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There is no respite yet for airline operators in Nigeria over the skyrocketing price of aviation fuel otherwise known as Jet A1 as the price hit N903 per litre yesterday, from N880 on Monday, Daily Trust can report. The development has put pressure on airline tickets with passengers paying as much as N200,000 for a … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s power generation dropped by 502.7 megawatts on Tuesday as members of the National Union of Electricity Employees and their counterparts in the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies grounded the nationwide operations of the Transmission Company of Nigeria the same day. It was observed that power generation on the national grid recorded … [Read more…]
The Niger State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Haliru Zakari Jikantoro, yesterday appeared before the House of Assembly committee investigating the alleged missing 72 tractors belonging to the 25 LGAs in the state. The chairman of the investigative committee, Malik Madaki Bosso, representing Bosso LGA in the state assembly said the APC chairman … [Read more…]
Nasarawa State Police Command have confirmed the kidnapping of the Nasarawa state Commissioner for Information and Culture, Hon. Yakubu Lawal at his residence in Nasarawa Eggon. This was contained in a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Nansel Ramhan, made available to journalists Tuesday morning. “On 15/8/202 at about 2045hrs, the attention … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said its fighter jets on internal security operations have bombarded another terrorists’ stronghold at Kurebe in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, killing scores of terrorists. NAF Director, Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who made the disclosure, said the terrorists had assembled at the venue for … [Read more…]
THE Ohanaeze Ndigbo has tackled the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami over his declaration that the Federal Government would not interfere with any local or international legal battle involving the former deputy president of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, facing trial for alleged organ harvest in the United Kingdom. … [Read more…]
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged Nigerians to disregard the threat by some marketers in the South-East zone of shutting down depots in Calabar, Port Harcourt and Enugu. Mr Edet Umana, IPMAN Chairman, Cross River, made this known in a statement on Saturday. Umana denounced the purported threat of shutting down … [Read more…]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) on Friday launched ‘Crude Theft Monitoring Applications’ to curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism. The launch was held in Abuja on the sideline of the signing of renewed Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) agreements between NNPC and its partners in Oil Mining Leases. The portal with the address … [Read more…]
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, says the government has done all it can to meet the demands of Abuja-Kaduna train attackers to ensure the release of all the victims. He said the terrorists’ leader demanded the release of his wife, newly born twins and seven … [Read more…]
Afrobeats musician Femi Kuti has denied saying ‘Obidients’ are zombies. The supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate for 2023, Peter Obi, are known as the “Obidients.” Reports had it that Kuti described Obidients as zombies. “You know what obedience means? Stand up, sit down, sit there — zombie. “How can you be Obidient in … [Read more…]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a foremost Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Enugu Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev’d Dr. E.O Chukwuma (OON) has lashed out at the candidates and supporters of the Labour Party in Nigeria saying Enugu State people would never be part of their controversial “Obidients” mantra. Archbishop Chukwuma who said … [Read more…]
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union,(COEASU) lecturers have suspended their ongoing strike for a period of 60 days. The suspension is contained in a state signed by COEASU President, Dr Smart Olugbeko and Dr Ahmed Bazza, General Secretary of the union on Friday in Abuja. The union said the suspension followed “enormous progress” made … [Read more…]