FG Evacuates 542 Stranded Nigerians From UAE
A total of 542 stranded Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates, UAE, have been repatriated by the federal government. They arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Sunday morning at about 4:29am. The evacuees consisted of 79 males, 460 females and three infants. They were received by a federal government team led by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and airport...
How We Arrested IPOB Commanders In Ebonyi, Recovered Assorted Arms — Police
Ebonyi state Police Command, weekend said it has arrested Commanders of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB/ Eastern Security Network, ESN, in a thick forest, close to Opeke River, in Omege village of Agba Community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. During their arrest, the combined team of police, the military and DSS, also recovered assorted arms, ammunition, military...
UAE Authorities Jail Nigerian Lady For Filming Scene Of Maltreatment Of Her Countrymen
The family of Dinchi Lar, a Nigerian lady who was jailed for one year in the United Arab Emirates, have said she was incarcerated for exposing the maltreatment of Nigerians at Dubai airports. They stated this during a protest on Sunday in Abuja after the Dubai authorities sentenced her to one-year imprisonment. On August 31, Lar had taken to her Twitter...
Increase In Airfares About 97% In One Year – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics has stated that air transportation rose by 96.87 per cent in one year. In its report titled ‘transport fare watch’ (September 2022), the Bureau noted that the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey, increased by 96.87% from N36,922.97 in September 2021 on a year-on-year basis. According to the statistics body, on...
NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians On Suspected Fake Drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has raised the alarm over the circulation of suspected counterfeit Augmentin 625mg Tabs in the country. According to NAFDAC, the product failed short of the labeling requirements. The alert signed by the management of NAFDAC and titled ‘NAFDAC Alert And Sensitization Of The Public On Suspected Falsified Augmentin 625mg’ was obtained...
‘I Won’t Rule Nigeria From Dubai’ Tinubu Mocks Atiku
The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has mocked his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, as the race for the 2023 presidential heats up. Tinubu said unlike Atiku, he would not be a part-time President who shares his time between living in Dubai and Nigeria. He spoke during an interactive session with members of the...
President Buhari Vows To Deliver Nigeria Air As ”Parting Gift”
President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the week assured that the promised National Carrier would commence flight operations on or before December this year. The president gave the assurance at the 3rd Ministerial Performance Review Retreat on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the establishment of the National Carrier for Nigeria is at 91 per cent completion, saying the feat is being...
Peter Obi Reacts To Baba-Ahmed’s EndSARS ‘Massacre’ Comment
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has reacted to the statement made by his Vice Presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, about the Lekki toll gate shooting during the EndSARS protest. Recall that Baba-Ahmed, while featuring in an interview session on the Channels TV programme, Politics Today, last week, claimed the use of the word ‘massacre’ for the...
Bode George Backs The Call For Iyorchia Ayu’s Resignation
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has backed the call for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu. George faulted the resolution of the Acting PDP’s Board of Trustees, BoT, chairman, Adolphus Wabara-led reconciliation committee. The Wabara-led PDP BoT, in its report submitted to the party, recommended that the National Chairman, Iyorhcia Ayu, should resign...
‘Obidients’ Enraged Nigerians Who Want Change – Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said that his followers and proponents of the ‘Obidient’ movement are mostly Nigerians who are enraged over the sorry state of the nation and therefore demand change. Obi stated this on Monday while appearing on Arise TV’s Morning Show, where he responded to a question bordering on the aggressive attitude...
