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GOMBE REGISTERS OVER 930 PILGRIMS FOR 2025 HAJJ, ADDRESSES BTA CONCERNS. (PHOTO).

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 Gombe Registers Over 930 Pilgrims for 2025 Hajj, Addresses BTA Concerns The Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has successfully registered over 930 pilgrims for the 2025 Hajj. Executive Secretary Alhaji Saad Hassan confirmed the milestone, noting that the state has secured quality accommodation in Makkah, ahead of many other states still facing challenges. Hassan also addressed the issue of Basic Travelling Allowance (BTA), explaining that many rural pilgrims were unfamiliar with ATM transactions. In response, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya intervened, approving cash payments for all Gombe pilgrims' BTA to alleviate difficulties. The airlifting of pilgrims will begin on May 13, 2025, with strict medical screenings ensuring the safety of all participants. Pregnant women and elderly individuals with medical conditions will not be allowed to travel this year.

NICK JONAS,DEBUNKS RUMOURS OF HIS AFFAIRS WITH KENDALL JENNER.

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                   22 year old Nick Jonas has finally cleared up the rumours that he and 19 year old Kendall Jenner are in a relationship.Nick Jonas told E! News that Kendall Jenner is great and naturally with her being good friends with Gigi Hadid and with Joe Jonas and Gigi dating,there are times we'll be in the same place and we all hang out''.He said further that his open to some romance with someone but as long as it is light and casual.So Kendall Jenner is Nick Jonas telling the truth or he is denying you publicly?.Kendall maybe your response can further clear the air too.

A BAALE'S SON IN LEKKI ''SAHEED'',ACCUSED OF ROBBING PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY DURING CULTURAL RITES.

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                    According to PUNCH Metro,there was panic on wednesday in Lakowe area of Ajah,Lagos State,after some suspected hoodlums reportedly attacked motorists plying the Lekki Epe Expressway and mechanics in a shop in the community.Sources learnt that the attackers who were ared with guns and cutlasses,dispossessed their victims of their valuables and injured many people in the attack which occured around 2pm.Some members of the gang were identified as Saheed,aka Ejo,who is identified to be the son of a traditional ruler {Baale}of a community in the area.Others are Sima,Taofeek,Alaba and one Tunde aka Oka.It was learnt that residents had been indoors while an annual cultural rites,aka Oro,was being observed by the community on the fateful day.It was gathered that the bandits,led by Oka,cashed in on the curfew to attack the mechanics and motorists found outside.A mechanic identified as Segun Borokini said that the mayhem usaualy...

148 MEDICINE {PHARMACY} SHOP IN CROSS RIVER STATE,SHUT DOWN BY PCN.

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                 Today friday,the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria {PCN},sealed 148 medicine shops in Cross River for unauthorised sale of drugs.Mr Stephen Esumobi,Deputy Director and Head of Enforcement,PCN,Abuja,made this known during a press conference in Calabar.He said the action was taken as part of measures to ensure that only quality drugs are sold to members of the public.According to him,the patent medicine shops were also closed for operating without the supervision of a pharmacist,poor storage conditions of drugs and low education of medicine vendors,among others.He said that the enforcement was carried out after series of reports of the activities of unregistered premises,which engage in the illegal sale of medicines in the state.He added that some of the registered premises were selling beyond the approved list laid down by PCN.PCN is charged with the responsibility of regulating and controlling the education,training and practice...

PRESIDENT BUHARI,APPOINTS OBASANJO AS HIS SPECIAL ENVOY TO GUINEA BISSAU.

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                     According to sources,President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau following the dismissal of the Prime Minister,Mr Domingos Pereira,and his cabinet by President Jose Mario Vaz.This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja today friday by the president's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,Mr Femi Adesina.It stated that Buhari had already sent former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Envoy to mediate and help find a solution to the crisis brewing in that country.According to the statement,Buhari's peace mission is in demonstration of true African solidarity and brotherhood.The statement maintained that Obasanjo had embarked on the first leg of his mission by consulting with the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government,President Macky Sall of Senegal in Dakar yesterday thursday.''It is regrettable that while...

READ HOW A BRIDE OLUWATUNMISE,WROTE EXAMS ON HER WEDDING DAY.

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                     Yesterday thursday,the Nation Newspaper,published a story of a bride identified as Oluwatunmise Adejube,an HND1 Accountancy student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic,Owo {RUGIPO},Ondo state,who wrote exams on her wedding day.She created a scene when she breezed into the examination hall in her flowing wedding gown.She was accompanied by a group of ladies,who formed her bridal train and they stormed the school in a convoy of three exotic cars.Few hours after she said yes i do to her husband Adesina,she hurriedly left the Owo Local Government Area where she got married and she rushed to the school for her Higher National Diploma {HND}1 examination.Other students in the exam hall started laughing because they were really not expecting a bride fully dressed for a wedding,to writing exams with them.After writing the exams,she told the pressmen that she had no choice than to leave the court room to write the paper,stressing t...