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Pilgrims from Lagos and Rivers states presently observing the 2024 hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have been offered special welfare intervention to ease their spiritual routine in the holy land. Essentially, Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu has approved payments for sacrificial rams, monetisation of Ihram clothes as well as ziyyarah (visitation) to historical sites…
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Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, slammed the administration of President Bola Tinubu over allegations the Federal Government secretly maintained the fuel subsidy it had publicly abolished. Tinubu, during his inauguration on May 29, 2023, announced the end of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also…
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In a bid to improve small-scale trading, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State on Wednesday empowered street hawkers, totaling 465, with a capital of N50,000 each drawn from nine clusters within Kano metropolis. This was made known in a statement made available to newsmen by the governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, at an…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised state Governors to focus more on food security while calling on them to prioritise policies that enhance people’s well-being.
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Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed the report of the committee set up by the state’s House of Assembly to investigate his administration. El-Rufai’s spokesman, Muyiwa Adekeye, in a statement on Wednesday, said the former governor led a government of integrity and competent governance. “We are aware of news that the Kaduna…