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The police in Abuja have arrested one Obiako Chukwuemeka parading to be a medical doctor working with the United Nations as a humanitarian aid at the National Hospital. Information about the suspect is still sketchy as his origin and age are yet to be known, while he awaits arraignment. A source said: “The National […]
The former leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, despite having been declared wanted by the Joint Task Force in 2009 for the fortuitous killing of some soldiers and again in 2015 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged conspiracy, illegal diversion […]
Operators at MMA2 terminal, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, said yesterday a 14-year-old stowaway was found unconscious inside one of the airlines of United Nigeria at the domestic wing of the Lagos airport. A statement by the Head of Media of the company, Oluwatosin Onalaja, identified the stowaway boy as an orphan from Kwara […]
Despite increasing airfares by over 100 percent, domestic airline operators are still groaning under the weight of the high cost of aviation fuel, also known as Jet Al. The problem has escalated, as they are currently witnessing a massive drop in passenger traffic across the major airports in the country. The domestic airlines […]
The Nigeria Senate is seeking an amendment to section 84 of the 2022 Electoral Act to prevent the same faith ticket of either Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian for President and Vice President of Nigeria by any political party after the 2023 general election. This information was made known by Senator Smart Adeyemi, of the […]
The Concerned Northern Forum (CNF), in conjunction with some civil society groups, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to remove the subsidy on petrol. The group also kicked against the N48 billion pipeline security contract awarded by the federal government to Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, an ex-militant leader. Addressing a press […]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked party leaders to refrain from making comments that could jeopardise the party’s unity. In a statement issued by Paul Ibe, his media aide, Abubakar said Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, and his colleagues are working for the victory of the party […]
Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says 137 out of about 261 borders in the north-east and north-west regions of the country are unguarded. He said this on Thursday while delivering a lecture on “security, defence & development in Nigeria” at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos. Irabor said the […]
The dramatic feud rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may still be lingering as former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, yesterday, met with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State in London. Those spotted in a photograph with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; […]
The presidency has explained reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari is the most attacked president in Nigeria’s history. In a reaction to an editorial by Guardian Newspapers, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu in a statement said since the opposition couldn’t defeat the president at the 2019 polls, they have resorted to other means. According to […]
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