National authorities in the European Union can compel airlines to compensate passengers for long delays, a top EU court ruled on Thursday. This applies to national authorities responsible for passenger rights where the EU member state concerned “has granted that body power to that effect,” the bloc’s highest court...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, internal, results exactly 45 days after the exercise was conducted. While announcing the results on Thursday in Minna, Niger State, the Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Wushishi, said the 2022...
A British passenger has been found dead by his wife on board a flight from the UK to Cyprus. The tourist, 63, lost consciousness on the flight to the city of Paphos on the southwest coast of the Mediterranean island, according to Mail Online. He never regained his consciousness and...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Abdullahi Adamu has accused the party’s presidential candidate Bola Tinubu of appointing members of the Presidential Campaign Council without the approval of APC National Working Committee. Tinubu had on Friday unveiled a 422-man committee comprising political heavyweights and other notable members...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and other dignitaries were present on Thursday when President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated a new complex for the Body of Benchers in Abuja. The Chairman of the Body Of Benchers, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), said the Rivers State Government under the leadership of Wike donated...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – The Appeal Court on Thursday has given the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) the green light to hold its elective congress slated for Friday, September 30. Details later.
An Upper Area Court in Makurdi on Thursday ordered that a 45-year-old man, James Beetse for alleged attempt to sell his daughter for N20million.. The police charged Beetse alongside his friend, Dooyum Agisha with criminal conspiracy, abduction and child trafficking in Benue. Magistrate Dooshima Ikpambese did not take the...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has described the Chief of Staff to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Alhaji Abba Yola, as ‘the best man’ for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) presidency. Governor Ganduje said, “I am behind you, not because you’re...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – A political group, Aticulated Visions of Nigeria (AVON), has pledged to mobilise four million and above votes for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the 2023 presidential election. AVON National President, Comr. Joshua Ebenyi disclosed this in...
The Yobe Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has pledged to provide support for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) towards a hitch-free 2023 general election. The State NSCDC Commandant, Mr Sa’idu Aliyu, stated this when he hosted the state INEC officials on a courtesy...
Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division, Nigerian Army Rukuba, near Jos, has warned its personnel against involvement in illegal arms deals. Ali gave the warning at the opening of Arms and Ammunition Storeman Refresher Course 1/22 at Base Ordinance Depot of the cantonment. This was...
The Katsina Customs Area Command has seized goods worth more than N79 million from August, 2022 to date. The Controller of the Command, Alhaji Wada Chedi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Katsina. Chedi explained that 15 different models of vehicles were seized in the period under review. He...
Google has announced six new features and developments on search to help people gather and explore information in new ways. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, the Head, Communication, West Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Kola-Ogunlade said that the new features leveraging machine learning...
Alh. Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the party must be united to fight and win the 2023 general elections. Abubakar said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the presentation books in his honour, marking the party’s presidential campaign and inauguration of...
Nigerian Comedian and popular skit maker, MC Lively, sits with Chude Jideonwo, the host of #WithChude, to discuss the start of his career in comedy, acting, and the pregnancy scandal that almost ruined him. MC Lively, who had studied Law at Obafemi Awolowo University, discussed his struggles with unemployment and underemployment before...
The management of University of Benin has fixed dates for its Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry screenings for 2022/2023 session. The university, in a notice by its Registrar, Mr Ademola Bobola on Wednesday in Benin, said that the exercise would hold between Nov. 14 and Nov....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Yobe North APC senatorial candidate, Bashir Sheriff Machina has hailed the Federal High Court judgment that declared him as the authentic senatorial candidate of the party, describing it as a victory for justice. Machina also called on all his supporters, and indeed the people...
By SAM ADZEGE, Abuja- The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has excoriated the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) for presiding over the almost total destruction of Nigeria. Alhaji Atiku regretted that, under the watch of the APC, Nigeria has witnessed all round deterioration and...
The Police Command in Borno has confirmed the escape of the six security personnel abducted by ISWAP terrorists in Benishek on Monday. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Abdu Umar disclosed this during a conference with Devisional Police Officers on Wednesday in Maiduguri. “The terrorists abducted the...
Gunmen have killed no fewer than four soldiers and one civilian at Umunze in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka that the incident took place around Zenith Bank axis of Umunze at about 12.40 p.m on...