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Following a runway excursion incident suffered by Nigerian carrier, Dana Air, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, yesterday, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has ordered the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, to suspend the airline until comprehensive audits on its fleet are conducted. Meribole, who stated that the audit must include safety protocols, maintenance procedures and financial …

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has dethroned 15 district heads over alleged insubordination, land racketeering, aiding insecurity and conversion of public properties. The press secretary to the Governor Abubakar Bawa announced the dethronement on Tuesday in a statement, according to the Vanguard. The District Heads dethroned were those of Unguwar Lalle, Yabo, Wamakko, Tulluwa, lllela, Dogon Daji, Kebbe, Alkammu, and …

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration over an ongoing N8 billion money laundering probe of Nigeria Air. According to a report by Vanguard, Sirika arrived at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the EFCC at about 1:00 pm on Tuesday. Sirika is currently being quizzed by …

 …Solicits stakeholders’ support for secured, prosperous Edo Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the ban on open grazing in the State still remains, warning that anyone found wanting will be made to face the full wrath of the law. The governor said this while addressing stakeholders during an interactive session on the Edo State Regional Development and Benin …

President Bola Tinubu has stressed that those who think that illegal mining has no connection with financing terrorism are sorely mistaken. He has, therefore, emphasized that while seeking to address the root causes of terrorism, Africa must also attack the roots that feed this evil branch – ransom and illegal mining – as, according to him, terrorism evolves and perfects …

It was anticipated that Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu would be freed after the Court of Appeal held that the Federal Government brought him back to Nigeria illegally. However, the Supreme Court disagreed on the basis that an illegal arrest cannot prevent a suspect’s trial. It was expected that the proceedings would move faster after that verdict. Instead, the …

Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike from Rivers Judicial Council is on the list of nominees priority nominees sent to the Federal Judicial Council Commission. The President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice M.B Dongban-Mensem has requested the appointment of 22 new Justices to the Court of Appeal, which include the wife of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital …

For the second consecutive time, Naira on Monday slightly depreciated at the official market, representing a 5.51 per cent loss when compared to the previous trading date on Friday, April 19, when it exchanged at N1,169.99 to a dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), revealed that …

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed the Chinese supermarket located within the China General Chamber of Commerce in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Officials of the FCCPC stormed the premises and shut the supermarket on Monday. The commission’s officials sealed up the place following the interrogation of Nigerian workers at the supermarket. Recall that Nigerians had expressed outrage …

NEW YORK — A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president. David Pecker, the former National Enquirer publisher who prosecutors say worked with Trump and Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, on a so-called “catch-and-kill” strategy to …