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Alleged Tinubu’s NNPCL Nepotism: Shehu Sani replies Elrufai ... Questions His Silence During Buhari's Regime  Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has blasted the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Mal.Nasir Elrufai over recent comments made via his social media handle on alleged issues of Nepotism at NNPCL against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Farooq Kperogi, a US-based Nigerian professor of journalism had accused Tinubu of governing Nigeria with a Lagos mindset. According to the scholar, Tinubu chose to dominate the economy with people from the South-West the way former President Muhammadu Buhari loaded the security sector with northerners during his administration Elrufai later shared  Kperogi's post on his X handle and  said, "Two wrongs don’t make a right", adding that sensible inclusion trumps senseless exclusion. However in a swift reaction to Elrufai 's shared post, Comrade  Shehu Sani via his X handle replied, " "There were peopl...

2024 Hajj: A Benchmark for Excellence ( By Ishaq Lanre Olaitan) The 2024 Hajj operations, led by Malam Jalal Ahmad Arabi, have been unanimously celebrated as a watershed moment for Nigeria’s pilgrimage efforts. Through meticulous planning and flawless execution, NAHCON set new standards, earning praise from pilgrims and industry stakeholders alike. Veteran Hajj professional, Ustaz Abubakar Siddeq Muhammad, in his analytical piece titled "Mal Jalal Ahmad Arabi And Hajj 2024 (2)" published in _Leadership_ Newspapers, lauded the unprecedented readiness of Arafah. “For the first time in over 20 years, the Tents were fully prepared two weeks before D-Day—carpeted and air-conditioned,” he observed (see: https://leadership.ng/mal-jalal-ahmad-arabi-and-hajj-2024-2-2/). Despite his tenure being prematurely cut short by political maneuvering, Jalal Arabi’s leadership as Chairman/CEO of NAHCON delivered transformative results, currently detailed in the Commission’s report, ...