Hajj 2023: Why there is differential Hajj fares for states
Since the announcement of the final hajj fare for Nigerian pilgrims was made by the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alh. Zikrullah Kunle Hassan, on Friday, a varied limited number of people have been asking some questions about why the pilgrims from the state of the federation would have to pay different fares from the...
Easter: Eburu felicitates with christians
...calls for active participation in census A renowned traditional ruler in Osun State, the Eburu of Iba, Oba (Prof) Adekunle Adeogun Okunoye Oyedeji 11 has felicitated with christians on the occasion of this year's Easter celebration. The monarch also urged Nigerians especially christians to use the occasion to pray for unity, progress and development of the country. Specifically, he urged the people...
BEF pays indigent pupils’ school fees in kwara
It was a moment of joy and happiness for beneficiaries of Bazarab Educational Foundation's termly payment of School fees. It is an initiative that was designed by the foundation to cater for the indigent primary school pupils in kwara state. Presenting the cash to the selected pupils in their respective schools for onward payment to the school management, the founder...
BREAKING: NAHCON announces 2023 Hajj fare
...releases names of six Airlines to convey pilgrims The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has announced the fare for the 2023 Hajj exercise from Nigeria to the Saudi Arabia. Announcing the fare today Friday (April 7, 2023) at the commission’s Hajj House, Head office in Abuja, the NAHCON Chairman, Alhaji Zikirullah Kunle Hassan, explained that pilgrims across the 36 states are...
UNILORIN promotes 40 staff to DR, DD
...As Unilorin fm GM, Idris Alooma, makes list of DD Authority of the University of Ilorin has graciously approved the promotion of 40 of its staff to the positions of Deputy Registrars and Deputy Directors with a call to the newly elevated staff to justify their new positions through commitment, hardworking and diligent services towards the progress and development of...
Tinubu Government, time for new era
By Ajide Praise Akingbade To many Nigerians, the name Nigeria is no longer a title contender but just a figurehead in the African community. The country battles a severe cash crunch, severe poverty, lack of jobs, poor governance, etc. According to the Nigeria bureau of statistics (NBS), 2022, 50 million of Nigerians live below poverty level from an initial 15 million, implying...
Counseling expert calls for enactment of law on illicit drugs
A Professor of Educational Guidance and Counseling at the University of Kigali, Rwanda, AbdulRasaq Olayinka Oniye has called on the Kwara State Government to enact stringent policy to curtail use of illicit drugs amongst the youths in the state. Reacting to last weekend intra-group clashes and public disturbance amongst Abemi-Itamerin -Popo Giwa youth groups fighting over a JSS 2 female...
Explosion: Danger looms at Tanke, Ilorin
Residents of MM Yoghrt Street and its environs at Tanke, Ilorin, kwara state, are currently in grave danger as a truck belonging to Dola Bimbola petroleum has partly fallen into a drainage as it tried to manoevre its way to join the next street from Mark Junction Residents are apprehensive at the moment gathering and whispering about...
Ramadan: ‘Sisters of Jannah’ visits juvenile prison in Kwara
...donates food items An Islamic Non-Governmental Organisation, Sisters of Jannah (SOJ), Ilorin zone, has donated food items and other valuables to students of Borstal Training Institution, Ganmo, in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara state. Borstal Training Institution is a place where juvenile offenders are remanded and given both educational and vocational training to rehabilitate and reform them before reintegration into...
IEDPU Chief Scribe unveils book on Ilorin People
Arrangements are being perfected towards a hitchfree public presentation of a biographical compendium entitled "Ilorin Emirate Frontliners", which is a book on leading indigenes and notable residents of Ilorin Emirate. A statement by the author of the book and National Secretary, Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Mallam Abubakar Imam, said that the public presentation of the book would hold...
