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Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu demonstrated profound support for 3,200 Hajj pilgrims by donating 1,000 Saudi Riyal (₦400,000) each, totaling ₦1.28 billion, to alleviate their $5,000 pilgrimage expenses in Mecca.
A catastrophic fire tore through the wood and timber market in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, obliterating 1,500 of 2,000 stalls and inflicting ₦2 billion in losses, crippling a vital economic
General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former Head of State, addressed a national peace summit in Abuja, emphasizing that the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) was a struggle to preserve national unity rather
Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede celebrated Eid-el-Kabir with 2,000 troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in Sokoto, Sokoto State, ordering an intensified 100% offensive against 1,000 bandits in
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, led 100,000 Muslims in Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the Sokoto Central Mosque, calling for Nigeria’s 36 governors and 200 federal lawmakers to seek
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia, in a Makurdi broadcast, accused an unnamed politician of instigating 70% of 200 attacks in 2024, killing 500 and displacing 10,000 across Guma and Agatu.
former Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB), speaking in Minna, described the May 28-29 Mokwa flood in Niger State as an “act of God,” urging 50,000 affected residents to rebuild. The
President Bola Tinubu, at the commissioning of the Deep Sea Port Access Road in Lagos, dismissed critics of the 750-km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, suggesting they use Idumota’s congested routes if
On June 6, 2025, Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais, former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), died in Abuja at 88, five days before his 89th birthday. Born June 12, 1936, in
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike declared that no cabal influences President Bola Tinubu’s government, refuting claims of elite control. Speaking at the 2025 Obafemi Awolowo University Distinguished Personality Lecture
