Elerin: Oluawo morns, promises transparency in selection of new Monarch
The Oluawo of Erin-Ile, Chief Awoyemi Abimbola has said the oracle would be allowed to select the right person that would succeed the late Elerin of Erin-Ile, Late Oba AbdulGaniyu Ajibola Olusookun. He also promised that whosoever is selected by the Oracle would be announced by the king makers in the process. Chief Awoyemi Abimbola stated this while addressing media...
NAHCON makes clarifications about $100 additional fare
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has clarified trending news on $100 additional fare, saying that "what is playing out from the trending "new" is but a misrepresentation of fact". This was contained in a statement signed by the NAHCON Deputy Director, Information and Publications, Alhaji Mousa Ubandawaki, and made available to the pressmen in Abuja. The statement said in...
RCA Convention: Pastor Payimo harps on importance of Calvary
The Presiding Pastor, Royal Convenant Assembly, Rehoboth Christian Ministry International, Pastor (Dr) Bola Payimo has charged the churches to always emphasize the importance of Calvary in their preaches. Pastor Payimo gave the charge at the end of the 2023 Annual Convention of the Church held in Ilorin the Capital of Kwara State. The Cleric who expressed disatisfaction over the increasing rate...
Dangote Oil Refinery rekindles hope for industrialization, mass Decent Work -MINILS DG
The inauguration of the 650,000 barrels per day (BPD) Dangote Oil Refinery by President Muhammadu Buhari expected to meet 100 per cent of Nigeria’s demand for all refined products has been described as “the most singular positive development narrative changer” for Nigeria and Africa since independence and end of colonialism. The Director General Micheal Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies...
2023 Hajj: Kwara to airlift 1st batch of pilgrims May 26
The Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says the first batch of intending pilgrims from the state will be airlifted to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on May 26. The Executive Secretary of the board, Alhaji Abdulsalam Abdukadri Sambaki, announced this while speaking during the enlightenment programme for intending pilgrims held at the board premises, Islamic Village, Adewole area, Ilorin. He disclosed...
NAHCON advance team departs for Saudi Arabia
As part of preparations for the successful take-off, and smooth running of the 2023 Hajj operations, the Advance Team of 31 NAHCON officials today Thursday (May 21, 2023) departed for Saudi Arabia from the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. The team, which made up of 21 NAHCON Officials and 10 Medical Personnel, will be in Saudi Arabia for the final...
2023 Hajj: Intending pilgrim dies six days to her departure from Nigeria
Barely six days to depart Nigeria for the 2023 Hajj exercise, an intending pilgrim from Nasarawa state, Aisha Yahaya Sule, had an accident and died The late Aisha Sule was hit down by vehicle on Friday (May 19, 2023) while trying to cross the express road after completing her medical screening and vaccination ahead of the airlift of the 2023...
Presidential Inauguration: Give peace a chance, Hijrah Organization urges aggrieved Nigerians
The Hijrah Organization of Nigeria, National Headquarters, Ilorin, Kwara state, has called on Nigerians who are insisting to embark on sedition over the planned transition of the new government of the President-Elect, Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice President-Elect, Senator Kassim Shetima, to allow peace to reign by taking all grievances through legal means under the constitution...
Oba Akanbi Wahab: Painful exit of a financial expert
By Is'haq Babatunde To say that the news of the demise of the late Director of Audit, Kwara State University, Alhaji Oba Akanbi Wahab came to me as a rude shock is to say the obvious. I was far away in Abuja when a colleague of mine dropped an unsolicited message of his demise to me at 7:07 pm on...
Akire of Ikire-Ile charges FCE, Iwo students on diligence
A prominent traditional ruler in Osun State, the Akire of Ikire-Ile, Oba Abdulazeez Olatunbosun Adebamiji has charged the newly admitted students of the Federal College of Education, Iwo to be diligent and focus on their studies. In his remarks at the maiden convocation of the institution, the monarch lauded the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Olawale Akanbi for his meritorious...
