested…
Tukur Mamu, media consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a Kaduna based Islamic cleric and negotiator for the released of the abducted Abuja- Kaduna train passengers has been arrested by security operatives in Cairo, Egypt. It was learnt that Mamu and his family were on their way to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj when he was…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed commercial banks to pay the redesigned naira notes to customers over the counter. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, who gave the directives in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, lamented the difficulties Nigerians were going through to access the new notes. According to the statement, the directives…
