Exactly three years and one month after the unveiling of the name and logo of the proposed national carrier known as Nigeria Air, the airline is yet to take off. While the federal government is insisting that the national carrier would come on stream next year, stakeholders and experts in …
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The Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 6, will decide who governs the State. Due to the array of candidates jostling for the coveted seat, analysts contend that whoever will emerge winner of the election will be one who is in accord with the people. Godwin Maduka, is the …
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*Beggars and street hawkers have got a warning – leave Lagos or face sanctions.* The government has set up a Special Task Force to curb the illicit ventures under which many criminals have hidden to attack motorists and other residents. The news was broken at a press conference by Commissioner …
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the online media report that he “sneaked out of Nigeria to meet with Twitter executive’’ in the U.S. is fake. In an interview with the Newsextra24 in Washington on Wednesday, the minister said his official visit to the U.S. has …
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OYO State-born pioneer President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Oladele, who secured victory after 41 years battled with Yaba College of Technology in Lagos, was planning big for his convocation before he died, his son, Olalekan said on Tuesday. According to him, the 72-year-old activist was celebrating …
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with his family members and the multimillion-dollar loot he allegedly packed with when he fled Kabul following Taliban take over. Announcing Mr Ghani’s arrival into the Emirates on Wednesday, local media reports said …
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The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, has pledged to support the widows of the military officers who were involved in the 1992 C-130 plane crash in Lagos. Magashi made the pledge when he granted audience to the representatives of the Widows led by their National Coordinator, Ogale Jude, …
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An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has extended the order it gave restraining the Department of State Services from arresting Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. Justice Ladiran Akintola, who gave the order on August 4 at the resumed hearing on Wednesday also awarded N50,000 …
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Former governor of Borno state and the Senator representing Borno central senatorial district, Ibrahim Kashim Shettima today visited Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London.
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N658 million for the deployment of sniffer dogs at Lagos and Abuja international airports. The council gave the approval during the weekly meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, while speaking with reporters after the council …
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