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Today is the Day of Arafah, the 9th day of the Islamic Calendar month of Dhul Hijjah, which is the culminating event of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah. It is the holiest day in the Islamic calendar and it precedes the Eid-alAdha,…

For the first time in the last two years, Muslims will physically observe the annual Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The resumption in this year 2022 of the physical observance of the rites of Hajj, brings…

Sunday, June 12, is exactly 29 years that Nigerians went to the polls to elect a new President in the Third Republic of the country’s Democratic journey. That Presidential election was the first since the 1983 military coup that swept away…

Nigeria accounts for 64% of South Africa’s trade in West Africa. The volume of trade between Nigeria and South Africa is well over five billion U.S. dollars with crude oil being the major commodity. In the last two years, South Africa…

As one of the five pillars of Islam, Ramadan is an act practiced annually by Muslims throughout the world. The act is observed by able-bodied Muslims in fulfillment of the Holy Prophet Muhammad’s injunction for all Muslims to…

Environmental pollution arising from oil prospecting and exploration in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria has impacted negatively on the area. The leakages of crude oil, gas flaring and the escape of other chemicals used in oil production…

E-Currency which is an electronic legal tender is today fast becoming more and more popular and acceptable as a medium of exchange just like the conventional coins and banknotes in the transaction of businesses across the world. It is…

President Muhammadu Buhari launched Nigeria’s National Development Plan, NDP 2021-2025 recently.  The launch signaled the take-off of another medium-term plan as Nigeria matches on the path to the Agenda 2050.  The Agenda 2050 is Nigeria’s…

The removal of Nigeria from the religious violators watch-list by the President Joe Biden-led US administration in the run-up to the visit of Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State to Nigeria is a triumph of diplomacy and sagacity over…

Democracy is popularly defined as government of the people for the people by the people. This assertion can only be achieved through the structure instrumentality of political parties or independent candidates as may be provided for in any…