The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has described China’s decision to accept the Nigerian Naira for transactions as a milestone in the country’s economic diplomacy and a boost to recovery efforts under President Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued on Monday, the party’s spokesman, Seye Oladejo, said the policy would ease Nigeria’s…
The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to publicly name and shame airlines that disrupt flights without genuine reasons. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at NCAA, Mr. Michael Achimugu, disclosed this in a post on X. He warned that situations where airline staff deliberately abandon passengers and leave…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has alerted motorists of an unusual traffic gridlock along the Kubwa expressway in Abuja. The agency said the congestion was caused by a fallen trailer on the busy road. In a statement, FRSC advised road users to be patient while efforts are being made to clear the obstruction. It…
The Military Pensions Board has disowned a WhatsApp group falsely created in its name and cautioned pensioners and the general public against engaging with it. This is contained in a statement by the Relations Officer of the Board, Aliyu Mohammed, on Monday in Abuja. Mohammed said that the group, titled Military Pensions Board, was created…
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has dismissed claims by his predecessor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, that he is one of his mentees, stressing instead that his political leaders are President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi. El-Rufai, during a recent appearance on Channels Television, described the Kaduna governor as one of the…
The Northern Ethnic National Forum has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on security and immediately sack the nation’s service chiefs, citing worsening violence and leadership failures in tackling insecurity across the North. In a statement on Sunday, NENF Convener Dominic Alancha said that while the administration had taken bold economic…
Fresh Boko Haram attacks in Borno State have left no fewer than 63 people dead, including five soldiers and 58 civilians, triggering outrage from the United Nations, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, and Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume. All four have demanded urgent government action to halt the country’s worsening security…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos has hailed the nomination of the state as the host city in Nigeria for the 2027 Intra-African Trade Fair. This was contained in a statement released on Monday by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade, and Investment, Mr. Adewale Akodu. Akodu said the African Export-Import…
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, will return to the National Assembly later this month after completing her six-month suspension, her lawyer has confirmed. Speaking with interviewers in Abuja, her counsel, Victor Giwa, disclosed that the senator was on vacation in London but had already made plans to resume plenary alongside her colleagues when…
The federal government, weekend, said plans were to tackle post-harvest losses currently estimated at over N3.5 trillion. To achieve this, the government unveiled the Nigeria Post-harvest Systems Transformation Programme, NiPHaST, to tackle the problem, with a view to promoting food production and preservation. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, who disclosed…
