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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received the Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District, Peter Nwaoboshi as he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Senator Nwaoboshi was presented to the President by the Chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, […]
The police have arrested a university student accused of killing Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV. Ataga was said to have been found in a pool of his blood with multiple wounds on his body after the media mogul was stabbed to death at a hotel where he reportedly lodges in […]
…NAMA acquires automated mobile control towers The Federal Government, yesterday, said the quartet of Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano airports will be concessioned by August. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said in Lagos that the last phase of the concession preparations would be done between this month and July. In a related […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, the Presidency has said. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He explained that the President’s trip to London was for a scheduled medical follow-up, adding that he […]
Seven years after the Federal Government amended the Pension Reform Act, which stipulated that employers should remit 18 per cent of workers’ monthly emoluments into their RSAs, the government is yet to comply with its own law. The Pension Reform Act promulgated in 2004 had stipulated that workers and employers should contribute 7.5 per […]
The Nigerian government has announced that it has set up a committee to negotiate with social media giant, Twitter, a few weeks after a controversial government ban. The committee includes five serving ministers of the Nigerian government, a statement from the information minister said. Nigeria recently banned Twitter after the social media platform deleted […]
The Economic Community of West African State, ECOWAS, Court of Justice has ruled against the Federal Government of Nigeria on the suspension of Twitter, saying the app is a fundamental right. The ECOWAS Court also ruled that the Federal Government cannot arrest or prosecute anybody for using Twitter. Socio – Economic Rights And Accountability […]
Dubai main airline Emirates has announced the indefinite suspension of flights to and from Nigeria from Monday 21 June, 2021. The Airline on Monday revealed this on their website emirates.com. “In line with government directives, passenger flights to and from Nigeria (Lagos and Abuja) are suspended with effect from 21 June 2021 until further […]
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has opposed demands for the legalisation of cannabis in Nigeria. Marwa said the nation cannot afford to mortgage the lives of the citizens for financial gains by legalising cannabis. He said this on Monday, in response to earlier calls by Ondo State […]
The Nigerian men’s 4x100m, 4x400m, and women’s 4x400m and mixed 4x400m teams failed in their bids to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on the last day of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria Olympics National Trials at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos on Sunday. The relay teams however have another chance to secure […]
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