ABUJA—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, that Nigeria will deploy more investments to provide infrastructure and facilities for safe, secure, environmentally friendly and sustainable civil aviation.The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, also gave reasons for the current aviation fuel scarcity in the country, saying the situation was not peculiar to […]
Unfolding obstacles to the 2023 general elections in the country are worrisome to close watchers of political development; but the signals are neither new nor insurmountable as to constitute serious threats to the conduct of the election. It is important for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stay focused and appreciate that free and […]
West Ham are interested in signing Emmanuel Dennis from Watford this summer but will have to be ready to part with an amount in the range of £20 million to £30 million for the Nigerian striker, according to the Mirror. According to the report from The Mirror, the 24-year-old is set for talks with Watford […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has visited Kaduna in furtherance to his campaigns, seeking delegates and peoples support in actualising his ambition of becoming Nigeria’s president in the coming 2023 elections. Abubakar, interacting with the Peoples Democratic Party’s delegates on Tuesday at the party’s secretariat, promised to address issues of power devolution to states and […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 16 governorship election in Osun State. The court consequently dismissed the law suit filed by Prince Dotun Babayemi, seeking to be declared the valid candidate of the party for the poll.But […]
President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has ruled himself out of the 2023 Presidential race in Nigeria. Dr Adesina made his position known in a statement on Tuesday, after months of calls for him to join the race and after a group bought the presidential nomination form for the All Progressives Congress […]
The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned extra-judicial killings in any part of the country, describing them as reprehensible, barbaric and unacceptable. A statement signed by the President of the bar, Olumide Akpata also called on security agencies to do more to stem these ugly developments, and to ensure that the perpetrators of these heinous acts […]
With barely four months into the Osun Governorship election, the crisis over Peoples Democratic Party’s real candidate has ceased to abate. Two candidates, Senator Ademola Adeleke and Prince Dotun Babayemi emerged from the parallel governorship primary held by two factions of the party in Osogbo, the state capital on March 8, 2022. The duo also […]
The Airlines Operators of Nigeria (AON) has warned that the flight operations of its members may experience disruptions due to a growing scarcity of aviation fuel (Jet-A1). A statement signed by AON’s spokesperson Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, said the “The scarcity is impacting negatively on seamless conduct of air transport operations and would lead to flight […]
Presidential hopeful of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Mr Oluwole Adebayo, weekend, condemned the barbaric killing of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto student, Deborah Samuel, over alleged blasphemy even as he called for calm. He also urged the Sokoto State Government to do what it promised by fishing out there perpetrators and prosecuting them […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Nigeria’s Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris.EFCC Head of Media, Wilson Uwujaren announced this in a statement on Monday.The spokesman said EFCC operatives took Idris into custody for alleged massive fraud.The top official is accused of diversion of funds and money laundering to the tune […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned as reckless, irresponsible, and unpardonable, the comment by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, that he is “having a lot of fun” in his actions which are in violation of the CBN Act 2007 and the Public Service Rules. According to PDP’s spokesman, […]
Britain condemns killing, tasks govt to bring perpetrators to book Course mates speak on how she was killed Her last word as she pleaded for mercy Muslim clerics express divergent views on the justification for killing Outrage has continued to trail the killing of a Christian female student, Miss Deborah Samuel by a mob in […]
Mr Peter Obi, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, on Friday pledged to transform Nigeria from a consumer nation to a productive nation, if elected president in 2023. He made pledge while addressing Kebbi State PDP Executive Committee and delegates at the party secretariat in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital. Obi, erstwhile governor of […]
A popular Abuja-based human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has reacted to reports that President Muhammadu Buhari directed his ministers with political ambitions to resign.Adeyanju said Buhari’s directive does not affect Vice President Yemi Osinbajo because he has the same ticket as the President.Buhari ordered all ministers vying for any elective office in 2023 to resign on or […]
PDP Spokesman, Hon. Debo Ologunagba asserted that the party has information on how public funds are being withdrawn from ministries, agencies, and parastatals of government and diverted to people who have no verifiable means of livelihood to purchase APC’s Presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms for individuals without any electoral value and who cannot […]
The Senate on Tuesday amended the Electoral Act 2022 to allow statutory delegates to participate and vote in party conventions, congresses, and meetings. The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, sponsored the legislation that saw lawmakers amend Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act – which initially allowed only elected delegates of a party to participate in […]
President Muhammadu has directed ministers with presidential ambition to resign immediately. The President gave the directive Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council meeting. He also asked those with other ambitions or contesting for various positions to resign. The minister of state for petroleum, Timipre Sylva, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, […]
The Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, says it has suspended the earlier decision to shut down flights beginning from Monday, May 9. DAILY POST recalls that the AON had in a statement vowed to shut down operations following the high cost of aviation fuel. But the president of the AON, Alhaji Abdulmunaf Yunusa Sarina, in […]
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