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Mauritius Invites Nigerians To Apply For 2024 Scholarship | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss. ...
NLC, TUC Suspends Nationwide Strike; Naira Falls Against US Dollar at ₦1,114/$ in the Parallel Market | 5 Things That Should Matter Today
Across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, these are the five top Nigerian news stories you shouldn’t miss. ...
Rumors concerning my health are now stale gist – Tinubu
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), has dismissed the much-talked-about health problem that has ...
Albert Akanbi: Time for Nigeria to end sponsorship of pilgrimages
by Albert Afeso Akanbi On July 30, vice president Yemi Osibanjo oversaw the official flag-off of the ceremony marking the ...
N136.5m spent on Hajj; 110,000 displaced in Benue | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
12.1 million – The numbers of viewers who tuned in to watch the final episode of the seventh season of ...
‘States, others spend over N136.5bn on Hajj, despite recession’
State governments and individuals spent at least N136.5bn on Hajj in 2017, despite the economic recession in the country, Punch reports. ...
4,285 megawatts; 0.5 per cent… | The 5 numbers that mattered this week
4,285 megawatts – The amount electricity companies currently generate according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). $15 million – ...
Hajj: Saudi Arabia shortens time for ‘devil stoning’ ritual
The government of Saudi Arabia has shortened the timing for the symbolic stoning ritual for this year’s lesser hajj. The ...
The YNaija Tracklist: Saudi rolls out new rules for pilgrim | Buhari will punish corrupt cabinet members | Part-time legislators aren’t effective
From the papers this morning- a Tracklist PDP denies shutting official Twitter handle – YNaija Konduga IDPs return home after ...
#30Days30Voices: Should government subsidize forex for pilgrims? (WATCH)
A few weeks ago, the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) released a new foreign exchange policy that Nigerians on social ...
According to Emefiele, this is why CBN sold forex to Hajj pilgrims at N197
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday, said that foreign exchange sold to 2016 hajj ...
Hajj controversy: 7 reasons why Nigerians got super mad
by Salau Oluwatorinmo – Over a year ago, President Muhammadu Buhari (or PMB as he is fondly called) was ushered ...
First batch of Muslim pilgrims depart for Hajj (PHOTOS)
Despite the controversies and reactions that trailed the subsidy of the 2016 Hajj, the flagging-off ceremony of the holy journey ...
Reuben Abati: Rio Olympics, change and the United states of Nigeria
by Reuben Abati “ I hear we are no longer Nigeria, but the United States of Nigeria” “You didn’t hear ...
Nigerians on Twitter react to CBN’s subsidized exchange rate for Hajj pilgrims
Following the news that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intends to give subsidy on foreign exchange to Hajj pilgrims, Nigerians ...
Kogi governor stranded at Kano airport
The Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello, was on Wednesday stranded in Kano over the expiration of his travel visa. According ...
Economic woes: Niger State stops sponsorship for pilgrims
Faced with several economic difficulties, the Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Monday announced that the state government will ...
#YNaija2015Review: 10 events that shook the world in 2015
As the sometimes turbulent, sometimes complicated year comes to an end, we reflect on significant events that have shaken the earth ...
Jega’s brother among victims of Hajj stampede
The brother of the immediate past Chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, has been confirmed as one of the dead in ...
These are some of the Nigerians killed in Hajj stampede
Not less than 717 people were killed and 863 injured at the Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. According to the Saudi ...
How 20 Nigerian pilgrims died in Mecca
The death toll of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of this year’s Hajj has risen to 20. ...
3 Nigerians injured in Saudi Arabia crane accident
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has confirmed that three Nigerian pilgrims sustained minor injuries in the crane crash at ...
THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Obasanjo retires, Zahra Buhari is an ambassador, Boko Haram in Lagos, More stories
Obasanjo says he belongs to no party. YNaija Wike, APC trade words over breakdown of law and order in Rivers. ...
Abimbola Adelakun: Time to scrap state-sponsored pilgrimages
by Abimbola Adelakun There is no logic to government sponsoring people on something as personal as pilgrimages. I consider ...
#Ebola: Saudi Arabia bars Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, but allows Nigeria to come for hajj
by Azubuike Azikiwe Saudi Arabia says it has no plans to ban Nigerian pilgrims from attending the annual hajj, despite ...
Boko Haram: “Take me to court” || Australian negotiator, Stephen Davis dares Modu Sheriff
by Kolapo Olapoju Dr Stephen Davis, the Australian negotiator who recently named Modu Sheriff and Lt. Gen Azubuike Ihejirika as sponsors of ...
Why I converted to Islam – Nollywood actress, Elizabeth Anjorin
by Chi Ibe Fans of Yoruba movies would know Lizzy Anjorin of course. Recently she has been in the news ...
SCAM: Muslim pilgrims duped of N142.5 million by travel agent, stranded in Lagos
by Adeola Balogun The desire of some Muslim faithful to embark on the yearly hajj pilgrimage has been frustrated after ...
Terrible: Nigerian woman dies on Saudi Arabia pilgrimage after falling from 11th floor of building
A female pilgrim from Bauchi State has fallen from the 11th floor of a building and died in Medina, Saudi ...
SCAM: 18-year-old student dupes man in Katsina over Hajj seats
by Oge Okonkwo An 18-year-old student is currently in police custody at the Criminal Investigation Department of Katsina State, for allegedly ...
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