Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has called on the Federal Government to adopt a “Fly Nigeria Air Act” that will make it mandatory for government officials traveling abroad to use Nigerian airlines on available routes. Keyamo made this...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA major tragedy was prevented on Monday morning after a fuel-laden tanker overturned in the Takalafiya community of Lapai Local Government Area, Niger State. The tanker, which was travelling from Lagos to Kano, lost control and fell at about 8:00 a.m., causing...

Reading Time: 2 minutesNigeria has agreed to host the first-ever meeting of the African bloc of the International Press Institute (IPI) National Committees. The announcement comes from the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mallam Mohammed Idris, during a high-level meeting in Vienna, Austria. According to...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHuman rights activist Omoyele Sowore, the Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Aloy Ejimakor, and Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the detained IPOB leader, have regained their freedom after meeting bail conditions. According to Mediaplusng.com, the trio, along with several other...

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has withdrawn his earlier plan to call witnesses in his ongoing terrorism trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja. At Monday’s hearing, Kanu told the court that he would no...

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin (CFR), has reaffirmed the National Assembly’s commitment to delivering people-centred and timely amendments to the 1999 Constitution. Speaking at the joint retreat of the Senate and House of Representatives Committee on the Review...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Magistrate Court sitting in Kuje, Abuja, has granted bail to human rights activist Omoyele Sowore and 12 others in the sum of ₦500,000 each, with two sureties in like sum. The presiding judge, Magistrate Abubakar Umar Sai’id, ruled on the bail...

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Federal High Court in Abuja has begun a trial-within-trial to determine whether statements made by suspects linked to the 2011 United Nations (UN) building bombing were obtained through coercion or intimidation During Monday’s proceedings, both prosecution and defence lawyers confirmed that...

Reading Time: 2 minutesBorno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has called on the Federal Government to urgently review Nigeria’s air safety and defence systems following a shocking drone attack by Boko Haram terrorists on a military base in the state. Governor Zulum made the call...

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that 45 people have died and 63 others sustained injuries following a petrol tanker explosion in Essa community, located along the Bida–Badeggi–Agaie road in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State. According to the Head...