The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission, NAHCON, Zikrullah Hassan has disclosed that Nigeria will be among nations that will take part in this year’s Hajj. He disclosed at a press briefing to mark his one year in office as head of the Commission. He however said that Nigeria, like any other nation, is waiting for official pronouncement from Saudi authorities. “The current situation is that, Saudi up til date has not released any official statement with regards to whether Hajj 2021 will take place or not, but from our expectations and hopes, with the recent procurement of COVID-19 vaccination,…
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By TechDigest Facebook-owned messaging platform, WhatsApp, on Thursday, introduced voice and video calling features to its app’s desktop. WhatsApp, in a statement, said, “We’re excited to announce that private and secure one-to-one voice and video calls are now available on WhatsApp’s desktop app. “Throughout the last year we’ve seen significant increases in people calling one another on WhatsApp, often for long conversations. “Last New Year’s Eve, we broke the record for the most calls ever made in a single day with 1.4 billion voice and video calls. “With so many people still apart from their loved ones, and adjusting to…
By TechDigest Nigeria has been ranked in 13th position in the global perception index as recurring Google searches by individuals on 5G shows there were 6,850 online searches a month by Nigerians concerning the possible negative implications of 5G technology. The United States is the most sceptical country in the world about 5G, with an average 374,700 tentative online searches about 5G per month. United Kingdom (93,400) and Australia (32,970) are among the other countries where there are over 30,000 dubious online searches regarding 5G each month. 5G seems to be coming to every town and city at a very…
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the new service chiefs to put in their best and secure Nigeria from the hands of insurgents. Handing down the order, shortly after he decorated the new service chiefs with their new ranks at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, Buhari said he expected them to secure the country before the rainy season, when farmers would return to their vocation. The president advised the service chiefs to identify and deploy competent officers to achieve the target. “During our four-hour security meeting, I have taken the responsibility as the Commander-in-Chief for you to go out…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has appointed new Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding, Commandants of Tri-Service Institutions and other functionaries, including a new spokesperson. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, AVM Ibikunle Daramola, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to the statement, the newly appointed branch chiefs are AVM Dahiru Sanda, now the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans, Defence Headquarters, AVM Remigus Ekeh, erstwhile Chief of Standards and Evaluation Headquarters NAF, now appointed Chief of Policy and Plans. Others are former Air Officer Commanding, Mobility Command, Yenagoa, AVM Ibukun Ojeyemi, now the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says Nigeria accounts for 20 per cent or $10 billion (N3.8 trillion) of the estimated $50 billion that Africa loses to Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said this during a virtual meeting to review a report on IFFs in relation to tax, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson for ICPC, said in a statement released in Abuja on Friday. The ICPC Chairman said, “the African Union Illicit Financial Flow Report estimated that Africa is losing nearly $50 billion through profit shifting by multinational corporations and about 20…
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenging the ruling of the lower court in favour of Mr Dele Moses and 10 others. Justice Amina Augie, in the lead judgment held that the appeal had merit and therefore subsists. “This appeal is not a pre-election matter but purely a party affair, the appeal has merit, subsists and the Court of Appeals judgment is therefore set aside. “A political party is a voluntary body with its rules, regulations or guidelines which if you agree to be a member must obey and work within…
By Mohammed Nasir The Police Command in Sokoto State has confirmed that gunmen in the early hours of Thursday, attacked Saketa community in Dingyadi village in the state, killed one and abducted two persons. The Command’s spokesperson, ASP Sunusi Abubakar said that one person was killed and two others were taken by the bandits. Abubakar said the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Kamaldeen Okunlola, was at the scene of the attack to commiserate with the people of the community. “The commissioner has since put necessary measures in place to address the situation and deployed tactical team of policemen to rescue…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called for full-scale investigations into alleged nepotism, wrongful appointments at the Industrial Training Fund, ITF, in Jos, Plateau state. MURIC, in a statement by the Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola made available to ASHENEWS on Friday, specifically accused the Director General of ITF, Mr. Joseph N. Ari of marginalizing Muslims in the running of the agency. “A lot of rigmarole is going on at the ITF, Jos, Plateau State. Nepotism is at its peak in this agency as wrongful employment of Plateau indigenes is the rule of the day. Muslims suffer marginalisation in a reckless…
State governors and their deputies are to take the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (March 10). Dr Kayode Fayemi, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti, disclosed this at a virtual news conference on Thursday. Fayemi said that the vaccination was part of resolutions made by the governors during an emergency virtual meeting held on Thursday. The NGF chairman read a communique issued by the governors at the end of the meeting. He said that the vaccination would be done publicly. Fayemi said the governors would enlighten more Nigerians on the need to take the vaccine,…