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TINUBU JETS OUT TO FRANCE ON MONDAY
President Bola Tinubu will travel to France on Monday, the presidency has said. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. He said Tinubu would return to the country after his stay in the European nation. “President Bola Tinubu will embark on a trip…
FOOD PRICES SOAR IN KADUNA AFTER HUNGER PROTEST
In the aftermath of the recent nationwide hunger protests, the prices of cooking gas and food items have skyrocketed in Kaduna. Prices of goods such as provisions, grains and other staple food items are rising steadily in markets and shops across the board. Checks by a News Agency of Nigeria’s Correspondent on Monday in Kaduna…
WIFE MAY BAG JAIL TERM FOR TEARING HUSBAND’S PASSPORTAT LAGOS AIRPORT – NIS
A Nigerian woman named Favour Igiebor, who tore up her husband’s passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, could face a jail term as punishment for her actions if found guilty, according to the Nigeria Immigration Service Act of 2015 (as amended). The NIS had on Monday revealed that it had launched an investigation into…
MAN ARRESTED WITH FRESH HUMAN SKULL IN IBADAN
A man simply identified as Musa has been apprehended in the Amuloko area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, with a fresh human skull of an unidentified woman. Residents, suspicious of his unusual behaviour, confronted him and demanded to see the contents of a sack he was carrying. Upon inspection, they discovered a human skull inside….
VIDEO: WHY I TORE MY HUSBAND’S PASSPORT, WOMAN BREAKS SILENCE
A Nigerian woman identified as Favour Igiebor has revealed why she destroyed her husband’s passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. Over the weekend, a video of Igiebor damaging her husband’s passport at the airport began circulating on social media. The couple and their children appeared to have arrived in Nigeria from Europe. In…
FG SUSPENDS REGISTRATION FOR N40,000 RICE
The Federal Government has withdrawn the circular directing civil servants to register for the purchase of N50kg bag of rice at a subsidised rate of N40,000. The withdrawal of the circular was communicated in another circular by the Director of Human Resources at the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Aderonke Jaiyesimi. The internal…
TINUBU ORDERS CRACKDOWN ON THOSE FLYING RUSSIAN FLAG
President Bola Tinubu on Monday directed security agencies to crack down on those flying Russian flag in the country. Gen. Christopher Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff, said this while briefing State House correspondents after the National Security Council meeting. He said the service chiefs briefed the President on the current security situation in the…
COURT STOPS SALE OF NIGERIA AIR TO ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday has declared null and void the sale of Nigeria Air Ltd to Ethiopian Airlines. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa in his judgment stopping the sale, ordered that the proposed establishment of a national carrier-Nigeria Air, by the Federal Government, should not be carried out. The judge made the…
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES ALERT TO NIGERIANS TRAVELLING TO UNITED KINGDOM
The Federal Government has warned Nigerian citizens planning to travel to the United Kingdom, to be wary of violence risk occasioned by the recent killing of three young girls at a concert. A statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja on Monday, and signed by its Spokesperson, Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, said the violence has…
BANGLADESH PRIME MINISTER IS OUSTED AFTER WEEKS OF DEADLY PROTESTS
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country on Monday, the army chief said, a day after nearly 100 people were killed in clashes with the police as student-led protesters demanded she step down. In an address to the nation, army chief Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman said an interim government would be formed and that every death…