BY GODWIN OBI Vice President Kashim Shettima has promised to meet with key stakeholders to resolve the bureaucratic challenges denying Nigerian airline, Air Peace, landing rights at Heathrow Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports by passenger traffic. “It is diplomacy. There is no quarrel, and the Vice President hasContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A delegation of the House of Representatives has visited Maiduguri, the Borno State capital that has been ravaged by devastating flood. Led by the Chairman of the Northern Regional Caucus, Alhassan Doguwa, the lawmakers sympathised and commiserated with the government and people of the state over theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government on Tuesday alerted Nigerians to the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. In a statement, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, Umar Muhammed, said the dam’s regulated water releases would commence yesterday According to the statement,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Opposition continues to mount over the emergence of Callistus Okafor as the new factional National Chairman of the Labour Party. In two separate interviews, the National Secretary of the party, Umar Farouk, and the Deputy President of the Nigeria Labour Congress Political Commission, Prof. Theophilus Ndubuaku, disownedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The number of fatalities from Sunday’s accident along Saminaka Road in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 25. This is according a statement by the sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Kaduna State, Corps Commander Kabiru Nadabo, who said that ten additional victimsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Tinubu on Monday announced a disaster relief fund in Maiduguri, Borno State, to assist Nigerian citizens impacted by floods and other disasters. He said the relief fund is already expedient as the climate becomes more unpredictable and many places in the country are vulnerable toContinue Reading
BY OUR REPORTER The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited NNPC Ltd., has released estimated prices of Premium Motor Spirit PMS, also known as Petrol for September 2024 pricing obtained from the Dangote Refinery in its retail stations across the country. According to a statement by the Chief Corporate Communications OfficerContinue Reading
Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Cabotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Jibril Abba (3rd left); Executive Director, Large Enterprises, Bank of Industry, Ifeoma Uz’Okpala (2nd left); Director, Cabotage Services, NIMASA, Kabiru Murnai (left); Director, Legal Services, NIMASA, Aishatu Jidda (right) and others during a visit by theContinue Reading
…Affirms Adeniyi demonstrates exemplary commitment to achieving the Board’s laudable objectives BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun has applauded the integrity and transparency of the Comptroller General of Customs CGC, Adewale Adeniyi, noting that the Customs Arrowhead has demonstrated exemplary commitmentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Ebonyi State, Onyebuchi Chukwu, says the ruling party is not doing the right thing to assuage the sufferings of Nigerians occasioned by the removal of petrol subsidy. Chukwu, who was Nigeria’s Minister of Health under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, made thisContinue Reading