Following safety concerns raised by Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on potential air hazards in and around the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, the Enugu State Executive Council has ordered the immediate closure of Orie Emene Market near the airport. Daily Post reports that this is coming few hoursContinue Reading
The Federal Government of Nigerian is set to close down Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Aviation, Haidi Sirika, at a stakeholders forum in Lagos on Friday. The Minister said that the airport will be degraded for international operations because theContinue Reading
President Donald Trump lifted steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Friday, a move designed to ease one area of tensions even as the President’s wider trade agenda faces an uncertain future. A joint statement from the US and Canadian governments said the tariffs would be lifted in twoContinue Reading
The notorious criminals were reportedly killed by men of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), monitoring unit, during a gun dual in the kidnappers’ cave in a forest in Obio/ Akpor Local Government Area of the state earlier hours of Friday morning. Parading the bodies of the victims at theContinue Reading
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, on Friday said that no genuine staff of the state public service was sacked by his government. Fayemi, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, explained that he was only correcting the fundamental error of his predecessor, Mr Ayo Fayose. “FayemiContinue Reading
The Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, has emerged as Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum for the next four years. He was elected by his counterparts during the meeting of the forum which held in Kaduna on Friday. Earlier, Daily Post reported that Governors of the 19 Northern statesContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday struck out a suit seeking an order declaring vacant the seats of 54 National Assembly members who defected from the political parties which sponsored their elections to other ones last year. The legislators targeted by the suit include the Senate President, BukolaContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the suit filed by the Cross River State government challenging the suspension and trial of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. Details shortly.. The NationContinue Reading
The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has moved to reduce the influence of the paramount ruler of Jos, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, known as the Gbong Gwom Jos. The state government ordered the carving out of two Traditional Councils from Jos Traditional Council. The two new councils are to beContinue Reading
The Supreme Court will on May 24 give judgment in the appeals filed in relation to the dispute over whether or not candidates of the All Progressives Party (APC) in Zamfara State in the last general elections emerged from validly conducted primaries. A five-man panel of the court, led byContinue Reading
