The third batch of 131 stranded Nigerians evacuated from conflict-ridden Sudan has arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the evacuees arrived at the Pilgrims Terminal of the airport at exactly 1:45 p.m., on board a TARCO aircraft from Port...
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The next batch of 132 returnees from Sudan are expected in Abuja around 2 p.m. on Saturday. Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NiDCOM, said the returnees “left Port Sudan International Airport on Saturday at 7:20 a.m. local time, with 132 Nigerian nationals (evacuees)...
The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on Friday, sealed up the Garki International Market in Abuja over accumulated refuse dumps that might cause an epidemic outbreak. The Director AEPB, Mr Osi Braimah, condemned the break down of law and order in the market. “Our environmental officers in carrying out...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The victory of the President-elect and Vice President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, respectively and the established control of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 21 out of 36 states in the last general elections, have firmly established the party as a dominant national Political Party. ...
The first batch of 376 Nigerian students trapped in war-torn Sudan has arrived in Abuja. The students arrived at the Pilgrims Terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at exactly 11:25pm via the Air Peace Plane and the Nigeria Airforce Jet with the number NAF C-130. The...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the APC National Chairman, says the party liaise with the President-elect Bola Tinubu about the 10th assembly leadership. He said this on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the end of a four hours closed door meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC)...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said the repositioning of the military, through training, networking and equipping, will turn it into a force of global reckoning, while urging officers to keep giving their best to the nation. Speaking at the commissioning of a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Adejobi said: “Barrister Ari, who was...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, says the 9th National Assembly has performed creditably well in terms of delivering democracy dividends to Nigerians, since its inauguration in 2019. Lawan said this in his goodwill message to the Nigerian workers in Abuja. “By 2019 when the 9th assembly was inaugurated, the nation’s...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned the election petition tribunals against being compromised as they look into suits arising from the just concluded 2023 general polls. Mr Joe Ajaero gave the advice on Sunday in Abuja at a news conference organised by the Labour and Civil Society Movement...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the National May Day celebration in Abuja will be held on the streets to enable Congress deepen its reconnection with the people. The General Secretary of NLC, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, stated this on Saturday in a...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC), has protested the last minute order denying organised labour the use of Eagle Square as venue for the May 1, Workers Day rally. Mr Festus Osifoh, TUC President, made the union’s position known while addressing newsmen at the end of its National Executive Council...
Gov. Nyesome Wike of Rivers has said that the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has the capacity to turn around the fortunes of the country in the interest of all. Wike said this on Friday in Abuja when he, alongside his Oyo State counterpart, Gov. Seyi Makinde, visited Tinubu. The...
The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi, Mr Usman Ododo, on Friday, received President Muhammadu Buhari’s blessings as the party’s flagbearer in the November election. Ododo, while briefing State House Correspondents after he was presented to the President by Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, said...
President-elect, Bola Tinubu on Friday joined President Muhammadu Buhari and hundreds of Muslim faithful to perform the 2-raka’at Friday prayer at the Aso Rock Mosque, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the prayer session was led by the Chief Imam of the Mosque, Malam...
The Ebonyi chapter of the Labour Party (LP) on Friday expressed concern over the relocation of the state Election Petitions Tribunal (EPT) to Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Wednesday directed the tribunal to relocate...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja said the robust plan to improve the security architecture of the country had been realized, with upgrading of hardware, building of facilities, training, and equipping of staff and officers, and structuring of a welfare system that caters...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) North East Zone has trained no fewer than 60 journalists from Borno and Yobe states and other public health stakeholders on the dangers of bleaching creams, use of chemicals in body sprays, lotions...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $1.2million dollars for the immediate evacuation of Nigerians stranded in war torn Sudan. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known while addressing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council’s meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on...
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja, held a closed door meeting with the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu. Kalu, who arrived Tinubu’s Asokoro residence in Abuja at 5:31pm, decked in white attire and red cap, was ushered into a meeting with Tinubu. The News Agency of...