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Pilgrims at Arafat Saudi Arabia has announced the success of the 2016 Hajj rites with the departure of pilgrims after performing crucial and major rituals. Saudi Press Agency reported that the Saudi King and the custodian of the two holy mosques, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud also congratulated Saudi Crown Prince and Supreme Hajj Committee, Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz...

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Photo Credit: State House, Abuja ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BUHARI AT THE MINISTERIAL RETREAT ON THE ECONOMY AND THE BUDGET AT THE STATE HOUSE BANQUET HALL, ABUJA, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016. PROTOCOLS: I am delighted to be here with you at this Ministerial Retreat on the Economy and the Budget. The theme of the Retreat which is “Building Inter-ministerial Synergy for...

UNIBEN Logo The face-to-face segment of Pre-admission screening exercise of the University of Benin starts from Wednesday 14th September 2016 for those that have provided their WAEC, NECO and other relevant result details in the screening application that just ended. Check as from 2 pm 12th September 2016 for further details on https://uniben.waeup.org/index

Photo Credit: anonews.co The US Democratic Party held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss a possible replacement for nominee Hillary Clinton following her pneumonia collapse. Anonymous news reported that the DNC are considering Bernie Sanders as a possible replacement for the former Secretary of State, as rumours about Hillary’s ill-health can no longer be rejected as conspiracy theory. Hillary Clinton was filmed fainting on the...

President Buhari. Photo credit: State House Abuja The former chairman of the Nigerian Human Rights Commission, Professor Chidi Odinkalu has advised the federal government to reciprocate its "change begins with me" campaign by cutting the huge cost of governance. Prof. Odinkalu during an interview on Channels TV programme "politics today" described the recent campaign launched by the federal government as belated...

Pilgrims setting out to the plains of Arafat earlier in the day. Pilgrims at the plains of Arafat Aerial shot of the plain of Arafat  #Arafahday #Hajj1437 #Hajj2016

Basking in the spirit of sallah, the Sokoto State Government has disbursed 11 million naira for the purchase of cows for the provision of meat to over 4,000 orphans to celebrate Eid El-Adha day. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Chairman of the State Zakkat and Endowment Committee, Alhaji Lawal Maidoki, on Saturday said, “N130,000 was given to...

A solemn service is held in lower Manhattan and the names of all the victims are read aloud on the 15th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Photo Credit: ABC News

Olawoyin Oladeinde Olamide First, a confession: I am a sucker for the written word –-beautifully crafted words. With the kind of acumen many students reserved for Mathematics and English Language, I devoured stuff written by Nigerian newspaper columnists all through my elementary school days, through my years at the College. Perhaps, I would have had better grades in secondary...