Traveler’s faced mounting uncertainty over air travel in the United States after a directive to decrease flights at dozens of major airports went into effect on Friday. The reduction has been touted as a solution to overcome air traffic safety concerns related to staff shortages linked to the record-length government shutdown that has dragged on…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday administered the oath of office to Dr Bernard Doro and Dr Kingsley Udeh as ministers, officially inducting them into the Federal Executive Council. The ceremony took place at 1:52 p.m. inside the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, just minutes before the commencement of the FEC meeting, the first…
The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has stated that Small and Medium Enterprises will pay less tax in January 2026 when the new tax law takes effect. Oyedele said this while speaking at the 24th annual conference of Women in Management, Business, and Public Service, which is…
Kaduna: Uba Sani has transformed agric landscape – Minister The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has said that Governor Uba Sani has transformed the agro-industrial landscape of Kaduna State within two and half years. Speaking when he led a delegation of Commissioners of Agriculture from the 36 states of the…
The United States military has reportedly drawn up contingency plans for potential airstrikes in Nigeria following an order from President Donald Trump directing the Pentagon to “prepare to intervene” to protect Christians from terrorists’ attacks, according to The New York Times. The report, published on Wednesday, stated that the U.S. Africa Command had presented multiple…
The President of the Trade Union Congress, comrade Festus Osifo, has warned that the Federal Government’s proposed 15 per cent import duty on Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol could further worsen the living conditions of Nigerians. Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘TUC Half Hour’ monitored by our correspondent on Wednesday, comrade Osifo said the…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, will on Friday confer promotions on six high and senior chiefs along the Otun Olubadan line in accordance with the Ibadan Chieftaincy Declaration. The exercise follows the vacancies created by Oba Ladoja’s recent ascension to the throne as the 44th Olubadan…
President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of Major General Abdullahi Mohammed Adangba (rtd.), a former Chief of Staff to Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. According to newsmens that Mohammed, who hailed from Ilorin, Kwara State, died around 1 0’clock am today in Abuja at the age of 86. In a statement by his…
Dozens of University of Jos dental students have taken to the streets to protest the non-accreditation of their courses, which has resulted in them spending over ten years in school without graduating. The students, on Wednesday, blocked the university gate at its Permanent site, singing solidarity songs and carrying placards with different inscriptions which read,…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has, for the fourth time, given the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, another opportunity to defend the terrorism charges filed against him by the federal government or waive his right to do so. Justice James Omotosho granted Kanu another adjournment till November 7, to…