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Among the awardees was the man in charge of Hajj affairs in Nigeria, Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, who received the award of the “most responsive CEO, corporate organization in the public sector”. He was also honoured by Manara Satellite TV/Radio station. Those who can sincerely attest to the transformational indices going on in Hajj management in Nigeria will laud these recognitions.

However, some civil society groups and prominent Muslims have asked NAHCON to shift the deadline. Independent Hajj Reporters in a statement by its chairman, Ibrahim Muhammad, said that for Nigeria to maximally utilize her 95, 000 slots for the year, that the deadline was not attainable. Its findings showed that less than a month to the deadline, states pilgrims’ boards were yet to register 40 percent of the allocations given to Nigeria by the Saudi Arabian Government.

While Nigerians were faced with how to tackle or at least escape from being victims of the dread sect, another one in the guise of Fulani herdsmen sprang up. This is the latest terror in town; it has embarked on a wanton killing spree. Hundreds of lives have been wasted by the marauding killers.

Sponsored by tough talking Joseph Malema, leader of the leftist leaning Economic Freedom Fighters, the motion which will usher in a review of the constitution, was passed by a majority of 241 votes with 83 members voting against it.   

Communication is important in tax administration. While it is natural for people to oppose any form of taxation, a tax system must be seen to be fair, just and equitable. The current resistance to taxation in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria – FCT, Anambra, Benue, Edo, Cross River – in part raises governance issues

One of the greatest gifts the LORD gives to us is the ability to recognise when to wait at a particular position or in a circumstance, and when to advance into the next phase of our destinies

Our take up point in this brief intervention would be to condemn in un-mistaken terms, reports in the news media particularly that of The PUNCH newspaper of Thursday, 8th, 2018 where a purported seven-days ultimatum was issued to the Lagos State Government by one, Mr. Adeshina Ogunlana, the Chairman, NBA, Ikeja branch to reverse the Land Use Charge Law, 2018.

Being excerpts from a paper delivered by the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, Bayo Onanuga, at the the Workshop on Hate Communication in Nigeria: Identifying Its Roots and Remedies. The workshop was organised by the Nigerian Press Council on February 22, 2018 in Abuja

Tastes do not stay the same eternally. We have no option, but to accept that. It is exactly why I am moved to challenge the view that Big Brother Naija (BBN for short) is show without benefits. Looked at carefully enough, it offers benefits, which we fail to see, most likely, because we already harbor prefabricated notions that blind us to modern realities.