NATIONAL NEWS

The Federal Government says it will soon issue an order, compelling airline operators to start paying compensation to passengers for delayed and cancelled flights not attributed to natural occurrences. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said this during a meeting with airline operators in Abuja on Monday. “On delayed flights, I want […]

The Federal Government says Nigerians will have their passports delivered to them at home, offices, and other places of choice beginning next year.  Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said this on Monday in Lagos while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2023 University of Lagos International Week. According to him, Nigerians will soon begin […]

The Federal Government, on Sunday, provided more reasons why it decided to suspend the N-Power programme, stating that the scheme had ghost beneficiaries, while some of its consultants were currently withholding participants’ funds. It was reported that over one million Nigerians had lost their jobs under the N-Power programme following the indefinite suspension of the […]

The Federal Government through the Association of Power Generation Companies has grown the power capacity of the national grid from 13, 000megawatts recorded a few years ago to about 14,000 MW. APGC’s Executive Secretary, Dr. Joy Ogaji, on the sideline of the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria’s 2023 annual international strategic conference last week […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, October 6, 2023, convicted one Lawrence Success Karinate, a Peer-to-Peer crypto trader for computer-related fraud. The anti-graft agency made this known via an official statement on its website, efcc.gov.ng on Monday. According to the statement, Success was convicted on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrimes, […]

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Betta Edu says the Federal Government will launch the conditional cash transfer policy for 15 million households on October 17th, 2023.  “With the approval from the President which we hope to get this week, on the 17th of October, we will be officially launching the conditional cash […]

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy, has expressed disapproval of the actions of an Abuja hospital that shut out a dying victim after a violent attack on a ‘one chance’ bus, saying she will ensure such an incident does not reoccur. The minister promised to pay the hospital a visit to “fight for” the […]

The Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square annex, Igbosere, Lagos island has convicted and sentenced to death by hanging, a suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi, for the murder of Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem. Justice Ibironke Harrison held that the prosecution, the Lagos State Government, has proven the […]

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 67-year-old trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine. Chukwuemeka claimed he ventured into the criminal enterprise to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh, after wasting 30 years […]

The Federal Government has declared as illegal, the N5,000 “Compliance Fee” charged by some personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS in some Passport Offices to help applicants process their passports. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo made the declaration while responding to questions.  “Compliance fee? I am hearing it for the first time. We […]