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A military plane suspected to be that of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has crashed around the Kaduna International Airport. The plane, which crashed around 6pm on Friday, according to a source, exploded and got burnt completely. A competent source from the Airport told The Nation all the crew members and passengers numbering 12 died in the crash. Though, there …

An ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has slammed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami for saying open grazing ban in Southern Nigeria is the same as Northern governors banning spare parts trading in their own region. According to Omokri, the AGF didn’t condemn the confiscation of millions of bottles of beer destroyed …

The Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has accused the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, of threatening the nation’s unity with his reaction to the call for the ban on open grazing by the governors of the Southern part of Nigeria. Abaribe in a statement in Abuja by his media aide, Uche Awon, said Malami’s …

We are dealing with a tyrant, industrial action may be escalated, says Wabba The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused his fellow governors of abandoning his administration in its face-off with the Nigeria Labour Congress. El-Rufai said this during a virtual meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on Wednesday. Also at the meeting,  a committee set up by …

Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has recorded a 343% growth in Total Comprehensive Income totalling N160.06 billion in 2020 compared to N36.15 billion in the previous year and 33% growth in Net Assets, rising up to N772.75 billion from the previous N579.54 billion. This was one of the major highlights in the NSIA report presented at today’s National Economic Council …

All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to make haste to join its fold as it welcomed Gov. Ben Ayade (PDP) of Cross River into the party. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of …

Nigeria’s Presidency has approved the decision of the Presidential Amnesty Office to conduct verification on 30,000 ex-agitators captured under the programme in the last 11 years. Mr Tonye Bobo, Member, Think-Thank of the Amnesty Office stated this on Thursday in Yenagoa, during a call on Federated Correspondent Chapel members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa council, according to report …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has lifted the ban on logging in Edo forests, but cautioned against illegal activities that would deplete the state’s forest reserves. The governor disclosed this during a meeting with stakeholders in the forestry sector, held at the Government House, Benin City, warning against breaching laws guiding the reopening of the forest reserves. He said: …

The 36 state governors on Wednesday called for the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee on the autonomy of state legislature and judiciary. The committee, set up by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2018, is the brain behind the Executive Order 10 issued by the President in May 2020, for the enforcement of financial autonomy of the two arms of government …

The statement by Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) on Southern governor’s decision to ban open grazing has attracted backlashes from Nigerians as many found it offensive. You would recall that the southern governors resolved to ban open grazing and the movement of cattle by foot, after a meeting in Asaba, Delta state last week …