Emir of Biu Is Dead
One of Borno State’s frontline traditional ruler, the Emir of Biu, Mai Umar Mustafa Aliyu is dead. He was 80. Palace sources said he died in his sleep in the early hours of Tuesday in his palace. The state government has also confirmed the death. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Alhaji Babakura […]
Arik Air resumes flight operations
A day after some unionists shut down its operations; Arik Air has resumed flights operations. A statement, its spokesman, Adebanji Ola said the carrier has since the early hours of Tuesday operated all its scheduled flights into and out of Lagos. According to the statement: “The management of Arik Air (In Receivership) is pleased to […]
‘Attackers are hoodlums, not bandits’
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said reports of alleged bandits attacks on Abuja-Kaduna train KA4 was inaccurate. NRC’s Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, said the attack which was between Asham and Kubwa on Monday afternoon, was by hoodlums and not bandits. According to him, there are always hoodlums who usually throw heavy stones at the […]
National Water Bill: Water Union, CAPPA Meet With Minister, Restate Opposition to Bill
The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have restated their demands for the National Assembly to jettison the National Water Resources Bill 2020 at a meeting with Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Hussein Adamu in Abuja today. The […]
Groups Call on Africa Governments To Make Big Polluters Pay
…. As global climate justice coalition releases liability “roadmap” Hundreds of civil society groups in Africa join their counterparts across the globe today to demand that their governments hold Big Polluters liable for the harms of their extractive activities on man and the environment. The Global Make Big Polluters Pay campaign was first launched in […]
Nollywood Actor, Ayo Akinwale Is Dead
of Ayo Akinwale, a prominent Nollywood actor and lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, has died at 74. Mr. Kunle Akogun, Director of Corporate Affairs of the University of Ilorin who confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria, said he died on Sept. 13. Akinwale began his acting career in […]
Passengers Stranded As Aviation Unions Shut Down Arik Air Operations
Operations of Arik Air have been shut down by the aviation unions over alleged non-payment of staff salaries since April after placing 90 percent of the workforce on compulsory leave. NAN reports that unions included the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN). Innocent Atasie, […]
Away with the Death Sentence National Water Bill
By Olatunji Buhari On July 23, 2020 the bill titled “An Act to Establish a Regulatory Framework for the Water Resources Sector in Nigeria, Provide for the Equitable and Sustainable Development Management, Use and Conservation of Nigeria’s Surface Water and Ground Water Resources and for Related Matters” passed Second Reading at the House of Representatives. […]
Davido Prostrates Before Oniru Of Iruland
Afropop singer, David Adeleke, Popularly known as Davido has paid a courtesy visit to Abdulwasiu Gbolahan Lawal Oniru of Iruland. During the visit, the assurance crooner was seen prostrating flat on his belly at the feet of both the Lagos monarch and his wife, Mariam to greet them as tradition demands in Yoruba land. “My […]
What To Do About Buhari’s Failed Government – Ike Okonta
Nature abhors a vacuum. When you take power before working out before hand what to do precisely with that power, your government will be trapped in a vicious cycle of confusion and ineptitude. This is what has happened to President Muhammadu Buhari and his lacklustre government. Buhari campaigned on a tripod of policies in 2015: […]
