The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said that the issue of extortion of passengers by officials of government agencies at the airports is beyond the ministry’s control. Keyamo, who stated this in a post on X on Sunday, said he had been receiving calls from concerned members of the public over…
The Labour Party (LP) Directorate on Mobilisation and Integration has denied any plan to dump Mr Peter Obi as the presidential candidate of the party for the 2027 election. The directorate was reacting to the story on the social media that the party had reconciled with the Apapa-led faction of the party where they agreed…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration to return Nigeria to the glory of one of the highest producers and exporters of palm oil in the world by reviving moribund palm plantations in the country. NANS equally urged the Federal Government to invest heavily in the…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), weekend, said at no time did it intend to abolish patrol points in four Southeast states of Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and Abia. The FRSC, in statement yesterday in Abuja by acting Corps Public Education Officer, FRSC National Headquarters, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said it attention was drawn to the press statement…
The governor claimed on Friday that his administration had paid all staff of the Abia State University their salaries for April and May. Governor Alex Otti of Abia State and members of the Abia State University (ABSU) Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have disagreed over the payment of salaries for civil…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), yesterday said the Air Component of Joint Task Force South South, Operation Delta Safe, discovered and dismantled no fewer than 13 illegal refining sites in Rivers, Bayelsa, and Imo states, during a coordinated air raid operations in its area of responsibility. Last week, the DHQ, disclosed that its troops deployed…
A group, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, has called on the Abia State government to take proactive measures on the spreading Cholera outbreak across the country. The group advised the state government to be on red alert, and not to be caught unawares like experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. FENRAD…
The National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that Nigeria’s average price for refilling a 5kg Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) cylinder hit N7, 418.45 in May 2024. This represents a 13.75% increase compared to the N6, 521.58 average prices recorded in April 2024. While on a year-on-year basis, cooking gas prices increased by 70.12% from…
The Technical Working Groups of Open Government Partnership supported by USAID State2State has held its quarterly TWG meeting to review progress with the implementation of the OGP State Action Plan (SAP), as effective implementation in OGP will contribute to transparency and accountability in governance in Ebonyi State. Speaking during the meeting, the Gender and Social…
What could be best described as uncouth ensued recently in Lagos State, as some commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Ọkada Riders, murdered a traffic warden and used their motorcycles to run over his corpse. Although, reports have it that the murdered official of the Lagos State Taskforce was on an illegal duty with two police…
