Vice-President Kashim Shettima returned to Abuja on Friday after performing the lesser hajj (Umrah) at the Holy Mosque of Makkah (Masjid al-Haram) in Saudi Arabia. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media…
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President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, performed Lesser Hajj (Umrah) in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Tinubu used the opportunity to pray for God’s divine guidance. The President embarked on the Islamic rite at the end of his official…
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By Kolawole Omoniyi  COVID-19 is a threat to global public health, but outbound travellers in Nigeria can process and obtain their ‘authentic’ COVID-19 vaccination cards, in less than an  hour to boarding time, without taking any jab.…
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By Hassan Gimba In a move normally seen in Hollywood spy thrillers, Tukur Mamu, publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald and an aide to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a popular Islamic cleric, was arrested in September last year at the Cairo…
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A widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo who were going for lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed…
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The All Progressives Congress has debunked speculations that its National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, was rushed abroad for medical treatment. The news of Adamu’s illness was refuted in two separate interviews with the APC…
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President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Saudi Arabia on official visit from Tuesday, April 11 to 19 on his last trip to the Kingdom as President, during which he will perform Umrah, the Lesser Pilgrimage. The Senior Special Assistant…
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The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has travelled out for lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia, as well to marshal out his transition programme, ahead of the May 29 inauguration. Mr Tunde Rahman, his Media Aide said this in a statement on…
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All Progressives Congress, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has arrived in Nigeria from Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Bola Tinubu was in Saudi for Umrah, a religious pilgrimage for Muslims. Read Also: FG has no plan to increase fuel pump…
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Zamfara sent 97 clerics to Saudi Arabia on Lesser Hajj on Wednesday to go and pray for a stoppage of banditry. It is part of its decision to diversify strategies to restore peace and security in the state. The clerics are to engage in…
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