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Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to provide daily report of flight delays across all airports in the country. He said such a report should be made available to it on a daily basis. He spoke at the ongoing stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos. Keyamo […]

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has sacked Darlington Nwokocha, the Senate minority chief whip, representing Abia Central under the platform of the Labour Party (LP). The court declared Augustine Akobundu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the authentic winner of the 25 February election in the senatorial district. The court delivered the judgement […]

The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the November 11, 2023 election, Senator Athan Achonu, on Saturday declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must ensure that collation of results is done manually and electronically, pointing out that Form EC8 is a legal document needed to satisfy compliance with the electoral process . The […]

The United States of America has cautioned its citizens about ‘elevated threats’ to prominent Hotels in Nigeria’s larger cities. In a statement released on the US Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria’s website on Friday, the US revealed that they had received credible information that there were major threats to highbrow hotels in several of the […]

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has said inadequate funding of critical justice and social welfare institutions was hampering their ability to carry out their mandates effectively, and thereby compromising the welfare of most citizens, especially the vulnerable ones. Kalu stated this in Abuja at a meeting in his office […]

A Kano State High Court has restrained the state government from taking any action against private primary and secondary schools in the state. The ex-parte order restraining the government to maintain the status quo was granted by Justice Nasiru Saminu after hearing a motion ex-parte filed by Barr. AbdulHafees D. Khalid for the applicants. Applicants […]

By Testimony Ishola One of the three arms of the government is the judiciary and ordinarily, one can argue that it is the most powerful arm. The judiciary interprets, defends, and applies the law in the name of the state. While the legislature makes the law(s), the judiciary has the power to make judgements that […]

The Federal Government have issued a stern warning to water contractors on Thursday, emphasizing its uncompromising stance on substandard contracts in the execution of the Expanded Water Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) projects. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation Prof. Joseph Utsev, delivered this warning during the launch of the 2022/2023 PEWASH project implementation in […]

European football governing body UEFA upheld a 500,000 euro fine ($537,000) on Spanish champions Barcelona on Friday for a breach of their financial control rules. UEFA’s club financial control body (CFCB) said in a statement the Catalan club wrongly reported profits “on the disposal of intangible assets” in the financial year 2022. Barcelona were initially […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upturned the verdict of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Umuahia, which dismissed the election of the member representing Isikwuato Umunneochi Federal Constituency in Abia State, Hon. Amobi Ogah. The Tribunal had in September nullified Hon. Ogah’s election, after which he called for calm over the […]

The French authorities have agreed to return $150 million General Sani Abacha loot. Abacha was Nigeria military leader between 1993 to 1998. Since his death, the country has recovered millions of dollars stacked abroad. The visiting France Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ms. Catherine Colonna, who disclosed this to Diplomatic Correspondents in Abuja, said […]

Rev. Fr. Samson Emokhidi, a priest of the Archdiocese of Abuja, has been declared missing. According to a statement released by the Chancery, Samson was last seen leaving his residence at 8:45 pm on Sunday, October 1, 2023. The statement signed by Chancellor of the Archdiocese, Fr Sam Tumba, said there had been no communication […]