Cross River Government Launches Airline — Cally Air
The Cross River state government has launched its own airline, Cally Air, in a major drive to boost economic development in the state. The governor, Ben Ayade flagged off the aviation project on Monday after Cally Air made its maiden flight into Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar, from Lagos en route to Abuja. Addressing the […]
Nigeria Records 404 New Cases of COVID-19…Higest In Four Months
Nigeria has recorded it highest number of coronavirus cases in the last four-month The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in its latest update with a total of 404 new cases. This figure makes the highest daily cases ever recorded since March 4 when 708 cases were confirmed. The agency said Lagos topped […]
CBN Bans Sale of Forex To BDCs Operators
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has stopped sales of foreign currency to Bureau De Change Operators in the country. The apex Governor, Godwin Emefiele stated this at the end of the monetary policy committee meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. Emefiele said the Bank received about 5,000 applications every month for BDC registration, adding […]
Nnamdi Kanu trial resumes in October
The State Security Service (SSS) failed to produce Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), for his scheduled trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The trial was stalled not just because of Kanu’s absence from court, but also because the judges of the court began their […]
A CONVERSATION WITH PROF. CARLSON ANYANGWE, PART 4
Cameroon: Secessionist Agitations and Political Balancing (This is the second report on the interview on “The War in the Cameroons” on July 18, 2021. With the number of views now over 40,000 on 7 platforms, it is clear that this is issue is of great interest to many people. For its entire recording, see […]
Labour, CSOs launch Campaign for Transformative Governance
Key labour and civil society groups across the country on July 26, 2021 converged on Abuja to launch a Campaign for Transformative Governance as a response to bad governance in the country. The initiative is a joint labour and civil society advocacy and campaign programme to influence radical change in government policies, processes, and institutions […]
Electronic Votes: ERA, Social Action, others ask NASS to blacklist NCC
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Social Action, Center for Environment Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) and the Campaign for Transformative Governance, and other 124 groups have demanded the sanction of the National Communication Commission (NCC) for misleading the National Assembly on the possibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit voting results. […]
Sowore Arrested At Federal High Court
Convener of #RevolutionNow Movement and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore has been arrested by security operatives at at the federal high court in Abuja The Cable reported that Sowore, who was at the court premises, said he had come to attend the hearing of the five youths that were arrested for wearing #BuhariMustGo branded shirts […]
Nigeria Records 216 New COVID-19 Cases
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 216 new cases of coronavirus in the country. The agency in its latest update said the new infections were recorded in eight states of the federation on Sunday. The NCDC listed the eight states where the 216 new infections were recorded to include Lagos, 108, Akwa Ibom-96, […]
President Buhari Travels To London For Education Summit, Medical Check-up
President Muhammadu Buhari is set to travel to the United Kingdom on Monday to attend the Global Education Summit on Finance Global Partnership for Education (GPE) 2021- 2025. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina. According to Adesina, the summit will be co-hosted by […]
