The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reacted to the diversion of a United Nigeria Airlines flight UN542 to Asaba on Saturday. The agency said that developments around the flight, scheduled to convey passengers from Lagos to Anambra, are being monitored closely. The agency made this known in a statement issued Sunday by Michael Achimugu,…
The Registrar, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, MLSCN, Tosan Erhabor, says so far a total of 10,697 medical laboratory scientists had left the country. Erhabor revealed this to newsmen, saying that a policy is being put together by the Federal Ministry of Health to address the problem. “The total number of medical laboratory scientists…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday raised the alarm over the life of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, stressing that his life is at risk. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said Kanu requires emergency medical treatment outside of the Department of State Services, DSS, dungeon. Powerful said Kanu might be having internal bleeding caused torture…
Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies, DisCos are reportedly planning to hike electricity tariff nationwide with effect from January 1, 2024. A source in one of the DisCos confirmed the development under anonymity. Meanwhile, speaking in an interview, Kunle Olubiyo, the President of the Nigerian Consumer Protection Network, said any planned electricity tariff hike will be outright…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has lauded the ‘Peace in South-East Project (PISE-P)’ launched in Abia State on Friday by President Bola Tinubu and Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu. The newly launched PISE-P, which is to return peace, unity, reconciliation and development to the Igbo speaking people of Nigeria, is…
