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Air Peace founder and Chief Executive Officer, Allen Onyema, has cautioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against favouring Emirates Arline and Etihad at the detriment of local airlines. Onyema said on Friday that he wants Nigerian airlines to be prioritized as the governments works out modalities of settling the long dispute …

President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has announced that the Federal Government will acquire lands for ranches to stem the persistent conflicts between farmers and Fulani herdsmen while generating revenue. The crisis between the herdsmen and farmers has lingered for over 24 years and has led to the loss of …

Nigerians need to conduct some soul-searching, says Information Minister Idris The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, has urged Nigerians to conduct some soul-searching that will enable collective unity in order to achieve the dividend of democracy. The minister noted that democracy is nothing if it doesn’t …

Barely a week after the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) protested against fees increase by the management of the University of Lagos, the institution has slashed its fees by an average of 10 per cent. The price review varies across departments. It was Reported that the institution had increase …

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress during the protest at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja…on Wednesday. Photo: Olatunji Obasa •Giving a bag of rice to 12 people, N100m to each lawmaker insulting – Labour •Govt has absconded from negotiation table, fails to meet workers’ demands, says NLC Barely one …

FILE PHOTO: Flooding The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned the people and governments in 50 communities across 13 states to be prepared for heavy rainfall and accompanying flood between today, September 13 and 17. The states, as contained in an alert issued by Ibrahim Farinloye, Lagos Territorial Coordinator, …

The slain DPO of Ahoada Division of Rivers Police Command, Bako Angbashim, The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, has revealed how the slain Divisional Officer of Ahoada, Bako Angbashim, was tricked into death by members of the cult gang who brutally murdered him. The DPO was killed during a …

In defiance of the African Union (AU), head of Gabon’s junta, General Brice Oligui Nguema, on Tuesday swore in fresh justices of the country’s Constitutional Court as well as members of his cabinet. He also chaired the first council meeting with the ministers of his transitional government in Libreville, Gabon. …

ECOWAS Court The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to launch a security initiative. The initiative will be called “Platform for Advancing Cybersecurity in West Africa” and will be launched in Abuja, on Tuesday 12 September 2023. The West African body said the platform will uphold data …

  N2.9 billion fraud: George Turnah, two others bag six years jail terms Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a former Special Adviser to Dan Abia, erstwhile managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission, George Turnah. Turnah …