Concerns As Xejet Aircraft Skids Off Lagos Airport Runway
Aviation industry experts have raised heavy concerns after an aircraft belonging to XeJet Airline skidded off the runway at the domestic wing of Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos State yesterday. According to a terse statement released by the airline on Sunday morning, there were no casualties. In the statement by the airline which was obtained […]
How Virginia Commonwealth Students Walked Out Of Graduation
It was a heated moment as dozens of Virginia Commonwealth University students walked out of their graduation ceremony yesterday, partly over a speaker’s response – the state governor – to campus protests. It happens as US school administrators prepare for potential disruptions of commencement due to protests against the Israel-Gaza war. This weekend, dozens of […]
Making Fubara A Gov Was A Mistake, Wike Begs Rivers People
The immediate past governor of Rivers State and the incumbent Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, apologized to the people of Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area to forgive him over the mistake he made in picking Governor Siminalaye Fubara to succeed him as Governor. Wike who stressed that at no point did he […]
EFCC Bans Fx Transactions At Foreign Embassies In Nigeria
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced a ban on dollar transactions at foreign embassies in Nigeria, warning that anyone who engages in such henceforth will be severely dealt with The anti-graft agency said that the Nigerian local currency should be the only legal tender for transactions at foreign embassies. […]
How Wike Brought Misery, Grief, Anguish To Rivers – Secondus
Prince Uche Secondus, a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has attributed the lingering political crisis in Rivers State to the pursuit of selfish interest by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. While speaking to journalists in Abuja on Sunday, Secondus said the FCT Minister was the brain behind […]
Tinubu’s Taxation Moves Not To Frustrate Nigerians — Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has asserted that Nigeria’s tax reforms under the administration of President Bola Tinubu are targeted at improving the system for the overall benefit of all Nigerians and not to frustrate them as insinuated by the opposition. He said contrary to speculations in some quarters, “we are not here to frustrate any […]
Otti Woos Multi-billion Naira Agric Farm To Invest In Abia
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti has called on the founder of CSS Global Integrated Farms, Nasarawa State, John-Kennedy Opara to establish an agricultural farm in the state, assuring him that the state is business friendly. Otti made this call on Saturday, while speaking at a capacity-building training programme organized for the first batch […]
ECOWAS Moves To Fight Illicit Maritime Activities In W’Africa
Experts from ECOWAS member states held a meeting in Lomé, Togo, precisely between May 6 and 8, 2024, to examine in detail, the draft supplementary Act relating to cooperation in suppressing illicit maritime activities in the ECOWAS region. In order to guarantee that comprehensive, accurate, and trustworthy records of the operations of ECOWAS institutions and […]
South Africa Urges ICJ To Order Israel To Withdraw From Rafah
As part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the government of South Africa has called on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah. This was made known by the United Nations’s top court on Saturday. In January, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an order to […]
Crisis In Rivers May End This Democracy, Bode George Warns
Chief Olabode George who is a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on elders and stakeholders of the party to intervene in the raging political crisis in Rivers State, warning that it has the potential to metamorphose into a national conflagration. He also sent a warning to President Bola […]
Prince Harry Promises To Support Wounded Nigerian Soldiers
As part of his activities in Nigeria during his ongoing 3-day visit, the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, has promised to help wounded soldiers. Prince Harry pledged this during his visit to Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State on Friday. Governor Sani welcomed the prince and expressed gratitude for his support of soldiers injured in […]
You Can’t Tax Low Income Earners, Ndume Tells Tinubu
Against the backdrop of the recent controversy generated by the implementation of the cybersecurity levy announced by the CBN, Senator Ali Ndume has condemned the move, stressing that it is not proper for the government to continue to levy the citizens while nothing is done to increase their income. Ndume who is the lawmaker representing […]