Nigeria

The National Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) revealed on Friday, June 3, in Abuja, that it had finished arrangements to initiate the transportation of 2022 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia on June 9.

Bukola Saraki, former Senate President, stated that when a plan regarding foisting a Muslim-Muslim presidency on Nigeria in 2014 was opposed by him, he was acting in the national interest with the idea that Nigeria is bigger than someone's ambition, including Bola Tinubu.

More than 2000 seized motorcycle taxis, known as okada, have been destroyed in the biggest city of Nigeria, Lagos, after a ban on these vehicles.

Nigerian superstar and singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, famously known as ‘Burna Boy’, got emotional on stage at a concert held in Zimbabwe on Friday, 3 June, over the brutal murder of an Indian singer, Sidhu Moose Wala aka Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu.

African Children's Aid Education and Development Foundation (ACAEDF), a non-governmental organisation, has launched a school feeding programme to develop a sustainable food self-sufficiency model around Nigeria.

Nollywood model and actress Destiny Etiko have disclosed that she will be supporting the Education of her gateman's daughter till the university level.

The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Nigeria, has created history as it announced Professor Adenike Temidayo Oladiji as its first female Vice-Chancellor.

Nollywood star Jim Iyke has disproved rumours being spread on the Internet that he has now converted his religion from Christianity to Islam.

The government of Nigeria has prohibited the sale of bushmeat as a precaution against the spread of monkeypox in the country.