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By: Lamara Garba The Jigawa State Pilgrims Welfare Board has secured a strategic partnership with a Makkah-based humanitarian foundation to provide free eye care services to pilgrims from the state currently performing the 2026 Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initiative will offer a wide range of eye care interventions, including cataract surgeries,…

By Lamara Garba The return airlift of Nigerian pilgrims from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has commenced, with the first batch of 560 pilgrims from Nasarawa State departing King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, on Wednesday for Abuja. The flight, operated by Max Air, took off at exactly 9:27 a.m. Saudi time, marking the beginning of…

By Zainab Oyekan   Mrs Helen Mutfwang, the wife of Plateau Governor has called for a collective stand against bullying, violence, and all forms of child abuse. Mrs Mutfwang made the call on Wednesday in Jos to commemorate the Children Day Celebration in the state.´ She said that every child must feel safe, valued, and…

By Admin The Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria (ISPON) has called for a strategic partnership with the Kogi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to strengthen the enforcement of safety standards and regulations across the state. The State Chairman of ISPON who also double as the Kogi State Government…

By Thompson Yamput Chief Moses Nwan, Executive Private Secreary to the Governor of Plateau State, heartily congratulated Gov. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang on the occasion of his third year anniversary in office. Nwan, in his congratulatory message signed and made available to newsmen in Jos on Wednesday,  described Mutfwang as a God send to the people…

By Admin The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has asked the Police or security agencies to invite Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan over recent pictures of tortured children she shared online which she claimed were pupils abducted by terrorists in Oyo State. Although she has since deleted the visuals, the group argued that security operatives needed…

By Isaiah Eka No fewer than 350 golfers are to battle for laurels in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, as the 2026 edition of Ibom Open Golf Tournament gets underway. Usenobong Akpabio, the Organising Committee Chairman, said in Uyo on Tuesday that the tournament would hold between June 4 and 7. Akpabio said that the tournament provided…

By Isaiah Eka   The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested 39 suspects following clampdown on an illegal organisation operating as Private Guard Company (PGC) in Akwa Ibom.   The NSCDC Akwa Ibom Commandant, Mrs Geraldine Abetianbe, disclosed this to newsmen in Uyo on Tuesday.   She said that the…

By Admin Troops of 12 Brigade under 2 Division Nigerian Army have thwarted a planned kidnap operation and neutralized a terrorist during a successful ambush conducted in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi Stat   Lt. HASSAN ABDULLAHI, Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, made the disclosure in a statement signed…

By Admin Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has commenced the commissioning of micro-projects executed under the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Programme, with the inauguration of a motorised borehole in Inipo Community, Obehira District of Okene Local Government Area. The water project, implemented through the Kogi State Community and Social…