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Comfort Emmanson, an air passenger embroiled in a controversial Ibom Air incident, has given a detailed account of the events on board the flight that led to her arrest, arraignment, and eventual discharge by a Lagos court. In a video shared on her Instagram page on Sunday, Emmanson expressed gratitude to supporters who stood by […]

The Federal Government has asked  a Canadian Federal court to retract the erroneous designation of some political parties in Nigeria as “terrorist organizations.”   The declaration was made in pursuance of a case involving a Nigerian, Mr. Douglas Egharevba, who arrived in Canada in September 2017 and applied for inland refugee status under the immigration […]

British Airways on Friday denied 58 passengers boarding on its Abuja-London flight following a faulty door.   For safety reasons, the airline had to keep some seats unoccupied, as confirmed by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).    Director of Public Relations and Consumer Protection of NCAA, Mr. Michael Achimugu, confirmed the development in a […]

Amnesty International says it possesses concrete evidence including names and addresses of individuals allegedly killed extrajudicially by the Nigerian military in the South-East geopolitical zone of the country.   “We have our evidence and we are very glad to present those evidence. We are always in touch with families of victims and believe there is […]

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Thursday, August 14, for a two-nation trip to Japan and Brazil.   The President will stop over in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, before proceeding to Japan.   In Japan, President Tinubu will attend the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in the City of Yokohama from […]

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named Ayo Hulayat Omidiran, a former House of Representatives member, the new Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission.   She succeeds Dr Muheeba Dankaka, whose tenure was dogged by controversy.   President Tinubu appointed Mohammed Musa as the Commission’s secretary while retaining Kayode Oladele from Ogun as commissioner. […]

Nigerian missions in the US, yesterday, Sunday August 10, held a joint virtual town hall with Nigerians nationwide to address consular issues, clarify policies, and discuss the country’s image abroad. The over four-hour meeting brought together the Embassy staff in Washington, DC, and the Consulates in New York and Atlanta, Georgia, with hundreds participating.   […]

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, for questioning over alleged fraudulent cash withdrawals to the tune of ₦189 billion.     It said the withdrawals were in flagrant violation of the Money Laundering (Prevention & Prohibition) Act, 2022.  A source at the commission […]

Searchng.ng nigerian search engine can now authoritatively report that, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has filed a landmark lawsuit against Nigeria’s top oil regulator, accusing it of failing to enforce critical crude supply obligations that have left his $19 billion refinery starved of feedstock and dependent on expensive crude imports. The lawsuit, filed against the […]

The Management of the Green Legacy hotel, an arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, has threatened legal action against the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), following the “invasion” of the hotel by EFCC operatives on Sunday.   In a statement, the hotel’s Managing Director, Vitalis Ortese, said about 50 armed men from the […]

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is said to be “incandescent with rage” following reports that Jupiter Lithium Limited, a British mining firm, has formally made known its intention to initiate arbitration proceedings against the Nigerian government over the abrupt cancellation of its lithium mining permits in Kaduna State. The Tinubu administration has not provided any […]

  The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has denied reports (not by Channels Television) that he forced the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Bayo Ojulari, to resign.    In a statement on Wednesday by EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale, Olukoyede faulted a report by […]