The Federal Government has pledged to offer more assistance to local airline operators to create enabling environment and ease of operations. Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, made …
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Kano caught in ‘Game of Thrones’ royal standoff
Northern Nigeria’s largest city, Kano, has been gripped by tension as two rival royal figures wrestle over an influential throne key to control of one of the country’s most important …
Read More »Tinubu departs Lagos for Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has departed Lagos for Abuja, where he is scheduled to commission several projects executed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). President Tinubu left the Presidential Wing …
Read More »Tanker tyre explosion sparks chaos in Lagos
Pandemonium engulfed Ekololu, a community in the Surulere area of Lagos, on Monday night when the back tyres of a tanker transporting fuel to a Conoil filling station burst into …
Read More »Cross River raises minimum wage, ends two-day off-duty for workers
The Cross River State Government has released a new salary structure for workers in the state following the increment of the minimum wage by Governor Bassey Otu from N30,000 to …
Read More »Man wrongly deported from UK dies, family blames Home Office
A 41-year-old immigrant British resident, Sudharsan Ithayachandran, has died after being wrongly deported by the UK Home Office back to his native country, Sri Lanka. Ithayachandran was deported back to …
Read More »Sen Nwoko wants Senate to probe sack of 317 CBN workers
Sen. Ned Nwoko (PDP-Delta North), has criticised the recent sack of 317 workers of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and urged the Senate to investigate the purge. Nwoko told …
Read More »NLC wants better pay, insurance, pension for journalists
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Joe Ajaero, has called for better pay, insurance cover and pension for journalists across the country. Ajaero made the call when …
Read More »Nigerian students win big at ICT competition in China
Four teams from Nigeria have secured two grand prizes and two first prizes at the Huawei ICT Competition 2023-2024 Global Final held in Shenzhen, China, on May 26. At the …
Read More »We have no hand in student’s death – Ebonyi varsity
The management of the Ebonyi State University (EBSU) says the institution had no hand on the death of Miss Favour Ugwuka, a final year student of the Department of English …
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