The federal government has suspended Air Nigeria Airline project indefinitely. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo announced this at the Ministerial briefing to mark the first year of the Tinubu administration. He said the airline was never a Nigerian airline but an attempt to use a foreign airline to pose as a Nigerian […]
Please note that this explainer was first published on 27 May, 2024. By Pascal Ibe The order from a Federal High court to halt the reinstatement of Sanusi Muhammadu Sanusi as Emir of Kano, has continued to generate reactions from the public. On 23 May, 2024, Justice Liman of the Federal High Court in Kano […]
The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has called for the scrapping of State Electoral Commissions. Fagbemi stated that the existence of the commissions is the main impediment to the development of local governments. He made this at a one-day ‘Discourse on National Nigeria’s Security Challenges and Good Governance […]
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Monday, affirmed Usman Ododo as the Governor of Kogi State. In upholding the election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the tribunal dismissed the petition of Muritala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). More to follow…
The Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, upheld the election that produced Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State. A three-man panel led by Justice Adekunle Adeleye dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, and the party for lacking in merit. In a […]
A 17-year-old student, Emmanuela Ilok, has reportedly been awarded full scholarships to study Software Engineering by some of the world’s prestigious universities, including Stanford, MIT, Yale, UPenn, Princeton, and Columbia. Education activist and CEO of Educare, Alex Onyia, shared Ilok’s accomplishments in a post on his X page on Sunday. “This is Emmanuela Ilok, […]
Bandits operating in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State have killed one Pastor Joshua Musa after they collected ransom for his freedom. Musa who hails from Nasarawa State was a Pastor of the Evangelical Church of West Africa ECWA at the Sarkin Pawa Community of the local government before his death. The […]
Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah designated for the displaced, Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said. The Israeli military said its air force struck a Hamas compound in Rafah and that the strike was carried out […]
Amid the Emirship tussle in Kano State, the police have uncovered plans to unleash mayhem in the North-West state. The Police Commissioner in the state, Husaini Gumel, stated this in a press briefing at the Government House late on Sunday. According to him, the police and other security agencies have mobilized to take down […]
The national disaster centre in Papua New Guinea says more than 2,000 people were buried alive in a massive landslide on Friday. Papua New Guinea is an island nation in Oceania. It lies in the south-western Pacific and includes the eastern half of New Guinea and several offshore islands. The landslide crashed through Yambali […]
