The Presidential Amnesty Programme is sponsoring 75 pilots and aircraft engineers to South Africa and France for type-rating as part of its aviation training scheme, the Interim Administrator of the PAP, Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd.), said on Friday. He also said that sanitary measures carried out on the PAP database revealed that certain […]
The founder of Omega Power Ministries, Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, on Friday, slumped at a yet-to-identified airport over an undisclosed illness. The apostle, well known for his philanthropic gestures, has been in the news recently, one of which was sending the Happy Boys abroad after the Chicken Republic, where they worked as security personnel, […]
About two persons suspected to be members of different cult groups were on Friday allegedly gunned down by their rivals in Awka, the Anambra State capital, during a clash by rival cult groups. It was gathered that the attack took place at about 11 AM around Ukwuoji Bus Stop, along Zik’s Avenue in Awka. […]
Femi Falana, SAN, on Friday, blamed the “irresponsibility” of the ruling class for the hardships brought on by the alleged fraud by beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy regime and failed promises to reform the oil sector. There is, therefore, a need for the Federal Government to act fast to alleviate the citizens’ sufferings, the […]
The Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents In Nigeria (AMMBAN) said the recent increase in Point of Sales (POS) transaction charges is a reflection of the current economic climate in the country. The spokesman of the Lagos Chapter of AMMBAN, Stephen Adeoye, on Friday said this on Channels Television while giving the details […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refuted claims that it wasted taxpayers’ money after failing to upload the 2023 presidential election results on its Result Viewing Portal (iReV). In March, INEC admitted that there were some glitches in the transfer of presidential and National Assembly results into the iReV portal, rather than sabotage […]
Delta State House of Assembly has granted a request from Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for a credit facility of N40 billion from Zenith Bank Plc to offset backlog of pensions owed retired primary school teachers and local government employees in the state. In a request letter to the House, Oborevwori explained that the credit facility […]
A Makurdi Upper Area Court in Benue, on Friday, ordered the remand of one Idris Abdullahi, 39, who allegedly defiled a 15-year-old at gunpoint. The Magistrate, Mrs Dooshima Ikpambese, ordered that the defendant, a resident of 39, Eri St., North Bank, should be kept at the Maximum Correctional Centre, Makurdi, pending advice of the […]
new guidelines for telecommunications companies (telcos) to improve customers’ experience. The commission said the publication was in accordance with section 57 of the NCC act to allow stakeholders to make contributions to the policy. The new NCC guidelines, titled, ‘Draft Quality of Service Business Rules’, stipulate the minimum quality and standards of service, associated […]
The national leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has announced that its National Vice President, Engr. Munnir Atiku Lamido, is missing. The National PRO, MACBAN, Alhaji Muhammad Nura Abdullahi, raised the alarm in a statement on Friday. “We wish to bring to the notice of the general public and […]
