July 2024
NCAA suspends licences of 10 private jet operators
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has suspended 10 private jet operations over failure to begin the recertification process. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu, on Friday, in Abuja. The agency said the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2023 Part 18.3.4 forbids holders of […]
Gale of deaths hits varsity lecturers in north
The University of Maiduguri in Borno State is in grief as it has again recorded the fourth loss of yet another professor – all within a spate of two months. In a similar development, two lecturers – one with the Federal University, Dutsinma, Katsina State and the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, were also killed by […]
ASUU threatens strike over unmet demands
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos, said the union may consider going on strike if the government does not respond to its demands after all the nationwide protests. For some weeks now, ASUU chapters have been engaging in nationwide protests. They also wrote open letters to the Federal Government to request that […]
Four jailed 160 years for abducting Bayelsa ex-commissioner
A Bayelsa High Court sitting in Ogbia Town, Ogbia Local Government Area of the state has sentenced four kidnappers to 40 years each, amounting to 160 years. The four men had kidnapped the former Commissioner for Trade and Investment, Federal Otokito, on January 20, 2022, and demanded ransom payment. Delivering judgment in Suit No OHC/4C/2022 […]
Dangote, Elumelu, Rewane Enlisted As Tinubu Inaugurates Economic Team
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the Presidential Economic Coordination Council (PECC) tasked with strategising a way out of the current economic situation in the country. The Council has a mix of government officials, top private sector players, and consultants including President of the Dangote Industries Limited, Mr Aliko Dangote; Chairman of the United Bank […]
Court Orders Two Judges To Resign From Panels Set Up To Probe Ganduje
The Federal High Court sitting in Kano has ordered two Kano judges to resign from their appointments within 48 hours. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State had appointed the judges, Justice Farouk Lawan Adamu and Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, to chair the Judicial Commission of Inquiry for the Recovery of Misappropriated Public Properties and Assets […]
Police take over investigation of Kaduna Air Force student’s murder case
The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Audu Ali Dabigi, has directed the homicide section of the Criminal Investigation Department, Kaduna State Police Command to conduct a thorough and high-powered investigation into the suspected murder of a 15-year-old student of Air Force Comprehensive School, Kaduna, Felix Blaise. The police public relations officer of the Command, ASP […]
Ebonyi Government approves appointment of 25 new permanent secretaries
Ebonyi State government has approved the appointment of 25 permanent secretaries to fill existing vacancies in the state civil service. This is contained in a press statement made available to journalists by the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude okpor on Thursday. He said that the development followed a request made by the Head […]
Edo 2024: Ighodalo remains PDP candidate, says state chairman
The chairman of the Edo State chapter, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi, has said that the ruling of the Federal High Court, which nullified the primary election that produced Asue Ighodalo as its candidate, will not in any way affect Ighodalo’s candidature in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, asserting that he (Ighodalo) remains the party’s […]
Bill establishing Police Pension Board passes second reading in Senate
A bill seeking to establish a Police Pension Board passed second reading at the Senate on Thursday. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe representing Adamawa South, in his lead debate said men and officers of the Nigeria Police Force have been disadvantaged in payment of their pensions under the contributory pension scheme, managed […]