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Minister Refutes Enugu Airport Concession Claims
The Minister for Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has denied a media report claiming that a lengthy concession period had been agreed upon for Enugu International Airport. While the minister acknowledged that the government was considering concessions and had received proposals from various interested companies, he stated that no conclusion had been reached. In a statement signed by the Special...
Onyechi Assumes Duty As First Female Army Spokesperson
Lt Col Onyechi Anele on Tuesday assumed duty as the acting Director of Army Public Relations, becoming the first female officer to occupy the position in the history of the Nigerian Army. The ceremony, which took place at the Army Headquarters in Abuja, also marked the formal exit of Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, who bowed out after nearly four years...
Man Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Murder Of Stepmother, Sister In Kano
On Tuesday, a high court in Kano sentenced 22-year-old Sagiru Rijiyar-Zaki to death by hanging for fatally stabbing his stepmother, Rabiatu Sagir, and strangling his sister, Munawara, with a scarf. Rijiyar-Zaki, who lives in Kutama Village, Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano, was convicted of culpable homicide. Delivering judgement, Justice Amina Adamu-Aliyu held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond...
NNPC Drops Petrol Price To N880/Litre, Marketers Lament
Petroleum product marketers on Monday lamented their losses as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited reduced the price of petrol to N880 per litre in Lagos and N935 in Abuja. From N925, some NNPC retail outlets in Lagos changed their pump price to N880 on Easter Monday, while those in Abuja adjusted from N950 to N935. The NNPC price reduction came...
Harvard Sues Trump Over US Federal Funding Cuts
Harvard filed a lawsuit against President Trump's administration on Monday for cutting its funding and attempting to enforce external political oversight. Trump has sought to bring several prestigious universities to heel over claims they tolerated campus anti-Semitism, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status, and the enrolment of foreign students, but Harvard has refused to bow. “This case involves the Government’s efforts to...
UK Records 22,000 Nigerian Asylum Seekers
The United Kingdom Home Office has received over 22,619 asylum applications from Nigerian nationals from 2010 to 2024. This is as Nigerians accounted for one in 30 UK asylum claims over the period, ranking 11th on the Home Office’s newly released year-end Asylum and Resettlement statistics. According to the Home Office, nearly twice as many Nigerians (2,841) applied for asylum in...
Pro-Fubara Supporters Rally In Rivers, Urge Immediate Reinstatement
On Tuesday, hundreds of supporters of Siminalayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Rivers State, demonstrated in the streets and called for his reinstatement. Clad in black and carrying placards with inscriptions such as “Together we stand for Governor Sim Fubara,” “We want back our Governor; we all voted for” Governor Fubara; he is the pride of Rivers people,” the protesters...
Fred Idika Celebrates Sen. Orji Kalu At 65, Hails Him As “Mandela Of Ndi Igbo”
As Senator Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu marks his 65th birthday today, prominent philanthropist and political figure, Rtn. Chief Hon. Fred Eke Idika, JP, popularly known as Ekwueme Ohafia, has joined millions of Nigerians and admirers around the world to celebrate the elder statesman. In a goodwill message released on Monday, Chief Idika described Senator Kalu as a “great, gifted leader”...
Abia Government Refutes Allegations of Irregular Compensation In Airport Land Deal
The Abia State Government has strongly denied allegations of irregularities in the compensation process for landowners affected by the acquisition of land for the proposed Abia Airport project. Reacting to reports circulating in the media, the Honourable Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr. Chaka I. Chukwumerije, described the claims as "false and misleading." According to the Commissioner, the Ministry neither appoints...
Senator Orji Kalu Mourns Passing Of Pope Francis
Former Governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has mourned the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis. In a statement personally signed by him, Kalu who is the lawmaker representing Abia North Senstorial District, described Pope Francis as a beacon of hope, peace, and humility whose papacy touched billions of lives across the globe. “The passing of Pope Francis is...
