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Scores of passengers have blocked the boarding gate of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja following the delay in their flights. Angry passengers told PREMIUM TIMES Monday morning that they have been at the airport since Sunday night to catch flights to different destinations. As of 8:36 a.m., passengers of Arik airline due for take off at 7 p.m. on Sunday were …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has cautioned Nigerians not to engage in panic buying of petrol, saying it has enough product for the country. The NNPC said this in a late Sunday statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Garba Deen Muhammad. The corporation said the sudden appearance of fuel queues in parts of Abuja was due to …

The All Progressives Party Chairman of Ward 6 in the Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr Nduka Erikpume, has said the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, is a member of the party. Erikpume, in a telephone chat with one of our correspondents on Sunday, said the CBN governor had registered as an APC member since …

Authorities of Nigeria’s Military Pensions Board have explained that only ex-soldiers who spent up to 15 years between 1977 and 1992 in the military are entitled to pension benefits according to extant laws. This is coming against the backdrop of fresh threats by a group of retired ex-soldiers to initiate a nationwide protest action over alleged non-payment of their pension …

**NDLEA intercepts Large Consignments of Drugs in Kaduna, Yobe, Plateau Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested two pregnant women among other drug traffickers, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos for attempting to import and export illicit drugs through the airport in the last week. The first to enter the Agency’s dragnet is …

The family of late Sen. Arthur Nzeribe says it has begun traditional consultation for the funeral rites of the late business mogul and political icon. Late Nzeribe died at the age of 83 years on May 5 following protracted illness. The family made the disclosure on Sunday in an official statement titled “Our mighty Iroko has fallen: Sen. Chief Francis …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday leave for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Shehu said the conference was aimed at …

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A militant group, Niger Delta Freedom Reserve Force, has declared support for the presidential bid of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, under the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a short video posted on Facebook, the group said it settled for Mr Emefiele after carefully checking the backgrounds of the other aspirants in the race. The group, …

Senator Francis Arthur Nzeribe, a Second Republic politician, is dead. He was 83 years old. A source confirmed the news to Vanguard. Here are some things to know about Arthur Nzeribe. Nzeribe was a multi-billionaire investment mogul. He was born in Oguta, Imo Stateon November2. On June 10, 1993, Nzeribe tried to stop the election, relying on a court order that his …