•US Capitol in Washington DC, yesterday The US government entered a partial shutdown today as a midnight funding deadline passed without Congress approving a 2026 budget, though disruption was expected to be limited with the House set to move early next week to ratify a Senate-backed deal. The funding lapse followed a breakdown in negotiations...
The United Nations has shut down a critical air service in Nigeria’s northeast over severe funding shortages. he U.N. Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), run by the WFP, ended its fixed-wing operations in the country last week after nearly a decade of flying aid workers and supplies into conflict zones, reports Channels TV. “In 2024, UNHAS [&hel...
•Social media icons In a move to sanitise social media, the Nigerian government has shut down about 13,597,057 social media accounts for offensive content and violations of the code of practice by users of social media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and X, formerly known as Twitter. This move was contained in a Code […]...
•A crashed helicopter The helicopter tour company behind a crash in New York that killed six people last week is shutting down, US authorities said yesterday. A senior business executive, his wife and three children died along with the pilot when the helicopter operated by New York Helicopter Tours malfunctioned and plunged into the Hudson [&h...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down a warehouse in Kaduna for stocking expired food and cosmetic products worth over N75 million. NAFDAC explained that the feat was achieved following information gathered from a concerned citizen. The agency shared this development on its official X handle ye...
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Lagos State chapter, and workers today, shut down normal operations of Lagos Television, Eko FM/Radio Lagos and Lagos Traffic Radio to protest the non-implementation of the N85,000 minimum wage by the management of the stations. NLC, in collaboration with workers of the three broadcast stations under the aegis of ...
•Oil tankers Less than a month after the Port Harcourt Refining Company appeared to have resumed production, the facility has stopped working. Our correspondent, who visited the refinery on Thursday, December 19, 2024, observed that the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) had stopped, reports Saturday PUNCH. It was gathered that the lifti...
Akure, the Ondo State capital, was on temporal shutdown today when the All Progressives Congress (APC) held its final campaign rally ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. See photos below:
•Some of the seized items The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down an illegal factory producing counterfeit cosmetic products at Benue Plaza, Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State. Disclosing this in a post on its X handle today, the agency said the factory was shut down after its […]
The Senate of the University of Benin has shut down academic activities at the institution following yesterday s protests. Disclosing this in a statement today, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Benedicta Ehanire, said the shutdown does not affect the non-academic staff. The university also ordered students to vacate their hostels im...
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