NATIONAL NEWS

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Friday raised the alarm over high cost of operation even as aviation fuel has hit over N1300. This is despite the rising naira to dollar exchange rate of over N1,400 to a dollar which has made it difficult for airlines to carry out scheduled maintenance of their aircraft. […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria has instructed regulated entities to provide customers with notices of outstanding obligations before beginning debt collection. This is to ensure that the debt recovery process is transparent, courteous, and fair. CBN stated this in a document released on Thursday on its website titled “Revised Consumer Protection Regulations.” It noted that […]

Yetunde Adeniji, a senior special assistant to President Bola Tinubu on the school feeding programme, has said that the federal government is implementing new strategies to ensure the success and sustainability of the School Feeding Programme, as part of the reform ordered by the president. Addressing participants at a two-day Strategic Stakeholders Meeting on “the […]

The Federal Government has trained and distributed farm inputs to no fewer than 243 farmers in Plateau in order to boost agricultural production and ensure food security. The inputs distributed to the trained farmers included liquid fertilisers, Knapsack sprayers, seeds, agrochemicals, fish and poultry feeds, among others. Mr  Temitope Fadashemi, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of […]

Gombe State Police Commissioner, Hayatu Usman, has debunked claims that bandits have entered the state and informants are on the rise. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, in a statement made available to journalists on Friday, quoted the police boss as describing the claims by a security agency as unsubstantiated. It was […]

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Professor Cyril Ndifon, to the tune of N250 million in the sexual harassment and gratification case instituted against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The […]

The Niger State government has directed the release of Aisha Jibrin, the leader of the Minna protest who was arrested by the police and 24 others. Niger State Commissioner for Information and Strategies, Binta Mamman, stated this in her office during a press conference in the state capital on Friday. Mrs Maman also told journalists […]

The traditional ruler of Asaba, Delta State, the Asagba of Asaba, His Royal Majesty, Obi Joseph Chike Edozien, is dead. Born on July 28, 1925, the Asagba died a few months before his 99th birthday anniversary. Details of his death are still sketchy as of press time but a statement by the Presidency said President […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, have issued a 14-day nationwide strike notice to the Federal Government. Their grouse is the non-implementation of the 16-point agreement between organised labour (NLC and TUC) and the Federal Government on October 2, 2023. Leaders of the NLC and TUC are sad […]

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to put on hold its planned recall of heads of chancery from Nigeria’s foreign missions abroad. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance by Rep. Umar Ajilo during plenary in Abuja on Thursday. Presenting the motion, Ajilo said that Nigeria recalled all […]