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The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on the operations of Arik Air, barely a week after the airline was grounded.  The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), MICHAEL ACHIMUGU, disclosed this in a statement on X, saying that the dispute between Atlas Petroleum and Arik Air which necessitated the grounding of the airlines operations has been resolved.  He added that Arik Air passengers can now check-in […]

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General CHRISTOPHER MUSA, has charged ECOWAS Defense Chiefs to always uphold democratic values.  General MUSA, who gave the charge yesterdayat the 42nd Ordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff in Abuja,lamented military takeover in some West African countries, saying it has created unintended consequences and threatened democratic values in the region.  He also stressed the need to put an end to the threat of military […]

In pursuance of a peaceful atmosphere during the planned nationwide protest, the Commissioner of Police in Enugu state, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, has reiterated the need to shelve the plan due to the available intelligence that reveals the sinister plans of criminal elements to hijack the protest and unleash mayhem on innocent citizens, public and private property in the State.  Uzuegbu during interactive meetings with traditional and religious leaders, president-generals of communities, markets, […]

The Nigerian Senate has frowned at the 4.2 billion Naira allocated as personnel cost in the 2024 budget, for unverifiable workers at the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited. Allegation of unverifiable workers at the non-functional steel company was brought to bare during an investigative hearing yesterday on alleged incidences of corruption and inefficiency in Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and National Iron Ore Mining Company from 2002 to date, by an ad […]

The federal government through the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar, has called on the organisers of the proposed protest to shelve the idea and come to a roundtable to dialogue with the Federal Government.  Abubakar, who made the call yesterday, in a statement signed by the Ministry's Director of Information and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, said President Bola Tinubu's reforms as enshrined in the Renewed Hope Agenda, have started yielding […]

The Enugu State Government has again come under heavy criticism over the demolition of shops and other facilities at the Ogige Market, Nsukka, carried out in June 2024. Recall that several facilities including shops and properties in Ogige market were demolished amid widespread outrage by owners of the properties and some stakeholders, including federal lawmakers from the state. Speaking on the matter, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party,  in […]

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun has directed top police personnel to protect intending participants of the planned End Bad Governance and hunger protest slated for August 1 2024.  Egbetokun had last week, requested the names and other details of intending participants of the forthcoming protest as a condition to ensure the safety of all participants and prevent any unlawful activities, but several Nigerians vehemently rejected such a […]

The federal government, through the minister of works, Dave Umahi has revisited and approved 13 road projects in various states of the federation worth about 1.46 trillion Naira. Umahi, who revealed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of yesterday’s Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, said the approved road projects were mostly those the Council stepped down on July […]

 The Minister of State Petroleum Resources [Oil] HEINEKEN LOKPOBIRI and other stakeholders yesterday held a meeting with the Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group, ALIKO DANGOTE over issues surrounding the Dangote Refinery.  DANGOTE and Nigeria’s regulatory authorities have been in dispute in recent weeks over the refinery located in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State and this reached a new high when the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said the government was yet to license […]