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United States carrier, United Airlines, Thursday, said it will stop flying to Nigeria next month, thus, ending operations on its only African route. The airline cited weakness in the energy sector and difficulties in repatriating money from tickets sold in the country as reason for the exit. Mr. Kevin Johnston, Head of Press, Europe, Africa, […]

The 14-year-old Ese Oruru who was allegedly abducted in Bayelsa State in August 2015 and taken to Kano State where she was converted to Islam and married out without the consent of her parents, was delivered of a baby girl  Thursday. Ese’s father Charles Oruru, confirmed the news, adding that  the daughter gave birth at about 10:30am […]Read More

…To save over N100 million monthly  The Bayelsa State government has uncovered payroll fraud in the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), with the discovery of over 765 illegally employed teachers in the eight LGAs, including 50 dead persons in Ogbia Local Government Education Authority (LGEA). The discovery cuts across the eight local government areas […]

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Matters, Kano Zonal Command, has rescued 146 victims of human trafficking within the last five months. The NAPTIP Kano Zonal Commander, Mr Shehu Umar, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Thursday. He said the […]

 Pilots of Dana Air have gone on strike, grounding the airline’s operations and leaving hundreds of passengers stranded nationwide. “The strike started this morning and passengers that were supposed to travel this morning are stranded,” a source at the airport told our correspondent.  The source added that the pilots were protesting the non-payment of their […]

A militant group has purportedly claimed a new attack on a Chevron oil facility in Nigeria’s restive Delta region, a message on a Twitter feed previously used by the group to take credit for strikes against oil facilities said. There was no immediate confirmation of the attack from residents of the area or Chevron. The […]

Following the Peoples Democratic Party’s national convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, eight out of the 12 members have said that they have accepted the outcome of the party’s national convention, which dissolved their committee. This is coming even as the erstwhile Chairman Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, the National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo, and the […]Read More

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which signals the commencement of the construction of the 4th Mainland Bridge has been signed between the Lagos State Government and private investors on Wednesday. The 38km 4th Mainland Bridge is expected to cost about N844bn. The bridge is being constructed under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT), concession of 40 […]

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has endorsed the immediate removal of the Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Baba Shehu Lawan who has been replaced by Mrs. Oluwatoyin Omolola Olanipekun. The Minister made these changes on Wednesday after he and the FCT Permanent Secretary; Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye met with the former management team […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that there was no better time to diversify the Nigerian economy than now. Buhari said this at the 56th Annual General Meeting and Conference of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) in Dutse. Represented by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu […]

Major General Abubakar Tanko Ayuba (retd) a Former Communications Minister, is dead. The former Senator who represented  Kebbi South constituency in 2007 died at the age of 70 on Wednesday afternoon at the Lagos State University teaching Hospital (LUTH). He attended the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji in 1978, and the MNI National […]

Ekiti State Government on Wednesday sealed off the premises of the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and Ecobank in the State for non-remittance of withholding tax. Armed with the court order to shut the premises of the banks located at Secretariat Road, Ado-Ekiti, men of the Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) stormed the banks around 7.45am […]