A WhatsApp Platform, Katsina City News, has raised donations totalling N5.1 million to assist the needy during the Ramadan fasting period. Danjuma Muhammad-Katsina, Founder of the platform, confirmed this development to the News Agency of Nigeria. Muhammad-Katsina, who spoke on Wednesday in Katsina, explained that members of the platform were indigenes of the state drawn…
Saudi Arabia announced the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, will begin on Friday in the kingdom. “Tomorrow, Friday, is the first day of Eid al-Fitr for this year,” with Thursday the last day of Ramadan, the official Saudi Press Agency said on its Twitter account…
The Osun State Government under the leadership of Governor Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday lauded the kind gesture of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency(NIMASA) towards the vulnerable indigenes of Osun state. The commendation came to mark another humanitarian gestures valued at several millions of naira via the provision of relief materials and medical equipment…
•••frowns at drivers using earpiece while driving The Osun State Government has warned motorists, especially commercial minibus drivers popularly known as ‘Korope’ against arbitrary parking of vehicles by the road sides. This is just as the government frowns at the use of earpiece or earphones by drivers while driving, saying it causes distraction which eventually…
Hiba Abouk, ex-wife of Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi has broken silence following their rocky divorce. Abouk said that despite the rape charges against Hakimi, she was at peace with the situation but needed time to come to terms with the shock. She also revealed that the couple had been going through a divorce since…
The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has announced a 13-man Presidential Inauguration committee comprising of eminent Nigerians to plan a week-long presidential inauguration event that will usher him and his VP-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima in as the President and Vice-President of the country. Tinubu, in a letter to the Secretary to the Government of Federation, Mr….
SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded on Thursday during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The gigantic rocket successfully blasted off at 1:33p.m. from Starbase, the private SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas. The Starship capsule had been scheduled to separate…
The International Technology and Communications Expo (ITEC EXPO 2023) organized by Afrinex West Africa Limited is Africa’s top investment business Expo established to bridge the gap between African investment prospects and international investors with the main goal of taking on all of the stringent processes for bringing new investors into the economy and also with…
The Osun State Police Command has rescued a couple from kidnapers at a forest in the state. The couple, Andrew and Margret Jonah were abducted by the kidnappers while going to church for vigil. The couple said they spent days in captivity without food or water before men of Policemen led by SP. Moses Lohor,…
The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has denied reports that it is indirectly funding terrorism in the country. A statement published by the embassy on its website debunked the report by The Times of the U.K claiming that “Beijing could be indirectly funding terror” in Nigeria. China said the report is based on unverified, unclear, and unproven…
