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Ahead of the inauguration of a new President on May 29, 2023, Nigeria’s Boeing 737 Presidential jet has been flown out of the country for comprehensive maintenance. Villa sources told our correspondent that NAF 001, which has served the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in the past eight years...

The newly elected President General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Iwuanyanwu, has said he is poised to work assiduously to ensure that Igboland is transformed. In his inaugural speech delivered on Sunday at Enugu, Dr Iwuanyanwu said he contested for the presidency on three occasions but did...

The suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari, a lawyer, has explained that he announced results of 69 polling units in the April 15 supplementary election due to security pressure. Ari stated this in a letter to the Inspector General of Police explaining his part in...

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the first set of electric buses for the state’s mass transit scheme. Sanwo-Olu announced this on his Instagram page on Sunday, as he shared pictures of the buses. He partly wrote, “I am excited to announce the first set of electric...

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji on Sunday neutralised three bandits in an ambush at Anka-Dan Kapani crossing in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Danmadami said the troops also recovered one PKT...

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and the Lagos State Police Command have agreed to strengthen partnership on traffic management in the state. The LASTMA General Manager, Bolaji Oreagba, disclosed this over the weekend during a courtesy visit by the Lagos State Commissioner for Police, Idowu Owohunwa, to...

The Ekikienkpong family in Idum Mbube, Ogoja in Cross River, has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.- Gen. Farouk Yahaya, over the alleged murder of their son, Joseph Okpe at a hotel in Ogoja. The family had accused the troops drafted from the Ogoja Battalion of the Nigerian...

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, strongly condemned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a $15billion Trans-Niger Delta Railway Project entered into by the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Samuel Ogbuku, with Atlantic Global Resources Inc....

The Federal Government has described the opposition attacking President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent comment on the 2023 Presidential elections as “shameless sore losers”. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the President’s analysis on the reasons for the opposition’s loss...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed appreciation to workers in the state for their unalloyed support and resilience over the years. Governor Ortom in a solidarity message to workers as they mark the 2023 Workers’ Day said in spite of the harsh economic environment, the workers have “remained undaunted...