A fire outbreak at the Old Airport Junction in Jos, Plateau State, on Wednesday ravaged several shops and offices, leaving business owners reeling from significant losses. The incident reportedly began around 4:00 pm, prompting swift action by fire services from Jos South and Jos North Local Government Areas. An eyewitness, John Michael described the chaotic…
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…
THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has issued an interim injunction barring Lagos-based lawyer Dele Farotimi from publishing, selling, or distributing his book, “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System.” The injunction, granted by Peter Kekemeke, the court’s judge, followed allegations of defamation against Afe Babalola, a senior advocate and founder of Afe Babalola University….
The national power grid has once again collapsed again on Wednesday Checks by our correspondent via Nigeria National Grid X.com page confirmed that the grid lost power generation around 2:08pm The post reads, “Major Grid Set Back has occurred! Restoration to commence.” The national grid is collapsing for the 12th time in 2024. Many Nigerians…
A cargo aircraft belonging to Allied Air has crash-landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday. According to a Lake Chad Basin, counterterrorism and insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama via a post on X noted incident was as a result of the failure of one of the aircraft’s landing gears. He stated that the cargo…
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has revealed significant updates to its immigration visa procedure, set to take effect on January 1, 2025. Under the new process, applicants with scheduled interviews will be required to visit the Consulate General in Lagos twice. The embassy communicated the change through its official X page, stating that applicants…
