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Breaking: FG introduces helicopter landing levy

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Federal Government has introduced helicopter landing levy, which it says is a cost recovery measure and an “aeronautical revenue from the lower airspace”. The Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development made the announcement late Monday, adding that it has subsequently granted “NAEBI Dynamic Concepts Limited exclusive rights to collect helicopter...

Rivers Crisis: Tinubu’s Refusal To Take Sides With Wike Healthy For Democracy – Nigerians In Diaspora

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Some Nigerians in the United States have praised President Bola Tinubu for maintaining neutrality in the ongoing Rivers State crisis between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. Under the auspices of the Association of Nigerian Professionals in Diaspora (ANProD), the Nigerians said President Tinubu’s refusal to take sides with...

NANS condemns UniAbuja ASUU strike, urges lecturers to resume immediately

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

National leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for an end to the strike action by a section of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch. A statement on Monday by Comrade Lucky Emonefe, National President of NANS urged the striking lecturers...

Zacchaeus Adangor and matters arising in Rivers state

NewsDeskNgMay 12, 2024May 12, 20240

By Sunday Thomas The immediate past commissioner for justice and special duties in Rivers state, Prof Zaccheus Adangor, is a learned silk. He has years of law experience, earning him the notable rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. The implication is that Prof Zaccheus Adangor should always rise above pettiness...

Rivers people didn’t make mistakes voting Fubara; group replies Wike

NewsDeskNgMay 12, 2024May 12, 20240

A civil society group, New Rivers Agenda, has condemned the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, for the recent political impasse in the state. In a statement signed by its president, Johnson Zinaka, it stated that the emergence of Siminalayi Fubara as the governor of Rivers State was a...

Wike reveals own strategy to destabilize Rivers State

NewsDeskNgMay 12, 2024May 12, 20240

…. says he is out to provoke Fubara into actions The immediate past governor of Rivers State and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to intensify his efforts in destabilising the state. The FCT Minister, who has been antagonising Rivers State vowed to remove Governor...

I was sacked for exposing financial misappropriation in NIBSS, ex- GM tells court

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

Former Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President (SVP), Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), Temidayo Adefemi Adekanye, has alleged that he was sacked by his ex-employer for raising the alarm over financial misappropriation in the company. He made the revelation in the Statement of Material Fact attached...

Senator Isah Jibrin Echocho Leads the Charge in Establishing NDLEA Area Command Office in Anyigba

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

In a bold move to tackle the growing menace of drug and substance abuse, Senator Isah Jibrin Echocho, representing Kogi East Senatorial District, has successfully spearheaded the establishment of a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Area Command Office in Anyigba, in Dekina Local Government Area of the state. This...

The Pantami Debate and the Return of Yesterday

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

By Abdullahi O Haruna Haru-spice Ahmadu Bello University Zaria was a hub of ‘intellectual intercourse’ where lecturers engaged in radical thoughts and fierce debates. The university was so intellectually volatile that renowned journalist Dare Babarinsa once described it as a place where “lecturers teach what they were not paid to...

We’ve opened Nasarawa for mining investors-Governor Sule

NewsDeskNgMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

…says biggest buyer of lithium, Canmax ready to invest 200m USD Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has said that the influx of private investors rushing to do business in Nasarawa was because his administration has done everything possible to open the state for investment. Governor Sule stated this at...