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National Carrier: FG Invites Proposals From Private, Public Sectors — Keyamo
The federal government has reiterated that it will not directly invest in establishing a national carrier but remains open to viable proposals from private and public entities, both local and international. This clarification was made by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, in a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday. According to Keyamo,...
NDLEA Confiscates Opioids Worth N6.5bn At Lagos, Rivers ports
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted six million pills of opioids — including Tamol 225mg, Tapentadol 225mg, and Carisoprodol 225mg — along with 332,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup, with a total estimated street value of ₦6.52 billion, at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State, and the Apapa Seaport, Lagos. NDLEA spokesperson Femi...
Group Launches Campaign Against Cultism, Police Brutality, Insecurity in Edo
The Peaceful Edo Initiative, under the banner of the Movement for a Peaceful Edo (PEM), has launched a statewide campaign aimed at promoting sustainable peace and tackling insecurity, cultism, and unprofessional conduct by some security personnel in Edo State. The convener of the movement, Comrade Aghedo Gifted, at a world press conference on Friday, in Benin City, said the initiative...
X Users Alarmed Over Widespread Outage
X-users (the platform formerly known as Twitter), are grappling with a widespread outage, leaving both the website and app inaccessible. The Elon Musk-owned social network began experiencing issues around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 24. According to DownDetector.co.uk, user complaints surged from just 66 to over 11,000 within minutes, peaking at 1:39 p.m. This marks the second major disruption in a matter...
Dangote, Partners Niger Govt To Unveil Rice Project
The Dangote Group has unveiled a multi-billion naira agricultural partnership with the Niger State Government to boost rice production and strengthen Nigeria’s food security. According to a statement, the Senior Special Adviser to the President of Dangote Group, Fatima Abdurrahman, announced the partnership during the opening of the 2025 Niger National Trade Fair in Minna. She disclosed that the conglomerate is...
FG Empowers Youths To Boost $1tn Economy Goal
The Federal Government has trained 535 Nigerian youths in welding, fabrication, and metallurgy as part of its plan to reposition the country’s steel and metal sector for economic transformation. The capacity-building initiative, tagged Bootcamp Training on Welding and Fabrication; Industrial Foundry and Metallurgy, and Instrumentation, Control and Mechanical Maintenance, ended on Friday, May 23, 2025, at the Metallurgical Training Institute,...
EFCC Chair Denies Pre-Defection Meeting With Governors
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission has denied a claim that its chairman, Ola Olukoyede, met with an incumbent governor and his predecessor 48 hours before they defected to the All Progressives Congress. The response followed claims made by Paul Ibe, spokesperson to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, during a recent interview on a national television station. Ibe had claimed that both...
Uzodimma Calls For Swift Probe Of JAMB Website Hackers
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, charges the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services to intensify the investigation of suspected hackers of the Joint Administration and Monitoring Board’s website. JAMB experienced glitches in its website in the last Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Board examination, which affected the results of more than 370,000 students, mostly from the southeast. The...
FG Promise To Strengthen Domestic Carriers
The Federal Government has announced a shift in its aviation strategy, declaring that it will now be paying attention to policies that can strengthen local airlines against the widespread calls for a national carrier. This announcement was made in Lagos by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, during the launch of a book authored by veteran aviation...
A’Ibom Gov Charges Appointees To Defect Or Resign
Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno has asked all commissioners and political appointees in his cabinet to either join him in defecting to the All Progressives Congress or step down from their positions. According to a video shared by Channels TV on Friday, the governor spoke during a State Executive Council meeting on Thursday. Eno confirmed his planned defection to the...
