Industrialists and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operators in Northern Nigeria have appealed to the federal and state governments to implement business-friendly policies and programmes to keep their organisations afloat and avert the closure of more firms in the incoming year. They particularly asked the two tiers of government to address the lingering electricity crisis […]

A shark has attacked and killed a 40-year-old pastor who was fishing with his family in the waters of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, officials said. The predator bit him on the neck on Saturday afternoon off Humpy Island on the country’s east coast, emergency services said. “The man was fishing with family members when he […]

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said the sanctions recently initiated against five airlines were for consumer protection-related infractions, and not for safety concerns. The clarification came after some media reports suggested that the airlines were sanctioned for more than just flight disruption issues. In a statement by NCAA’s director of consumer protection and public […]

Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Limited and Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) have advanced discussions for recouping investments in its assets worth N100 billion handed to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). This was contained in a document titled: “100 Days in Office Milestone Report” for which the NDPHC managing director, Engr. Jennifer Adighije […]

South Korea’s Jeju Air, a passenger plane carrying 181 people has crashed while landing at an airport in southwestern South Korea on Sunday. Officials said most of the people on board were presumed dead, even as two survivors were found and search efforts continued. The passenger plane was landing when it went off the runway […]

Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has assured the people of the South East that 2025 would mark a turning point in the federal government’s efforts at tackling security challenges in the zone. He gave the assurance during a visit by the Izzi Nnodo Youth Forum at his country home, Uburu, Ohaozara local government area […]

Croatians went to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, with the outspoken incumbent Zoran Milanovic appearing to be the favourite in opinion polls. His likely main rival among the eight contenders for the largely ceremonial post is Dragan Primorac, backed by the conservative HDZ party that currently governs the country. The election comes […]

Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike has knocked a former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili over a recent remark against his principal. DAILY POST reports that Odili had during a Christmas ballad organized by himself in […]