President Bola Tinubu has launched a renewed grassroots initiative to stabilise Plateau State, sending a senior aide to engage with religious, ethnic and community groups in an effort to rebuild trust and strengthen intercommunal harmony. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said in a statement on Sunday that Dr Abiodun Essiet, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on…
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has found that Russia was responsible for the July 17, 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 people on board. The council of ICAO voted that Russia failed to uphold its obligations under international air law which requires that States “refrain from…
Mr Peter Obi, 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate has congratulated the Super Falcons on their 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title, ahead of the host nation Morocco. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Nigerian women’s national football team on Saturday defeated hosts Morocco 3-2 in a thrilling final to extend…
A gas explosion on Sunday injured at least 15 people at Ijora Badia, a suburb of Lagos. The blast, which occurred around 5:00 p.m., was reportedly caused by a leaking 25-kilogram gas cylinder inside a mini shop. The shop was part of a bungalow complex that also housed 15 self-contained rooms and seven other shops. According…
The Kano People’s Rights Alliance (KPRA), has condemned what it described as the inconsistent and flip-flopping stance of Senator Rufai Hanga over the reported defection of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The group recalled that the senator had previously criticised the Kwankwasiyya movement…
The Police on Monday arraigned an 83-year-old man, Idowu Olowo before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, over an alleged land grabbing. The defendant whose address was not provided, is facing charges bordering on land grabbing, forcible entry, threat to life and stealing. The prosecutor, ASP Kehinde Ojugbele, told the court that the defendant committed…
The Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday, remanded the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Netnaija Media Enterprises, Emmanuel Analike in Kuje corrections facility for alleged copyright infringement. Justice Suleiman Liman fixed the date after the counsel to the defendant, Nnemeka Ejiofor notified the court that he filed a bail application. Ejiofor told the court that…
A massive wildfire in California is threatening ancient giant sequoias after flames reached the McKinley Grove, a stand of about 165 of the towering trees located in Sierra National Forest. Forestry officials said the Garnet Fire, which began on 24 August following a lightning strike, spread into the grove on Monday despite extensive protection measures,…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede has tasked the 10th National Assembly on transparency and fiscal integrity. Olukoyede gave the charge on Tuesday at the ongoing National Conference on Public Accounts and Fiscal Governance, organised by the Senate and House of Representatives Public Accounts Committees. The News…
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria’s founding fathers envisioned the country as a global leader of the black race, given its vast human and material potential. The President stated this on Wednesday during a televised address on Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary. He paid tribute to national icons such as Herbert Macaulay, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe,…
