President Donald Trump has ordered stiffer sanctions on Iran over the recent drone strikes on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.Yemen’s Houthi rebels had claimed responsibility for the strikes which cut five per cent of the daily global oil supply but the US said the rebel group did not have the capacity to carry out such strike."It's very easy to start. If [...]
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Audio recordings between Jamal Khashoggi and the hit squad that killed him have been revealed. Kashoggi, a Saudi dissident and journalist with Washington Post who was in exile in the US, was killed, with his body allegedly dismembered on October 2, 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Turkey where he had gone to get documents for his marriage.In one of the [...]
The rematch between Anthony Joshua, Nigerian-born British heavyweight boxer, and his Mexican conqueror, Andy Ruiz Jr, would be held in Saudi Arabia on 7 December.Ruiz Jr defeated Joshua on 1 June in the USA to become the unified heavyweight champion with the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world titles.Although the Saudi Arabia venue for the rematch is a surprise choice, [...]
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says President Muhammadu Buhari’s attendance of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Saudi Arabia has fueled the speculations about the "Islamisation agenda" of his government.The Christian body described the trip as unconstitutional, saying Nigeria was “smuggled into OIC during the military”.Buhari departed for Saudi on Thursday, a day after his inauguration, to attend [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday depart Abuja for Makkah, Saudi Arabia, to attend a summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.Shehu said the 14th summit of the OIC billed for Friday would be hosted by Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, [...]
Ibrahim Abubakar, a Nigerian who was detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking, says he will never forgive those who planted hard drugs inside his bag.Abubakar was arrested and detained by the Saudi authorities on December 26 alongside Zainab Aliyu, a 22-year-old student of the Maitama Sule University, Kano, who was also arrested for the same offence.In an interview with [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Abuja.The president was in Saudi to perform lesser hajj (Umrah) on the invitation of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia and custodian of the two holy mosques.Buhari was accompanied by his wife and close personal aides.While in hajj, Buhari had a meeting with Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, Mamman Daura, [...]
Nigeria's Ahmed Musa has won the Saudi Arabia Professional Football League (SAPFL) title with Al Nassr, which recorded a 2-1 victory over Al Batin at the King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh.Musa featured for 62 minutes before he was substituted with Matheaus Petros on Thursday.Abderazak Hamed-Allah got Al Nassr ahead from the spot in the 26th minute.Zaid Ounalli leveled for Al [...]
Nigerians have taken to social media to laud the federal government following the release of Zainab Aliyu, the lady who was detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking.Her detention in Saudi Arabia had stirred an outrage among Nigerians on social media who demanded that the federal government intervene and secure her release.The pressure for her release became intense since [...]
At least 23 Nigerians are on the death row in Saudi Arabia for "drug-related offences", The Nation is reporting.Citing a document, the newspaper said the Nigerians were convicted for contravening the narcotic and psychotropic substances control law, which is punishable by death.They were said to have been arrested between 2016 and 2017 at King Abdul-Aziz International Airport, Jeddah and Prince [...]
Saheed Sobade, a Nigerian, has reportedly been nabbed with 1,183 grams of cocaine powder in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, made this known while speaking at a programme on Arise Television on Friday.This comes a few days after Saudi authorities executed Kudirat Afolabi, another Nigerian, for drug-related offences."I have bad [...]
Sodiq Abubakar (not real name) was not going to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; it was prayers answered for him and he was ready to deploy all his resources to get the job. And so as early as 6:30am, he joined hundreds of other doctors outside the Ladi Kwali Hall of Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, for the recruitment exercise being organised by [...]
Amnesty International supporters and volunteers from different parts of Nigeria staged a demonstration to the embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abuja, calling for justice for Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.Human right groups, including Amnesty International, have been calling for justice for the deceased and his family."We are calling for a UN investigation of [...]
Mohammed bin Salman, crowned prince of Saudi Arabia, on Monday called Salah Khashoggi, son of Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist killed in the country’s consulate in Turkey, to express his condolences.Abdulaziz Salma, Saudi king, also made a similar call.Khashoggi, 59, was last seen on October 2, entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.He is alleged to have been killed on the orders [...]
An ad hoc committee of the senate has alleged that the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) extorts Muslims who go on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.Presenting a report during plenary on Thursday, Adamu Aliero, chairman of the committee, accused NAHCON of "over bloated" charges.Aliero said his committee discovered that the commission's procurement processes were in not in line with the public procurement act.He [...]
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