By Uchenna Eletuo The Lagos State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board (LSCPWB) says intending pilgrims who are unfit will be disqualified from making the Easter pilgrimage to the Holy Lands. Mrs Yetunde Gafe, the Secretary of LSCPWB, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday, on preparations for the forthcoming tour taking […]
By Itohan Abara-Laserian The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said that African airlines recorded a 10.6 per cent year-on-year demand growth for air cargo in April. IATA made this known in its April global air cargo market released data for April, posted on the association’s website on Wednesday. It revealed that the demand on […]
By Edith Nwapi A former Director of Currency Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Ahmed Umar, on Tuesday told a FCT High Court that the minutes of the meeting of CBN management on Naira redesign was not sent to him. Umar said this while testifying as the prosecution first witness (PW […]
By Deborah Coker Impeached Deputy Governor of Edo, Mr Philip Shaibu, said on Tuesday that would challenge the emergence of Asue Ighodalo as PDP candidate for the upcoming state election to the highest judicial level. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had on Monday dismissed a suit filed by the Shaibu seeking to […]
By Ginika Okoye The Federal Government says it will purchase up-to-date equipment to bridge the gap between metering errors noticed in petroleum products and the required standard. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Nura Rimi, said this at a three-day workshop on the Administration of the International Organisation of Legal Metrology […]
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says President Bola Tinubu`s economic reforms have substantially improved the Federal Government`s revenue. Edun said this on Tuesday in Abuja while rendering his scorecard at the sectoral ministerial update organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and […]
By Uchenna Ugwu Unidentified gunmen have attacked and killed three persons at Akpoha Community in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi. The Spokesman for the Police Command in the state, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the assailants attacked the community on Saturday night. Ukandu described the act as […]
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Army has dismissed as “false”, the claim by the Kano chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association, that soldiers were involved in enforcing a court order restraining that state government from deposing five Emirs. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, dismissed the allegation in a statement on Sunday […]
By Celine-Damilola Oyewole The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu says no fewer than 1.2 million students will benefit from the first phase of the students education loan scheme which commenced on May 24. Mrs Tinubu disclosed this in the State House on Sunday during the Nigerian Youth Celebration, with the theme “Becoming: Pathway to Success. […]
By Aminu Garko The Police Command in Kano has alerted the public to possible plans by some groups to incite violence in the state over the lingering Emirship tussle Its Commissioner, Usaini Gumel, while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Kano, said that credible intelligence suggests that some individuals plan to stage protests which could potentially […]