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Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded the residence of terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu in Kaduna early hours of Thursday. The operatives who came in with about 20 vehicles ransacked the house and carted away documents, phones, and laptops. According to an eyewitness, those in the house were ordered to sign […]
Leaders and members of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) under the aegis of the North Central APC Forum says the dynamics and intrigues of state elections are different from the presidential election. This is as the forum called on the APC presidential flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, to restrategize his political calculation. The group […]
The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has frowned at foreign airlines selling tickets in dollars, warning that government would not take it kindly with those caught engaging in such violation of Nigerian laws. Sirika gave the warning while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the virtual meeting of […]
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) says its members are losing jobs over the prevailing oil theft bedevilling the country. Festus Osifo, president, PENGASSAN, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a press conference heralding its new advocacy programme themed “Chasing Oil Thieves and Vandals out of Business”. […]
Alhaji Tukur Mamu, who was negotiating between bandits and the families of abducted passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train, has been reportedly arrested in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. According to Daily Trust, Tukur Mamu was arrested alongside his family members on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj. He was detained at the […]
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday, said the Federal Government could only afford a 23.5% salary increase for university lecturers while a 35% increment will be enjoyed by professors. The minister also noted that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), warned against signing agreements that the government will not be able […]
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 […]
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