The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will resume passenger flights from Nigeria and 11 other African countries on Saturday, January 29. UAE’s National Crisis and Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) announced this in a tweet on Wednesday. “From January 29, entry into the UAE for arrivals from Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria,...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Bonro State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday flagged off the construction and expansion of over 20 kilometer dual carriage way worth about N10.8 billion . The contacts which were contracted to Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC) and Obtuse Tech Engineering Company limited have duration...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed the nation’s Armed Forces and other security services to deal decisively with any person or group undermining efforts at achieving sustainable peace, security and stability in the country, assuring that the country will ultimately defeat the forces of...
Seven out of eight All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants have demanded for the suspension of the ongoing primaries in Ekiti State. The aspirants — Kayode Mojo, Demola Popoola, Femi Bamisile, Bamidele Faparusi, Dayo Adeyeye, Opeyemi Bamidele and Afolabi Oluwasola — are protesting alleged irregularities in the conduct of...
A police helicopter which took off from Abuja has crashed at the Bauchi Airport, the Accident Investigation Bureau said on Thursday. However, no loss of life was recorded, the AIB noted. “On 26th January, 2022, Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria was notified by Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) about an...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts to facilitate the movement and resettlement of some indigenous communities within the Abuja City centre to their new locations, the Federal Executive Council (FCE) has approved a N5.4 billion contract for the construction of access road from Mpape to Shere-Galuwyi...
Says policies on job creation , economic diversification working By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Sokoto inaugurated a new 3 million metric tonnes per annum BUA Cement Sokoto Line 4 Factory, expressing delight that the Federal Government policies on economic diversification, job creation and...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general election, a fledging political support group with the vision of restoring the eroding glory of Cross River State is set for formal inauguration at Ogoja Local Government Area. The official launching of the group known as Reclaim Cross River has...
Veteran Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has taken to social media to reveal his senior brother, Leo Edochie and his Father, Pete Edochie. The politician who revealed this through his official Instagram page, stated that Leo Edochie is the first son of his father, Pete Edochie, adding that family is...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A political activist, Kemka Ibeji has pledged to purchase the All Progressive Congress (APC) nomination and expression of interest forms for the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr.Ogbonnaya Onu, if only he declares his intention to contest for the 2023 presidency. Mr. Ibeji, who...
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit on Burkina Faso and Mali on Friday, Ivory Coast’s information minister said, after military takeovers in both countries. Army officers in Burkina Faso ousted President Roch Kabore on Monday in West Africa’s third coup...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbegosola on Wednesday decorated four (4) newly appointed Deputy Controllers General (DCGs) of the Federal Fire Service, DCG Karebo Samson, DCG Abdulganiyu Jaji, DCG Tesleem Agunloye and DCG Calistus Agu. The Minister while congratulating the new DCGs, used...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Despite the global economic challenges occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic, as well as the disruption of business activities in 2020 by nationwide protests, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) achieved over a hundred percent of its collection target for the year 2021. “Notwithstanding the...
A Saudi tourist was trampled to death by an elephant during a game drive at a popular park in Uganda, a wildlife official said Wednesday. The attack happened on Tuesday at the Murchison Falls National Park when the man left the vehicle he was travelling in with friends, said...
Nigeria lost N3 trillion to 2,845 fire outbreaks in 2021, Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola has said.Aregbesola made this known on Wednesday while decorating the newly promoted Deputy Controllers-General (DCGs) of the Federal Fire Service (FFS). The minister also said that the FFS saved properties worth N18.9 trillion, 587 lives...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi , has refuted claims from Governor Nyesom Wike, that he dumped an aircraft owned by Rivers State Government in Germany. Speaking on behalf of the former Rivers governor, a former Commissioner of Transport, Tolofari George, in...
The Nigerian Navy has released the posting of 54 Rear Admirals following the recent promotion of senior officers in the service. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Suleman Dahun, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, in the postings, Rear Adm. Saidu Garba,...
Unless the Management of the the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited appears before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition within seven days, the company might be compelled to cough out the sum of N18.448 billion as compensation to its host communities. This followed a directive...
The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced on February 14, 2022. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, said Hushpuppi has been scheduled for sentencing on Valentine’s Day, according to BBC Pidgin. In a plea...
Experts have urged the Federal Government to invest in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the agriculture sector to tackle poverty in the country. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. They spoke against the backdrop of the Federal...