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Thursday, January 16, 2025
“I am here to do a real on the-spot-assessment and I have seen things for myself. We thank God that as painful as the incident might be, the damage was not beyond what we have witnessed. We are pained by the death of the three people on board but...
Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed media report that it has handpicked outgoing Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank, Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru, as its consensus candidate for the forthcoming Lagos East Senatorial District bye-election. Dismissing the report, Lagos State APC Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo,...
A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has felt remorseful and tendered fresh unreserved apology to a Daily Trust reporter for the verbal attack he meted out during a recent press conference in Calabar, Cross River State capital. Fani-Kayode apologised to the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ), family members, friends, and...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) inL Lagos State has confirmed that a former Commissioner for Finance in the state, Tokunbo Abiru, is the party’s consensus candidate for the forthcoming Lagos East Senatorial bye-election. The party’s state Assistant Publicity Secretary, Abiodun Salami, gave the confirmation in an interview with the News...
Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has recovered the black box of the helicopter that crashed into a residential building in Opebi area of Lagos State. This was coming as President Muhammadu Buhari and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, commiserated with families, friends and associates of people who lost their lives. AIB officials...
A Bell Helicopter 206B3, belonging to Quorum Aviation Limited, Friday crashed into a building around Salvation Avenue in Opebi area of Lagos State. Information has it that the helicopter dropped from the sky around 12pm at Salvation Bus Stop in Opebi and killed two people. Confirming the report, Lagos State Emergency...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has said his State is the worst affected by terrorism occasioned by Boko Haram attacks, which has left many citizens still in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. The Governor stated this on Thursday while inaugurating the Tukur Buratai Institute for War and Peace built as...
Executive Chairman of Atlas Petroleum and Oranto Petroleum, Arthur Eze, has categorically denied recent news report of his involvement in a partnership with ADM Energy on the ongoing Marginal Fields Bidding Round in Nigeria. On August 3, ADM Energy announced its successful pre-qualification in the Nigerian Government's 2020 Marginal Field...
President Muhammadu Buhari and Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, have congratulated President of African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, on his re-election for a second term in office. Buhari, who felicitated with Adesina on behalf of the Federal Executive Council and Nigerians in general, explained that the news of the victory...
In a bid to reposition the Amnesty Programme, President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday approved the appointment of Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd) as Interim Administrator with effect from August 21. This followed the President’s approval of the disengagement of Prof. Charles Quarker Dokubo from Office as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme with...