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•As Senate confirms 4th NAHCON Board •He’s well experienced administrator — Former chair From left: Former Chairman, National Hajj Commission, NAHCON, Barrister Abdullah Muktar Muhammad; Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa; NAHCON Chairman, Barrister Zhikirullah Kunle Hassan and others during screening Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs. The Senate has confirmed the nomination…
A 26-year old woman, Queen Atagher, who allegedly faked her kidnap, yesterday, appeared in a Magistrate’s Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos. The police charged Atagher with three counts of fake kidnap and extortion. She, however, pleaded not guilty. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Inspector Chinalu Uwadione, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on January…
By Theodore Opara Awards DUE to its soaring profile and acceptability in the Nigerian market, JAC Motors, being promoted by Elizade Autoland, bagged three awards in 2019. The automobile brand clinched the prestigious accolades at Nigeria Auto Journalists Association, NAJA, Awards and the Nigeria Automotive Industry Awards held in Lagos, December 17 and 27, respectively….
•Says: We won’t tolerate it again •As ten Muslim bodies join forces •Muslim women condemn killing of CAN leader From left: Al-Mu’minaat National Networking Officer, Hajia Fatimah Daud; Naibatul Amirah Hajia Sherifa Yusuf-Ajibade; Amirah, Hajia Nimatallah AbdulQuadri and Secretary-General Hajia Mutiat Olushesi at the briefing to commemorate World Hijab Day at Jiwobu, Lagos. As Muslim…
By Esther Onyegbula National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Over 100,000 tons of hard drugs and psychotropic substances seized by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Lagos State was publicly destroyed at Ibereko, Badagry area of Lagos, yesterday. Performing the destruction of forfeited drug exhibits, the anti-narcotic agency’s Chairman/Chief Executive, Col Mustapha Abdallah (retd) expressed…
By Theodore Opara Set to rejuvenate product portfolio 2019 was the ninth consecutive record year for Mercedes-Benz, with growth of 1.3% to a total of 2,339,562units delivered worldwide. At the same time, Mercedes-Benz maintained its leading position among the luxury car brands for the fourth year in a row. In all three of its main…
By Theodore Opara •L-R: Head of Sales, CFAO Equipment, Idris Siyaka; MC/Comedian, UtiOghenevwogaga; Managing Director, CFAO Motors/Country Delegate, CFAOGroup Nigeria, Thomas Pelletier; Sales Manager, CFAO Equipment, StanleyAiluelohia; and General Manager, CFAO Equipment, Laurent Friederich, at there-launch of the KING LONG passenger bus and cargo van in Lagos CFAO Equipment, a subsidiary of the CFAO Group…
By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Kano Road and Traffic Agency,, has confiscated 28 cartons of illicit drugs worth N30 million. Karota, under the leadership of Baffa Babba Dan’agundi, raided a store along Airport Road by Murtala Muhammad Way where the drugs were kept after being brought into the state without National Agency for Food, Drugs…
By Theodore Opara Drive-in your old car, get new Suzuki from CFAO *Suzuki Baleno IN a bid to ease new car ownership for Nigerians, CFAO Motors, the sole distributor of Suzuki cars in Nigeria, has unveiled its vehicle trade-in scheme. Interestingly, the trade is non-restrictive to car brands or models, even if it was bought…
IT is of grave danger to pretend not to see it, keep quiet over it or try to be nice about it and water it down. Many evidences point to it – Christians are hunted down in Northern Nigeria. The biggest symbols of this sad truth are the remaining over 100 Chibok schoolgirls, Dapchi schoolgirl,…