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The Air Peace flight carrying over 270 Nigerian students from the Aswan Airport in Egypt landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, while the NAF C-130H jet conveying about 80 persons touched down moments later. After over a week of assurances by the Federal Government, the Nigerian evacuees were finally airlifted home, escaping the deadly conflict in Sudan which started on the 15th of April and has led to […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to unveil the national and regimental colors for the new and operationalized units’ colors of the Nigerian Army ahead of Bola Tinubu’s inauguration. Director of Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu , who made the announcement in Abuja at the Trooping and Presentation of Colours Parade ahead of the President-elect’s swearing in on May 29, said the colours in the Army have been used in multiple […]

National Commandant Professor Dickson Akoh has on behalf of the Peace Corps Council declared that the officers and men of the Peace Corps of Nigeria have extended gratitude to the leadership and entire members of the 9th National Assembly for extraordinary and unanimous support given to the organization all through the legislative processes leading to the eventual passage of the Nigerian Peace corps bill. The commandant expressed his appreciation at […]

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama has revealed that Nigerians stranded in Sudan will be evacuated by road. Onyeama, during an interview with newsmen, had said that those stranded can’t be evacuated by air, as the airport is out of commission, stressing that the only viable way out is by road. He claimed that Nigeria’s situation is particularly challenging because the numbers are so great, with about 5,500 persons ready […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday approved the appointment of six new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service after the recently conducted selection process with the date for swearing-in to be announced in due course. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation HOCSF, Folasade Yemi-Esan disclosed this in a statement in Abuja through the Director of Communications of the Office of the HOCSF, Mohammed Ahmed. The appointees and their […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP has urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu to urgently seek the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offenses including bribery against any state governors and their deputies during the just concluded general elections. SERAP in a letter dated 25 March 2023 and signed by their deputy director Kolawole […]

The Acting Director of the Corporate Communications Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Isa Abdulmumin says it has commenced the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks across the country, in a bid to ease the circulation of naira notes of various denominations. Abdulmumin confirmed this yesterday when he revealed that the apex bank has also directed all commercial banks to conduct physical operations in the […]

The Senior Special Assistant to the president on media and publicity Garba Shehu has denied reports that his principal President Muhammadu Buhari is unwilling to hand over to the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, at the end of his tenure on May 29, saying the government is already in the transition phase. Shehu denounced it as outrageous and fake and condemned the fake news gang for attributing a false quote to Buhari […]

A sum of four billion naira has been approved by the Federal Executive Council Fec for the construction of barracks to accommodate the personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Ndlea. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN who disclosed this in a briefing with newsmen, said the project became necessary because of the threats and attacks on personnel, officers, men, and other […]