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newsexpressngr.com | Garba Muhammad
News Express |19th Jun 2025 | 10By GARBA MUHAMMAD, KadunaThe night air in Tadurga village was thick with gunfire and screams. Under the cover of darkness, entire families fled into the wilderness on barefoot, others with only the clothes on their backs, searching desperately for safety. Many found it not in their homes, nor in police outposts, but among the gravestones of a nearby cemetery. This was no ordinary night.
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1 week ago | 
newsexpressngr.com | Garba Muhammad
News Express |19th Jun 2025 | 32 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi ArabiaBy GARBA MUHAMMAD, KadunaThe National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has reassured Nigerian pilgrims still in Saudi Arabia that measures are being put in place to fast-track their return journey home following delays caused by peak air traffic congestion.
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newsexpressngr.com | Garba Muhammad
News Express |16th Jun 2025 | 16 Prof Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, Secretary-General, Jamaatu Nasril Islam JNI Prof Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, Secretary-General, Jamaatu Nasril Islam JNIBy GARBA MUHAMMAD, KadunaThe Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has strongly condemned the renewed wave of killings in Benue State, calling on the Nigerian government to go beyond lamentations and take urgent, proactive steps to halt the bloodshed. In a press statement signed by the Secretary-General, Prof.
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newsexpressngr.com | Garba Muhammad
News Express |16th Jun 2025 | 41By GARBA MUHAMMAD, KadunaThe Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency (KSPWA) has issued a strict advisory to all Kaduna pilgrims performing this year’s Hajj, warning them to comply with luggage weight limits and a void carrying prohibited items as preparations begin for their return to Nigeria.
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2 weeks ago | 
newsexpressngr.com | Garba Muhammad
News Express |10th Jun 2025 | 13 Hajj pilgrims departing Nigeria for Makkah Hajj pilgrims departing Nigeria for MakkahBy GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna An independent civil society group, the Independent Hajj Reporters (IHR), has commended the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and other stakeholders for improvements recorded during the 2025 Hajj exercise.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsexpressngr.com | Garba Muhammad
News Express |7th Jun 2025 | 126Gutted Imaratus Sanan Hotel buildingGutted Imaratus Sanan Hotel buildingBy GARBA MUHAMMAD, KadunaA fire broke out earlier today, Saturday, June 7, 2025 at a hotel accommodating Nigerian pilgrims in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, but no casualties were reported, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has confirmed. This confirmation is contained in a statement by Fatima Sanda Assistant Director, Information and Publications Division, for Chairman/CEO NAHCON2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsexpressngr.com | Garba Muhammad
News Express |7th Jun 2025 | 44Gutted Imaratus Sanan Hotel buildingGutted Imaratus Sanan Hotel buildingBy GARBA MUHAMMAD, KadunaA fire broke out earlier today, Saturday, June 7, 2025 at a hotel accommodating Nigerian pilgrims in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, but no casualties were reported, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has confirmed. This confirmation is contained in a statement by Fatima Sanda Assistant Director, Information and Publications Division, for Chairman/CEO NAHCON2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsexpressngr.com | Garba Muhammad
News Express |7th Jun 2025 | 32 Prof Abdullahi Saleh, NAHCON ChairmanCEO Prof Abdullahi Saleh, NAHCON ChairmanCEOBy GARBA MUHAMMAD, KadunaThe National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced that the return flight of Nigerian pilgrims from the 2025 Hajj exercise will commence on Friday, June 13, equivalent to the 17th of Dhul Hijjah in the Islamic calendar.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsexpressngr.com | Garba Muhammad
News Express |5th Jun 2025 | 20Late Ex-OPEC President, Prof Jibril AminuLate Ex-OPEC President, Prof Jibril AminuBy GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna A foremost diplomat, renowned medical scholar and former Minister of Education and Petroleum, Professor Jibril Aminu, is dead. A credible family source told News Express that the one-time President of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (OPEC) died after a prolonged illness in Abuja today, Thursday, June 5, 2025. He was aged 5. Prof.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsexpressngr.com | Niger Commissioner |Garba Muhammad
News Express |4th Jun 2025 | 8Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Ilyasu-BasharEmir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Ilyasu-BasharBy GARBA MUHAMMAD, KadunaIn a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has rendered a definitive verdict, upholding the appeals of the current Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Ilyasu-Bashar, and the Kebbi State Government, thereby affirming Alhaji Muhammadu Ilyasu-Bashar as the substantive Emir of Gwandu. The judgment, delivered by a five-member panel of justices led by Hon.
