By Gabriel Agbeja The Nigeria Safety Investigation Board (NSIB) and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have expressed readiness to conduct a thorough investigation on the cause(s) of Max Air craft tyre loss. The accident occurred at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, on Sunday. The NCAA Director General, Capt. Musa Nuhu, said […]
By Deborah Akpede The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has arrested the man who allegedly inflicted bodily injuries on his 11-year-old son for his inability to recite the Holy Quran. Its spokesperson, Mrs Joke Ladenegan-Oginni stated on Saturday in Lagos that the man had been detained at Meiran Division of the Nigeria […]
By Stephen Adeleye Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Kogi Regional office has said that over N22 billion worth of energy is being owed electricity consumers in the state. The Regional Manager, AEDC, Mr Danladi Baba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lokoja. According to him, the […]
By Ijeoma Okigbo Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets are through to the quarter-finals of the ongoing Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Algeria. Nigeria defeated their South African counterparts 3-2 in a very entertaining game at the Stade Mohamed Hamlouai in Constantine on Saturday. Nigeria were behind twice in the game with Vicky Mkhawana opening scoring for […]
By Ijeoma Okigbo Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna on Saturday lost in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa Cup final match to arch rival and defending champion Omar Assar of Egypt. The game played at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi saw the top African player losing 1-4 (8-11 13-15 7-11 11-9 7-11) to the […]
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Navy (NN) has raised concern over the proliferation of fake maritime security outfits using uniforms and accoutrements semblance of the navy in the South-South. The Director of Information, NN, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in a statement in Abuja, described the outfits as fake and illegal. Ayo-Vaughan said the impostors and […]
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, May 6, 2023(NAN) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is yet to receive official communication from the House of Representatives on its resolution regarding the nation’s voter register. The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, told newsmen on Friday in Abuja, while reacting to […]
By Okon Okon The Presidential Transition Council (PTC), has disowned the programme of events for the presidential inauguration currently in circulation on the social media, describing it as fake. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of PTC, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on […]
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi/Fortune Abang The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says democracy is a shadow of itself without press freedom. Mr Philippe Delange, Officer-in-Charge of UNESCO Regional Office, Abuja said this at the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day organised by UNESCO, in collaboration with UN Information Centre […]
A London court has jailed Nigerian politician Ike Ekweremadu for nine years and eight months in Britain’s first illegal organ-harvesting prosecution, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Friday. Ekweremadu’s wife Beatrice, 56, and London-based doctor Obinna Obeta, 51, were sentenced to four years and six months, and ten years, respectively, the CPS said, for conspiring […]