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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has launched investigations into some catering companies and tour operators participating in the 2026 Hajj exercise following allegations of food safety violations and the exploitation of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. The commission disclosed this after Saudi health authorities rejected some dinner meals served to Nigerian pilgrims on Tuesday night over what officials described as poor handling and packaging standards. In a statement issued by its management, NAHCON said the Saudi authorities had continued to enforce strict food safety regulations to safeguard pilgrims, especially amid the harsh weather conditions currently being experienced during the…
To put this in further perspective, what strikes me about Badejo across these contexts is his apparent ability to pitch his thoughts a little further outside scholarship’s comfort zone of mere research and analysis, by influencing political development and events themselves. Professor Badejo’s proactive approach in shaping the trends of Nigerian politics and repositioning the country’s image in the international sphere of politics is an easy example of an exception to the general conception of abstract political evaluations. It has often been a characteristic of studies in the social sciences to be largely abstract and devoid of the practical realities…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has warned healthcare workers nationwide to heighten surveillance and preparedness for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), citing a “high” risk of importation into Nigeria due to ongoing outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. The agency, however, said Nigeria has not recorded any confirmed Ebola case linked to the current regional outbreak as of 28 May. In a public health advisory issued on Thursday, the NCDC said the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) declaration of the outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), rising infections in…
The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Thursday, urged the troops of the Joint Task Force North Central, JTF-NC, Operation Savanna Shield, OPSS, to enhance their ongoing operations aimed at effectively eliminating kidnappers, bandits, and other criminal elements that threaten peace and security within the Joint Operations Area. The COAS delivered this message while addressing the troops at Sobi Barracks, Ilorin, during his first operational visit to the Headquarters of JTF North Central OPSS in Kwara State. Lieutenant General Waidi underscored the Nigerian Army’s unwavering commitment to its constitutional duty of protecting lives and property, emphasising that…
Amid the multiple primary elections held by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Chief Samson Nnamani has declared that he is the authentic governorship candidate of the party. DAILY POST recalls that two other primary elections had produced Chief Uche Nnaji and Chief Dona Nwogbo at different venues in the state. However, addressing journalists at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Enugu Press Centre, Nnamani said he was validly elected on Sunday 24th May 2026. Speaking through Dr. Buchi Nnaji, Media Director and Spokesperson of Chief Sampson Chukwu Nnamani, he said there was no faction in the PDP,…
Operatives of the Department of Operations, DOPS, Buffalo Team in Delta State, attached to the second Niger Bridge on stop-and-search duty, have arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered from them a pump action gun, live cartridges and other incriminating items. The suspects, Ugo Chukwu Kendirim, 25, and Odo Jude, 27, who are currently in custody, were arrested on 27 May 2026, DAILY POST can report. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe confirmed the report in a statement on Friday. The Police Image maker said, “The Delta State Police Command has recorded another operational success with the arrest of…
South African club Stellenbosch FC have announced the departure of Nigerian duo Olisa Ndah, and Kazie Enyinnaya, DAILY POST reports. Ndah is leaving the Stellies following a short stint at the club. The centre-back arrived at the club midway of last season after leaving Orlando Pirates. The 28-year-old made seven league appearances for Gavin Hunt’s side. Enyinnaya joined the Maroons in 2024 after leaving the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, outfit Rivers United. The right-back made over 50 appearances for Stellenbosch.
The Kano State Amirul Hajj and Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim Abdulkadir, has expressed concern over what he described as the poor treatment meted out to pilgrims from the state by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria during the ongoing 2026 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. The Amirul Hajj, who spoke through his deputy, the Emir of Karaye, Alhaji Muhammadu Maharaz, made the complaint while receiving officials of NAHCON at the Kano Pilgrims Camp in Mina on Thursday. He said pilgrims from the state had faced several challenges since the commencement of the Hajj operations. The Emir particularly lamented…
Four people have been confirmed dead in a road accident that occurred on Thursday evening along the Ilesa/Akure expressway at Omi Asoro Junction Ilesa, Osun State. The Osun Sector Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Agnes Ogungbemi, who confirmed the crash in a chat with journalists on Friday, also said 10 other passengers were injured in the accident. Details of how the crash occurred were not immediately available, but sources close to the scene said it involved a Toyota Bus heading towards the Akure end of the road and a mini-bus. A trader near the scene, identified…
The UN health chief, who is in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help fight an Ebola outbreak, was due Friday to meet Congolese authorities before heading Saturday to the violence-hit region at the centre of the crisis. World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in the capital, Kinsasha, late Thursday, two weeks after the outbreak of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever was declared. He had been due to travel Friday to Ituri, a remote northeastern province that is the epicentre of the country’s 17th Ebola outbreak, but the trip has been pushed back by a day. There have…
