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  By Sumaila Ogbaje   The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), says about 3.4 million passengers travelled through Nigerian airports during the first quarter of 2018 as against the 2.6 million passengers recorded in 2017 first quarter. FAAN’s First Quarter Report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), …

  By Wandoo Sombo   The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed June 21, to rule on a suit seeking the proscription of Fulani herdsmen as a terrorist organisation. Justice Gabriel Kolawole fixed the date after listening to an ex-parte application filed by a Makurdi- based legal practitioner, Mr Matthew …

  By Rotimi Ijikanmi   The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the late globally acclaimed reggae star, Ras Kimono will be remembered for his contribution to the elevation of reggae. In a statement issued on Monday, the Minister said Kimono’s contribution to that genre of music …

  By Doris ESA   The Federal Government has declared Friday June 15, and Monday June 18 as public holiday to celebrate the 2018 Eid- El Fitr. The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Monday in Abuja on behalf of the Federal Government in a …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday denied reports that key leaders of the party had endorsed one of its presidential aspirants as candidate for the 2019 elections. The party made the denial in a statement issued by its National Organising Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (retd) in Abuja. Akobundu …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha  Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has urged politicians to let June 12 and all it embodied to inspire them to promote democratic principles, especially as Nigerians prepared for 2019 polls.Abubakar made the call in a statement he issued on Monday in Abuja to mark the 25th anniversary of June 12. …

Inmates at the Medium Security Prisons Oji-River Centre in Enugu State will join other sport loving Nigerians to watch the 2018 World Cup following the provision of a viewing facility in the centre. The Controller, Nigeria Prison Service, Enugu State, Ndubisi Ogbodo, made the disclosure in Oji River on Monday …

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after two-day official visit to Morocco where he was received and accorded `five-star’ Royal reception by the Moroccan leader, King Mohammed VI. The presidential aircraft conveying the President and some members of his entourage back home from Rabat, Morocco, landed …

By Abujah Racheal  Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, Chairman of the defunct National Electoral Commission, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for designating June 12 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. The commendation was contained in a letter Nwosu wrote to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation ( SGF), Boss Mustapha on Monday …

For the first time in the history of The Nigeria Prize for Science, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), the 2018 edition of the prize has received a record-breaking eighty-five (85) entries, from innovators and scientists in the electric power sector vying for the $100,000 Prize money. This was revealed …

  An old Chinese proverb says: Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. This short proverb sums the intensity of attacks against President Muhammadu Buhari, not leaving the ratcheting up of violence in some the States after a period of relative calm, in the wake of the political tsunami …

Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi says that governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has failed in governing the people. Amaechi said, under Wike’s watch, killings and massacre of the people persists all over the state on a daily basis. The minister stated this on Saturday, at a rally where …

By Ismaila Chafe   President Muhammadu Buhari says he stopped his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina from replying former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter against his administration because of Adesina’s age. The president explained the reasons when members of Buhari Support Organisation visited him at the Presidential Villa, …

By Emmanuel Mogbede  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has charged Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo to explore internal dispute resolution mechanisms provided in its Constitution to address perceived grievances among party members. The party gave the charge in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Friday …

  By Angela Atabo  Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Friday cautioned politicians, especially incumbents, not to use desperation to retain power as the country prepared for 2019 elections. Senior Fellow of the centre, Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim, gave the advice at a Roundtable organised by the centre in Abuja. …

The notorious armed bandits, operating in Birnin-Gwari axis of Kaduna State have kidnapped 23 travellers including a nursing mother Friday morning. Speaking to PRNigeria, one of the commercial drivers named Mohamed Kebi who escaped the scene of the kidnapping said that five vehicles were intercepted during the abduction. Kebi said: …

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill, which grants financial autonomy to the State Houses of Assembly and the States’ Judiciary. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, confirmed this development to State House Correspondents …

  This piece was inspired by avideo of the Kenyan National Prayer Breakfast, which recently went viral.  In that video President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga publicly offered apologies to each other over the contentious and acrimony-laden 2017 presidential election in the country. Uhuru Kenyatta, 56, is the …

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has congratulated the Editor of THISDAY Newspaper, Ms. Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, on her appointment as the pioneer Managing Director of ARISE News Channel Africa. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, also lauded the …

  What was meant to be a “triumphal entry” for Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the APC candidate in the July 14 Ekiti governorship election, to Ekiti state to start his campaign last week turned awry as a result of a shooting incident that left many seriously wounded. Mercifully, attempts by APC …

Anthony Bourdain, a chef, storyteller, and writer, has committed suicide. Bourdain, 61, was a presenter and host of ‘Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown’ on CNN since 2013. According to the network, he committed suicide. The network reports that Bourdain’s close friend Eric Ripert, a French chef, found him unresponsive in his …

  By Lucy Osuizigbo   Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President of Women Arise for Change Initiative (WA), on Thursday agreed with the Senate for a posthumous declaration of Chief MKO Abiola as President. Odumakin also said that Senate was right in trying to make the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to …

By Prudence Arobani  The U.S. Government has announced 102 million dollars (about 3.7 billion naira) in additional humanitarian assistance for Nigeria to address the sufferings of people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. The U.S. Department of State said the fund would be used to address the shelter, health and food …

The administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has approved the release of the sum of N374.9 million for the construction of a 200-bed specialist hospital in the state to be known as Adada Specialist Hospital, Igbo-Ano. Addressing newsmen after the meeting of the State Executive Council (EXCO), the …