Nigeria’s aviation sector’s rating has improved to 75.5%, with the country officially removed from the global aviation watchlist. This was revealed by Festus Keyamo, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, during the commissioning of the Juhi-2 Aviation Fuel Depot at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Thursday. The minister lauded the recent progress,…
Let it be on record that Hon. Dr. Temitope Oladimeji, fondly known as Dr. OTOPE, has remained a dedicated and compassionate advocate for the people of Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency in Oyo State since 2021. His political journey has never been about titles, it has always been about service to humanity. In 2021, through the OTOPE…
Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has defended his long-standing role as a negotiator with bandits, insisting he has committed no offence and should not be arrested for advocating dialogue. In a statement posted on Facebook on Sunday, Gumi blasted critics calling for his arrest, describing them as “spineless, irresponsible and unpatriotic imbecilic people” who…
Elisha Abbo, a former senator representing Adamawa north, says the over N20 million running cost for senators is not enough. Abbo said this on Sunday when he appeared on Arise Television. The former lawmaker said while he was at the senate, his salaries, allowances and running cost put together was N14.4 million. He said the…
The Nigerian Presidency has announced plans to appeal a recent British Virgin Islands High Court judgment granting Chinese firm Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. the right to seize $25 million worth of Nigerian foreign assets. The dispute stems from a 2007 contract between Zhongfu, a subsidiary of Zhongshan Fucheng, and the Ogun State Government…
An unidentified street sweeper was on Saturday crushed to death by a bus in an accident that occurred along Meiran Road, Lagos State. The incident occurred less than three days after two persons were also crushed to death, while three others sustained injuries, at Meiran Bus Stop along the Lagos–Abeokuta Expressway. The driver of the…
Paul Ibe, media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Bola Tinubu-led government of “preaching austerity while indulging in excess.” Ibe was reacting to media reports that the Tinubu administration sponsored 634 delegates to the ongoing #COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. The reports also revealed that the Nigerian delegation spent a…
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called for stricter punishment for perpetrators of gender-based violence (GBV) in Kano State, emphasizing that no good Muslim should beat his wife. Speaking at his palace on Monday, July 21, while receiving a delegation from the Development Research and Project Center (dRPC) and the Bayero University Center…
The Nigeria Police Force on Saturday expressed strong opposition to the use of its official uniform and accoutrements for a skit by an online personality, Mr. Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan. VeryDarkMan posted the video of the skit in which he was dressed in black police uniform his social media platforms. But while expressing…
The socio-political group supporting the leading aspirant for Ibadan North Federal Constituency, OMO BAO Ladies, has congratulated Dr. Peju Esan on the occasion of her birthday today. In a statement signed by the group’s media office in Ibadan on Wednesday, they praised Dr. Peju Esan for her exceptional leadership in every aspect of her life,…
