China Eastern Passenger Jet Crashes with 132 On Board

Accidents and SafetyAviation-AirportsChina Eastern Passenger Jet Crashes with 132 On Board

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 21, 2022

A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 132 people crashed in southern China on Monday, aviation authorities has said, with media reporting, it led to a fire on a mountain and the number of casualties are unknown. The Boeing 737 flight from Kunming city to the southern hub of Guangzhou “lost airborne contact over Wuzhou” city in the Guangxi region, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in an online announcement. “At present, it has...

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Russia-Ukraine: EU Set to Agree 5,000-Strong Response Force as Defence Push

War & CrisisWorld NewsRussia-Ukraine: EU Set to Agree 5,000-Strong Response Force as Defence Push

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 21, 2022

ABUJA — The European Union will on Monday approve a new defence strategy designed to increase the capacity of the bloc which include setting up a 5,000-strong rapid reaction force. The plan in the last two years has undergone a last-minute rewrite to increase the focus on the threat from Russia after Moscow invaded Ukraine. “It’s not the answer to the Ukrainian war, but it is part of the answer,” EU foreign policy Josep Borrell...

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Measles Outbreak: 60 Children Infected In Benue IDP Camp

HealthNewsWellnessMeasles Outbreak: 60 Children Infected In Benue IDP Camp

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 21, 2022

There has been an outbreak of measles in some of the Benue State’s camps of the Internally Displaced Persons It was gathered that about 60 children were down with measles at the Otese IDP camp, while other children were reportedly down with the sickness at the Bawa and Daudu camps, all in the Guma Local Government Area of the state. It was learned that most of the affected persons were children between the ages of...

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Doctors to Meet Ngige Over Failure to Implement Increased Hazard Allowance

HealthLabourDoctors to Meet Ngige Over Failure to Implement Increased Hazard Allowance

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 21, 2022

ABUJA — Members of the Nigerian Medical Association and its affiliates such as the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors and the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria have accused the Federal Government of failing to implement the new hazard allowance scale. The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission had on December 22, 2021 issued a circular conveying the approval of the Federal Government to increase the hazard allowance for doctors and other health workers...

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NNPC To Deduct N242.53bn Fuel Subsidy From FAAC Account This Month

BusinessNewsOil & GasNNPC To Deduct N242.53bn Fuel Subsidy From FAAC Account This Month

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 21, 2022

ABUJA — The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said it will deduct N242.53 as subsidy for Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, from the federation account for the month of March. Although it described the proposed subsidy deduction as a value shortfall, the oil firm stated that the fund would be recovered from February 2022 proceeds due for sharing in the March 2022 Federation Account Allocation Committee meeting. The NNPC disclosed this in...

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BREAKING: EFCC Arrests Willie Obiano Who Has Been On Its Watch List for Months

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsBREAKING: EFCC Arrests Willie Obiano Who Has Been On Its Watch List for Months

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

LAGOS — The former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. Obiano, who just handed over to the new Governor of Anambra State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has been on the anti-graft agency’s watch list for months. He was arrested at about 8:30 pm on Thursday while on his way out of the country to Houston, Texas...

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MC Oluomo Tells Followers to Issue Lagos Government Tickets to Motorists and Not NURTW Tickets

BusinessNewsTaxationMC Oluomo Tells Followers to Issue Lagos Government Tickets to Motorists and Not NURTW Tickets

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

LAGOS — The embattled chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State Chapter, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has ordered his lieutenants to stop issuing the NURTW tickets to motorists in the state. The suspended Chairman also directed his foot soldiers at bus stops and parks in the state to only issue a certain N800 daily ticket to each commercial vehicle as ordered by the Lagos State Government in January...

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Swearing In: Soludo Assures Victory for Anambra People, To Make The State An Economic Hub

Anambra ElectionsNewsSwearing In: Soludo Assures Victory for Anambra People, To Make The State An Economic Hub

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

AWKA — The newly sworn-in Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, has assured residents that he is ready to deliver on his campaign promises, saying the state would “win” under his watch. Soludo gave the assurance while delivering his inaugural speech on Wednesday. Soludo had minutes earlier taken his oath of office. Soludo came into the inauguration venue in the company of his wife, Mrs Nonye, while his Deputy, Dr Onyeka Ibezim also arrived with...

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FG To Explore Court, Other Available Option to Amend Electoral Act – Malami

NewsNigeria ElectionsFG To Explore Court, Other Available Option to Amend Electoral Act – Malami

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

ABUJA — The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, while speaking to State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council Meeting which was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said the Federal Government will explore all available options to amend the Electoral Act. The AGF maintained that the Federal Government has three options available before it, which are asking the National Assembly for reconsideration, approaching the court,...

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EFCC To Pay Abia Journalist N4.3m Damages For Making Her Go Through Trauma

Law & JusticeNewsEFCC To Pay Abia Journalist N4.3m Damages For Making Her Go Through Trauma

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)March 17, 2022

UMUAHIA — Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia on Monday, March 14, 2022, delivered a judgement in favour of an Abia journalist, Norah Okafor, and awarded her N3.5 million damages over the invasion of her residence in the wee hours of the night of 23rd September 2021 by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission. The EFCC was also ordered to tender a public apology to Okafor, which will be published on two...

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