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  Eid Al Adha, the biggest Islamic festival falls on the 10th of Dhu Al Hijjah. Eid ul-Adha is celebrated by Muslims all around the world on the tenth day of Dhu al-Hijjah (the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar) It is the second major Islamic festival celebrated by Muslims after Eid-ul-Fitr. In an announcement on Thursday, Saudi said consequently, Friday will mark the beginning of the holy month. Also, the Hajj pilgrimage for 1445 AH-2024 will commence on Friday, June 14, with the day of Arafah falling on Saturday, June 15. The development brings the Muslim biggest festival, Eid Al-Adha, to be observed on Sunday, June 16, 2024. The Arafat Day, which precedes the festival, will fall on June 15. Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court had on Wednesday, called on all Muslims across the Kingdom, to participate in the sighting of the crescent moon of the Arabic month Dhu Al Hijjah. This action is expected to help determine the commencement of the new and last month of the Hijr, and also the

  An autopsy report on the late singer ‘MohBad’ real names Ilerioluwa Aloba, has finally been released, and it reveals the possible cause of his death. According to the report, the autopsy was conducted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) and samples of Mohbad’s gastric content, blood, bone marrow, liver, kidney, and lung were retrieved for a toxicology test. The report states that Mohbad had an injury on his right forearm and his body was exhumed with moderate to severe decomposition. The toxicology report showed a positive finding of Diphenhydramine, an anti-histamine, but the concentration was not in a fatal or lethal range. The report concludes that there is a possibility of a drug reaction or anaphylactic shock. The report also notes that the body was not embalmed prior to burial and was exhumed eight days after burial, which may have affected the toxicology results. The report said: “Following the Order for Exhumation, the body was exhumed on 21/09/2023 (8 da

  Governors are not considering a minimum wage that is higher than N70,000, it was learnt last night. At a meeting yesterday in Abuja, the state helmsmen reviewed the economic situation and concluded that anything above N70,000 will not be affordable and sustainable. They ruled out the N100,000 option being dangled by some people. Sources at the meeting said the governors, who met under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), considered options between N60,000 offered to Labour by the Federal Government before the strike, and N70,000, which is what the Edo State Government has started paying. Having failed to reach a consensus on a uniform amount, a committee headed by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma was set up. Uzodimma is the chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) – governors elected on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Yesterday’s position of the governors is in line with a previous statement by Chairman of NGF and Kwara State Governor Abdul

  The All Progressives Congress (APC), has commenced the process of electronic registration of its members worldwide, but must be authenticated with the National Identity Number (NIN) of registrants. National Chairman of the party, Umar Ganduje, disclosed this on Wednesday during the opening session of the e-membership registration train-the-trainer workshop organised by the party in Abuja, where he also hinted that the e-registration could be a condition for getting endorsement for political contest, patronage/appointment from the party. He stressed that those members whose names appear on the digital register would be considered as true and faithful members of the APC. This process would drive the planning, decision-making and projection process, as well serve as basis of reference for any party member seeking appointment at any level or desiring to contest an election, he pointed out. “The APC and portal on which the prospective trainees from the Thirty-Six (36) States and FCT, Abuj

  Following a 48-hour ultimatum issued to him by President Bola Tinubu, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, on Thursday, submitted the projected cost implications of implementing a new national minimum wage. The submission comes two days after Tinubu issued the directive to present a proposed new minimum wage figure and analysis of the associated costs. The finance minister’s report is said to outline several potential new minimum wage levels along with the anticipated fiscal impacts on the federal budget of each option. Recall that the Organised Labour had embarked on a nationwide strike on Monday and Tuesday to demand increased minimum wage for the government workers. Another of the labour demand was the reversal of the recently increased electricity tarrifs. The industrial action was suspended for five days by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) after signing a commitment with the federal government

  INFLATION REDUCTION AND PRICE STABILITY (FISCAL POLICY MEASURES, ETC.) ORDER, 2024 [1st Day of May, 2024] Commencement In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), Section 38 of the Value Added Tax Act, Cap,V1, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (as amended), and all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, Bola Ahmed Tibubu, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria make the following Order - 1. As from the commencement of this Order, the following measures and reliefs shall apply: 2. The import duty and other tariffs on the following items are hereby suspended for a period of six months: (a) staple food items; (b) raw materials and other direct inputs used for manufacturing; (c) inputs for agriculture production including fertilisers, seedlings, and chemicals (d) pharmaceutical products (e) poultry feeds, flour and grains 3. Authorise millers to import paddy rice at zero duty and Value Added Tax for

The Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command on Tuesday, handed over 17 sacks of Cannabis Sativa, containing 1, 257 parcels worth N96m, intercepted along Bar Beach in Lagos State, to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Speaking during the handover at the command in Apapa, Lagos, the Customs Area Controller of the command, Paul Bamisaiye, said that the officers of the command, in a bid to purge the Western waterways of smuggling activities, intercepted the hard drugs weighing 609kg. He stated that a patrol team at the Bar Beach station received credible intelligence on the movement of a boat on the high sea carrying suspected contraband items. Bamisaiye added that upon receiving the information, the team moved towards the described location and intercepted a fibre boat fitted with a 200Horse Power Yamaha engine, carrying the suspected items. “In a related development on May 19, 2024, officers and men of the command, while on routine patrol along Panko Creek, Badagry waterw