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‘Air Nigeria’ Is An Organised Monumental Fraud As Over N85bn Went Down The Drain – Roland Iyayi
Four years after the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, unveiled the name and logo of the proposed national carrier at the Farnborough International Airshow, London, Nigeria Air, was eventually unveiled last week to much controversy, outrage and ridicule. When the aircraft landed at the Abuja airport on Friday, May 26, 2023, it was greeted with a water salute,...
Ondo Governorship Election: Parties To Sign Peace Accord As INEC Flags Security Concerns
Ahead of the Ondo State Governorship Election scheduled for Nov. 16, political parties will participate in a Peace Accord signing on November 8. This initiative, coordinated by the National Peace Committee and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), aims to secure a peaceful election process. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced on Thursday in Abuja that the Commission has identified potential...
2023: Do Not Spoil South East Chances, Ohanaeze Begs IPOB
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has urged members of the proscribed secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB to sheathe their swords and allow peace to reign in the South-East. This is as Kanu in a Friday statement by his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, urged his followers to be ‘circumspect’ because ‘the enemies were relentlessly exploiting vulnerable means to blackmail IPOB.’ Ohanaeze’s spokesperson, Chief...
NAFDAC Cautions Kano Manufacturers Over Sales Of Substandard Products
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has cautioned operators and manufacturers within the Kano Free Trade Zone against sharp practices and manufacturing of substandard products capable of undermining Nigeria’s global rating. The agency’s Coordinator in Kano, Kassim Ibrahim, made the call during a 2 – day investors/stakeholders meeting organized by the Kano Free Trade Zone...
US Congress To Impose Visa Bans, Freezes Asset Against Miyetti Allah
A new bill introduced in the United States Congress aims to impose targeted sanctions on the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, and Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, citing alleged severe violations of religious freedom against Christians in Nigeria. The proposed measures include visa bans and asset freezes for individuals associated with these groups. Representative Smith Christopher, who sponsored the...
Tinubu Moves To Dismiss 3 RECs, Seeks Senate Approval
The Senate has been asked by President Bola Tinubu to approve the removal of the suspended Residents Electoral Commissioners (REC) for the states of Sokoto, Adamawa, and Abia. President Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter he addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. The affected Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, RECs are Ike Uzochukwu (Abia), Hudu Yunusa-Ari (Adamawa),...
Governor Sule Appoints New Traditional Head Of Gade Chiefdom
Governor Abdullahi Sule has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Sulaiman as the new Gomo Babye of Gade Chiefdom in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. This appointment, according to a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Barrister Muhammad Ubandoma-Aliyu follows the successful selection exercise conducted on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. According to Ubandoma-Aliyu, the new Gomo...
Court Remands Agba Jalingo In Kuje Prison For Alleged Cyber Crime
Agba Jalingo, a Nigerian journalist on trial for treason, has been remanded in Kuje prison from Monday till Thursday A judge in the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar, remanded the journalist to Kuje prison for cybercrime. It was reported that Justice Abubakar allegedly denied Jalingo’s lawyers the opportunity to move a motion for bail after he was...
Obiano Not Released, Only Transferred To Abuja — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed that the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has not been released from detention. In an exclusive chat with The PUNCH, the EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, noted that Obiano was transferred to Abuja on Friday morning. Obiano was arrested by the EFCC on Thursday night hours after his handover to the new...
NLC Urges Kwara To Release November Salary Withheld
The Kwara State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has demanded that the state government pay the employees' salaries that were withheld in November 2024 in all 16 local government districts. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the NLC Secretary in the state, Comrade Isiah Elachochi-Eigege, disclosed that about 75 percent of the affected workers, who include members of the...
