A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) FT-7NI trainer aircraft crashed on Friday at about 4.15pm in Makurdi, Benue State while on a routine training exercise. According to a statement from the Air Force, the two pilots on board survived the crash after successfully ejecting from the aircraft. There was no loss of lives or damage to […]
President Bola Tinubu will travel to Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday, July 15. to participate at the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (MYCM) of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs) and the African Union Member States. Dele Alake, Presidential Spokesman, said this on Friday. As the Chairperson of ECOWAS, the […]
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, says increasing well-targeted social spending will be critical to mitigate the impact of the removal of fuel subsidies on the most vulnerable in Nigeria. DAILY NIGERIAN reports that President Bola Tinubu had written to the National Assembly, requesting N500bn for disbursement to Nigerians to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy […]
Renewed Hope Initiative (HRI) of the First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, has donated N14.25 million in cash to some victims of a recent flood disaster at the TradeMore Estate in Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A statement by the Special Adviser to the First Lady on Media, Busola Kukoyi, in Abuja on […]
Rishi Sunak, the U.K. Prime Minister, has announced an increase in visa application fee paid by immigrants. He also said the surcharge paid for the state-funded National Health Service (NHS) by visa applicants by immigrants would “increase significantly.” “First we are going to increase the charges that we have for migrants who are coming to […]
An Abuja High Court on Friday discharged Sen. Rochas Okorocha of all allegations of corruption filed against him when he was governor of Imo State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Okorocha was governor of Imo State between 2011 and 2019. While delivering judgment in the suit, the Presiding Judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu, […]
As a measure to decongest prisons across Lagos, the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has released 30 inmates and approved their re-integration into society, after turning new leaves. The 30 inmates granted freedom to leave the correctional centres were among the 40 inmates listed for the amnesty programme by the prison services. […]
… Sets up committee over flooding, traffic congestion in Ikoyi The Lagos State House of Assembly has received a letter from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu nominating Mr. Adewuyi Moshood Adewale for the position of the Auditor-General of the State. A letter announcing this was read by the Clerk of the House, Barrister Olalekan Onafeko, at Thursday’s […]
The Special Assistant on Public Communications to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has described President Bola Tinubu’s plan to hand out N8,000 to 12 million households for six months as a brazen attempt to divert public funds. Shaibu said in a statement on Thursday that Tinubu’s plan to […]
Responding to the yearnings of Nigerians on rising cost of food after petrol subsidy removal, President Bola Tinubu has declared a state of emergency on food and water shortage across the country. In his declaration, he also directed the immediate release of fertilizers and grains to farmers and households, as part of measures to mitigate […]