•Aviation minister, Festus Keyamo The four crew members of the private aircraft that landed on a road near Asaba Airport, Delta State on Wednesday are currently in the custody of security agencies, Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister Festus Keyamo(SAN) has revealed. Keyamo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN), also announced the suspensi...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate today approved a three-month extension for the implementation of the capital component of the 2025 Appropriation Act, moving the deadline from June 30 to September 30, 2026, in a move aimed at preventing project abandonment and ensuring full utilisation of already released public funds across Ministries, Departments...
The federal government of Nigeria has declared tomorrow, Friday, June 12, as a public holiday in commemoration of Democracy Day. The announcement was made by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on behalf of the federal government. In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Magdalene Ajani, the government...
•Oshiomhole and the Senate The Senate has formally condemned and dissociated itself from comments attributed to Senator Adams Oshiomhole describing the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) as ‘a bunch of criminals and thieves’. According to the upper chamber, the remarks do not represent the official position, resolution, opinio...
A Plateau State High Court 17 has ruled that a Hausa person born and raised in Jos North Local Government Area is an indigene of the area. Justice C. Donglong gave the ruling while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two applicants — Fatima Baba Akawu, 1st claimant, and Baba Alhaji Akawu, 2nd claimant […]
The former Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Ajiya, has defended the integrity of the company and its staff, insisting that neither the organisation nor its workers are involved in theft. Ajiya made the remarks today during a session of the Senate Public Accounts Committee, which is invest...
A severe rainstorm yesterday morning claimed the lives of a 50-year-old woman and her four-year-old granddaughter in the Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, police officials confirmed. The tragedy occurred around 10:00 a.m. on June 10, 2026, in Unguwar Katsinawa, Bara Village. Hours of torrential rainfall and violent winds flattened r...
•Atiku and Tinubu The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has decried the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria, expressing concern that the terrorists and bandits attacks are now targeted at not only wasting precious human lives, but crippling the country̵...
•Former NNPC boss, Mele Kyari The Senate Committee on Public Accounts today ordered the arrest of the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, for failing to appear before it over allegations involving N210 trillion in unaccounted funds between 2017 and 2023. The directive fol...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has grounded a private aircraft and suspended its operator’s permit after the jet made an emergency landing on a roadway near Asaba in Delta State. After the emergency landing, the NCAA said the aircraft took off to Lagos without regulatory approval, reports The Nation. According to NCAA, all four [...
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