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To recover import duties from some private jet owners in the country, the Federal Government, through the Nigeria Customs Service, has grounded about 60 private jets across major airports in Nigeria, according to report by The PUNCH. The PUNCH also gathered that private jet hangars in Lagos and Abuja airports were reportedly sealed up. However, owners of the aircraft, including …

CNN – Karine Jean-Pierre, who served as White House press secretary under former President Joe Biden, has switched her party affiliation to independent, according to a publishing company’s description of her forthcoming book. Jean-Pierre, who has worked in Democratic politics for decades, is set to release a new book that will discuss Biden’s decision to bow out of the 2024 …

CNN — A Guatemalan national who says he was wrongfully deported to Mexico is back in the United States, his legal team told CNN, in what appears to mark the first time the Trump administration has brought back a migrant after a judge ordered the administration to facilitate their return. The CNN reports that O.C.G., a pseudonym the migrant is …

CNN – A federal judge on Wednesday issued an order to halt the deportation of the family of the Egyptian man charged after an antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado – a day after the White House said the family’s deportation was imminent. According to the report by CNN, Judge Gordon P. Gallagher of the US District Court in Colorado directed …

By Idahosa Musa Edo State Government has disclosed that it would trainTraditional Medicine Practitioners in the State as part of its collaboration towards providing qualitative healthcare services to the people. Speaking at the stakeholders meeting of Edo State Traditional Board (ETB), Dr. Cyril Adams Oshiomhole, Edo State Commissioner for Ministry of Health, said when modern and traditional knowledge are put …

By Idahosa Musa Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA), Blessing Agbebaku, on Wednesday presented Motorcycles to seven (7) young farmers in Owan West Constituency in the State. The gesture, according to the Speaker is to aid mobility to their farms which is quite a distance from the town. He advised the beneficiaries to make judicious use of …

By Idahosa Musa  Diphtheria Outbreak that claimed the lives of two patients and affecting five others in Edo State, has forced the State Government into an emergency meeting with critical stakeholders in the health sector. It was gathered on Wednesday, that the State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Cyril Adams Oshiomhole, during the  emergency meeting met with heads of health institutions, …

ABUJA — The Federal Government yesterday raised alarm that 30 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, are currently at risk of flooding, reminiscent of last Thursday’s flood in which over 200 persons lost their lives in Mokwa, Niger State. According to the report by Vanguard News, several houses were also washed away, rendering thousands homeless, even …

By Erasmus Ikhide As usual, the Ministry of Finance has risen to defend the borrowing plan, citing long-term planning and fiscal sustainability. Many believe the reasons cited above by the Ministry of Finance are hollow, even though the borrowed funds will be tied to growth-enhancing projects, given the lack of transparency and accountability by successive governments that borrowed, and such …

By Isah Aliyu Chiroma The West African region has experienced an alarming level of instability. The frequency of military coups has raised serious concerns about governance and democracy, especially with the rise of military regimes that have distanced themselves from long-standing partnerships like the Euro-Sahelian security alliances and the G5. The summit in Lagos provided a platform for member states …