Unions in the aviation industry in Nigeria have directed the withdrawal of all flights to Owerri, Imo State, from all airports in Nigeria. This is in reaction to last Wednesday, November 1 brutalization of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in the state. The aviation unions which include the National Union Of…
The Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has urged the newly posted corps members in Osun to leverage the National Youth Service Corps skill acquisition and entrepreneurship development programmes, for self-development and empowerment, for the betterment of their lives. The Governor gave the admonishion at the swearing-in and official opening ceremony of the 2023…
Israel has killed the head of Hamas’ Weapons and Industries, Moshen Abu Zina, during offensive airstrikes in Gaza. This was disclosed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday, as the troops have refused the calls for a ceasefire. IDF said Zina was an expert in developing strategic weapons and rockets used by the terrorist…
The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has said it has arrested 53 criminal suspects for various offences including kidnapping. The suspects were reportedly paraded at the Command’s headquarters, during which the Commissioner of Police, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, declared war on kidnappers and cultism in the state. Uzuegbu while addressing newsmen on various…
The Nigerian government has announced the repatriation of 161 distressed and stranded Nigerians from Tripoli, Libya back to the country. In a statement which was made available on Wednesday morning, the authorities said the National Agency for the Prohibition of trafficking in persons (NAPTIP) and others were on hand to receive the returnees who arrived…
The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, stated this during a stakeholders meeting in Yenagoa adding that zero would be recorded for any polling unit where violence occur and its officials will not return to such polling unit to conduct another election.
