Nigeria on Friday joined 141 other countries to endorse New York Declaration on two-State solution between Israel and Palestine at the UN headquarters in New York. Applause rang out in the UN General Assembly Hall as countries endorsed the declaration on the peaceful settlement of the question of[Read More…]
Several parts of the country suffered an electricity outage on Wednesday as the national grid collapsed at about 11.23 a.m. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), reported the breakdown on its verified twitter handle. The company stated: “Please be informed that the power outage currently being experienced is due[Read More…]
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday struck out unruly behaviour and assault charges brought against an Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson, following police’s withdrawal of the case. On August 11, Emmanson was remanded in a correctional centre over a five-count charge of unruly behaviour and assault, due to an[Read More…]
A female passenger accused of assaulting flight officers aboard an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Lagos, has been charged to court and remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos. Comfort Emmanson, the accused passenger, who was on board the Uyo to Lagos flight on Sunday, had appeared[Read More…]
Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1, has been banned from travelling by air. The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, gave the directive after an incident at the Abuja airport where Kwam 1 stood in front of a plane while it was prepping[Read More…]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will, on Wednesday, August 6 open a network of roads in Badagry local government. The roads consist of three road networks, namely Aradagun-Mosafejo-Ilado-Imeke Road, Samuel Ekundayo Road, and Hospital Road, cutting across Badagry Local Government and Olorunda Local Council Development Areas. A statement by[Read More…]
The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has suspended its seven-day warning strike. The decision followed an agreement reached at a meeting between the Federal Government and the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) on August 1. The suspension notice, made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, was[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu has approved a one-year extension for the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, whose tenure was due to expire August 31. Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga, announced the extension on Thursday in Abuja. According to the statement, the extension will enable Adeniyi to[Read More…]
Prince Alwaleed bin Khaled bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, known worldwide as Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sleeping Prince’, has passed away, aged 35. The ‘Sleeping Prince’ died on Saturday, July 19, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after spending nearly 20 years in a coma. He slipped into a coma following a devastating[Read More…]
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday renamed University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in Borno after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. The university is now known as Muhammadu Buhari University. The President made the announcement during a special Federal Executive Council (FEC) session in Abuja. The session, convened in[Read More…]
