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Rescue operations are underway after a commercial flight operated by Precision Air crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, according to the airline. ADVERTISEMENT Home Cover Commercial aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania Rescue operations are underway after a commercial flight operated by Precision Air crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, according to the airline. A spokesperson for Precision Air told …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Sylva Okolieaboh to immediately reverse the apparently illegal deductions from the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for October 2022. SERAP is also urging him to …

The presidential candidacy of Bola Tinubu is causing confusion in Afenifere, a political group that once controlled the politics of the Yoruba Southwest. Mr Tinubu, who is the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is from the region and has his roots in the same political group. An announcement by the acting leader of the group, Ayo Adebanjo, of the …

Despite epileptic power supply and frequent blackouts, electricity consumers in the country paid N258.91 billion for electricity in the first seven months of 2022, latest report from the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, NBET, has shown. The report obtained by Vanguard showed that the amount was however, N194.4 billion short of the N453.31 billion invoiced for electricity supplied over the …

• Again, NNPC Excludes Frontier Exploration Spending From Audited Report• Nigeria’s Oil Reserves In Retrogression, 12 Years On• NUPRC Has No Account Of Discovery In Nation’s 37b Reserves  About seven months to the end of Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as president and minister of petroleum resources, concerns are seriously rising over Nigeria’s exploration activities in the northern part of the country …

The spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties, Ikenga Ugochinyere, on Sunday, told the factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, to concentrate on his shaky ambition “instead of sinking with the embattled national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu.” Ugochinyere, the PDP House of Representatives candidate for Ideato Federal Constituency in Imo …

Towards the end of October, foreign missions began issuing terror alerts to their citizens in Abuja. Several missions began evacuating staff and citizens, while some establishments temporarily closed down as a result. The Nigerian government has sought to dispel the reports and reassure citizens, but this points to the increased level of investment that the international community has in Nigeria …

The Middle Belt Movement for Justice and Peace, MBMJP, has appealed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila to prevail on the Federal Government to keep its side of the bargain with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, by paying their outstanding salaries to enable them fully return to classes. The group warned that the news …

Four out of five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), may finally take a position on the presidential candidate to support ahead of the 2023 general elections. The four PDP governors are Nyesom Wike of Rivers State; Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. The other aggrieved governor of Benue …

The Federal Government on Saturday explained why it failed to pay full salaries to lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a statement, by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the government noted that members of ASUU were paid their October salary pro-rata. According to the ministry, pro-rata was done because they cannot be …