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2025 Hajj: NAHCON extends deadline for complete return of Nigerian pilgrims

Nigeria, June 27 -- The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has extended the deadline for the completion of the airlift of the 2025 Nigerian pilgrims back home. In a statement by its spokesp... Read More


PPP projects renegotiated, not cancelled - ICRC DG

Nigeria, June 27 -- The head of Nigeria's infrastructure regulatory body has said that no Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contracts have been cancelled since President Bola Tinubu assumed office in M... Read More


Yahaya Bello's Trial: How N1bn moved from Kogi govt.'s bank account in days - Witness

Nigeria, June 27 -- A bank official, on Thursday, detailed a pattern of massive suspicious cash withdrawals and transfers from the Kogi State Government's account which allegedly took place during for... Read More


Nigeria's 'boldest economic reforms' in decades yielding results - Shettima

Nigeria, June 27 -- Vice President Kashim Shettima has described Nigeria's current economic reform programme as one of the boldest in the country's history, saying the measures are already delivering ... Read More


Nigeria police roll out community intelligence training to fight crime

Nigeria, June 27 -- The Nigeria Police Force, in partnership with the Eagle Crime Awareness and Prevention Initiative (ECAPi), has launched a three-day training programme to deepen grassroots intellig... Read More


Tinubu hosts another peace meeting for Fubara, Wike

Nigeria, June 27 -- President Bola Tinubu hosted another reconciliation meeting on Thursday, 26 June, between the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, and the Minister of the Federal... Read More


Ecobank Group seeks privileged investors for $250m capital raise

Nigeria, June 27 -- Ecobank Group is on the lookout for a limited number of investors to take up the offer from its new $250 million capital raise, the transnational banking group announced Thursday, ... Read More


Ecobank Group seeks privileged investors for $250m capital raise after emergency meeting

Nigeria, June 27 -- Ecobank Group is on the lookout for a limited number of investors to take up the offer from its new $250 million capital raise, the transnational banking group announced Thursday, ... Read More


Ruffled feathers: Rejoinders to my article on the Israel-Iran war, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, June 27 -- The proper thing to do when readers respond to a newspaper article is to respect their right of reply. There were two irate responses to my article last week, "Not the Iran We Thou... Read More


NNPC alleges 'coordinated sabotage campaign' against its leadership

Nigeria, June 27 -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) said it has uncovered an emerging coordinated sabotage campaign being waged by a syndicate of known and faceless actors, ... Read More