Aircraft Crash: NSIB Commence Investigation

Aviation-AirportsNewsNigeriaAircraft Crash: NSIB Commence Investigation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 5, 2023

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced an investigation into an accident involving an HS 125 aircraft with 10 passengers and 3 crew members onboard, which was en route to Ibadan from Abuja. The aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-AMM, belonging to Flint Aero on final approach to landing Runway 22, Ibadan Airport, crashed short of the runway. Mr. James Odaudu, Director of NSIB Public Affairs and Consumer Protection said in a statement...

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Rwanda waives visa for African visitors

AfricaNewsRwanda waives visa for African visitors

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 3, 2023

Rwandan President Paul Kagame announced on Thursday that Africans will no longer need a visa to travel to the Central African country. “Any African can get on a plane to Rwanda whenever they wish and they will not pay a thing to enter our country,” said Kagame at the 23rd Global Summit of the World Travel and Tourism Council in Kigali. “We should not lose sight of our own continental market,” the 66-year-old President said...

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Court orders EFCC to release Emefiele without conditions

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt orders EFCC to release Emefiele without conditions

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 3, 2023

A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to release the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele from detention. “The third and fourth respondents are hereby ordered to unconditionally release the applicant from detention forthwith,” Justice Olukayode Adeniyi ruled on Thursday. The Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Attorney General of the Federation, the EFCC Chairman and the EFCC are the first...

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Army and DSS avert an imminent attack by Boko Haram in Kano

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaArmy and DSS avert an imminent attack by Boko Haram in Kano

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 3, 2023

The Nigerian Army in collaboration with the Department of State Services, DSS, launched a surprise attack on Boko Haram terrorists in Kano State on Friday morning. The terrorists were nesting at a hideout in the Gezawa district of the Northwest State ahead of a planned attack on residents. Two Boko Haram fighters were arrested during the raid. Five AK-47 rifles, five AK-47 rifle magazines, a rocket-propelled gun [RPG], five RPG bombs, six hand grenades, five...

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EFCC bans officials from raiding people’s homes at night

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEFCC bans officials from raiding people’s homes at night

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 2, 2023

…reviews arrest and bail procedures. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has banned its officers from embarking on night raids to effect an arrest. The order came after the agency came under fire for raiding students’ hostels on Tuesday night and arresting 69 male students whom they labelled “Yahoo boys”, otherwise known as internet fraudsters. The students were arrested at Oduduwa Estate in Ile-Ife, the town housing the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, in Osun...

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President Tinubu vows to sack nonperforming ministers

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPresident Tinubu vows to sack nonperforming ministers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 2, 2023

…ministers to sign performance pact President Bola Tinubu has said that he would not hesitate to fire any member of his cabinet over incompetence. “We can’t complain and give excuses,” Tinubu said at a retreat for ministers, presidential aides and other top government officials in Abuja, on Wednesday. The President reminded the ministers of their responsibility to serve the people who entrusted their mandate to him. “We have to give hope to the near hopeless,...

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Third Mainland Bridge Lagos To Be Close For Five Weeks

NewsNigeriaThird Mainland Bridge Lagos To Be Close For Five Weeks

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2023

The Federal Government on Wednesday said that it had completed plans to close a section of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos for five weeks of comprehensive repairs. A statement by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, said that the repairs would start from Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. The statement said: “The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Works wishes to inform the motoring public that it has perfected...

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Brain Drain: Over 7,000 Pharmacists Left Nigeria – PSN

HealthNewsNigeriaBrain Drain: Over 7,000 Pharmacists Left Nigeria – PSN

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2023

Prof. Cyril Usifoh, President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has says more than 7,000 pharmacists emigrated from Nigeria in search of better practice environment abroad in the last two years. Usifoh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said on Tuesday in Gombe that the issue of brain drain which remained one of the major challenges in the health sector needed serious attention in the interest of the well-being of Nigerians. Usifoh said government...

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Boko Haram Terrorists Kill Over 20 Mourners In Yobe

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBoko Haram Terrorists Kill Over 20 Mourners In Yobe

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2023

At least 20 villagers have been killed when a motorcycle was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Tuesday evening killed no fewer than 20 villages in a bomb explosion planted by the terrorists in Goni Mittiri village under Gumsa town in Gaidam local government area of Yobe State. It was learned that mourners in the village, located some 20 kilometers away from Gaidam town, had gone to...

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Understanding the Ongoing Strike Action by Anambra Parliamentary Staff

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsUnderstanding the Ongoing Strike Action by Anambra Parliamentary Staff

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)November 1, 2023

“In 2021, Governor Obiano signed the Judiciary financial autonomy bill into law, yet the House cannot recruit its own staff” —Ebuka Onyekwelu The Anambra State House of Assembly Complex has remained closed, following strike action by parliamentary staff, under the aegis of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria – PASAN, over the non-implementation of the Assembly autonomy, by the state government. It is worthy of note that section 121 of the 1999 constitution of the...

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