The federal government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), repatriated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya yesterday. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement. Musa said the evacuees who departed Tripoli Int...
•Lagbaja and Adelabu Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu has assured the Army of his readiness to dialogue with Distribution Companies (DisCos) over its electricity debt burden amounting to N42 billion. The Minister spoke when the Chief of Army Staff ( CAS) Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja visited and appealed for his intervention over the de...
The silent war between the Federal Government of Nigeria and that of Niger Republic is getting deeper as the government of the Francophone African country has singled out all flights from Nigeria for total ban from its airspace. The ban which was contained in circular issued by the Bureau Notam International De L’Quest African to […]
•Pope Francis Catholic Bishops in Nigeria have expressed disagreement with the position of Pope Francis on the blessing of same-sex couples. The Pope’s stance could be translated as endorsement of same-sex marriage by the Church, reports Daily Trust. In a speech delivered by President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Most Rev...
Current operating aircraft of Nigerian carriers have dropped to 44 from about 107 a few years ago following the debilitating foreign exchange crisis, investigation has revealed. The current statistics show that 63 aircraft of the scheduled operators are either grounded in the country or are in the various maintenance organisations outside Nig...
2024 Valentine’s Day was cliché in so many ways, including the massive representation of the colour red in every item possible. From red velvet cakes to red macaroons, red-wrapped candy, red outfits, roses, cars and ribbons, reports Saturday Independent. The colour made a grand outing and lovers all around Nigeria loved it. But should red [&he...
Kenya Airways, the East African carrier, has unveiled plans to increase its weekly frequencies into Nigeria to a minimum of 15 weekly flights before the end of the year. The airline, which presently operates daily flights from its base in Nairobi to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, said that other frequencies may be [&...
French energy giant TotalEnergies is set to sell its onshore business in Nigeria, its CEO Patrick Pouyanne has said, noting that operation in the Niger Delta is a “real difficulty.” Another oil major Shell announced last month that it was selling its onshore property—the Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC)—after decades of operation in t...
•NLC The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have sent a notice of a 14-day national strike to the federal government. The unions said that the 16-point agreement that was reached on October 2, 2023, between them and the federal government, has not been implemented, reports The Nation. The […]
•The suspects Nine Nigerians who sneaked into a vessel to follow it to Spain have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy (NN). They were arrested by operatives of the NNS BEECROFT in Lagos after they were sighted clinging to the rudder of the vessel by naval operatives manning the maritime domain surveillance facility, Falcon Eye, […]
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