Kemi Badenoch has stood by her past comments about Nigeria, after the vice-president of Nigeria Kashim Shettima accused her of denigrating it. The Conservative Party leader, who was born in the UK but mostly raised in Nigeria, has repeatedly described growing up in fear and insecurity in a country plagued by corruption. On Monday, Nigerian…
Ekiti Agro-Allied International Cargo Airport (EAICA) Ado-Ekiti has received the approval of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to commence non-scheduled flight operation effective December 15th, 2024. The NCAA, in a letter dated December 11, 2024 and addressed to Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, said the approval of the non-scheduled operations under Visual Flight…
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured that additional 150 megawatts will be added to the national grid before the end of 2024. Adelabu gave the assurance while speaking with State House correspondents after a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He outlined the progress…
The National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, widely recognized as MC Oluomo, visited the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, at his Abuja office on Wednesday. The announcement of the visit was shared in a statement posted on Instagram the same day. MC Oluomo was accompanied…
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish farming clusters aimed at improving the livelihoods of Internally Displaced Persons and migrants across Nigeria. The agreement, signed on Wednesday in Abuja, is part of the Renewed Hope Restoration Project,…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will host the 18th edition of the state’s annual town hall meeting on security. This was announced by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in a statement issued on Wednesday, describing the event as “a major summit for stakeholders in the (security) sector.” Scheduled for December 18, 2024,…
The Nigerian Customs Service, Zone C, which oversees the South-South region, has recorded significant achievements under its special operation, ‘Operation Whirlwind,’ by seizing 6,200 litres of premium motor spirit within the past month. The effort is part of a broader initiative to combat the illegal fuel trade in the region. ‘Operation Whirlwind,’ launched in May…
The Federal Government has promised to turn its abandoned secretariat at Ikoyi in Lagos into luxury apartments. The plan is part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s efforts to revamp disused government buildings across the state into modern complexes for the benefit of Nigerians. The Ikoyi federal secretariat was abandoned following the movement of the…
While you were asleep, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram had a massive worldwive outage. The outage happened around 11 pm on Wednesday. As of now, the last update on the outage from Meta was that the issue has been fixed 99 per cent, and that the company’s engineers are just doing some final checks. There has…
President Bola Tinubu welcomed German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Wednesday as part of the German leader’s three-day state visit to Nigeria. Frank Walter Steinmeier, accompanied by a delegation of CEOs and top executives from Germany’s leading companies, was received with full ceremonial honours, including the national anthems of both…
