Новости за 16.05.2023

Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has affirmed that the national carrier, Nigeria Air, will begin operations before the present administration winds down. Sirika made this known while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the vice-president, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “Regarding Nigeria Air, yes,

Former Minister of Finance and Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has tasked governors-elect on the necessary prerequisite for successful nation-building in Nigeria. Okonjo-Iweala, who spoke on Monday at an induction ceremony organised for elected governors in Abuja, said nation-building is impossible without trust. The former minister expressed deep sadness on the conduct

… fix a meeting with President-elect The North-central governors have expressed their dissatisfaction over the zoning arrangement for the 10th National Assembly leadership as released by the ruling All Progressives Congress. As a result, the governors have scheduled a meeting with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and the chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu. The APC

A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olisa Agbakoba, has said there is no constitutional process to delay the presidential inauguration on May 29. Requests to stop the swearing-in of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, became rife after he emerged as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. This is as the presidential candidate

Convener, South-South Reawakening Group, Joseph Ambakederimo, has said that the senators calling to stand down the Niger Delta Development Commission budget do not mean well for the region. Ambakederimo, in a statement released weekend, urged the Senate to support the NDDC by passing the 2023 budget as soon as practicable in order for the board

The Department of State Services has pledged to work with other security agencies to ensure the country is safe during the transition period. The service said this was necessary as some elements are desperate to truncate the process. This is coming after a joint operation by the operatives of the DSS, Nigerian Army and Nigeria

A senior Advocate of Nigeria and counsel to troubled music star Seun Kuti, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, has expressed concern over the welfare of his client over claims that the music star is being starved while in detention. Kuti’s lawyer, in a statement, slammed the investigation conducted by Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,

The Oyo State chapter of Oodua People’s Congress on Monday said its erstwhile coordinator, Rotimi Oguntade, was removed due to his involvement in organisational malpractices. This was made known in a statement by the state secretary, Wasiu Adeogun. Adeogun also explained that the reason for Oguntade’s removal alongside the state commandant, Lateef Babalola was not

Gunmen have attacked two villages in Plateau State and killed no fewer than 20 persons. The killings, it was gathered, occurred on Monday night around 9 pm. The affected villages were Kubwat and Fungzai in the Mangu Local Government Area of the state. A resident of Fungzai community who witnessed the attacks, John Yakubu, confirmed

The Kano State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers — Idris Abdullahi, Tukur Yusuf and Ilyasu Aminu — for attempting to kidnap a man and his son in Yarimawa village, Tofa Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Usaini Gumel, who spoke to journalists, on Tuesday, said the kidnappers

The National Youths Council of Nigeria has identified institutional failure as the bane of sustainable peace and development in the country and in particular, the Niger Delta region. The Chairman of the council in Akwa Ibom State, Theodore Williams, stated this on Monday while speaking on the topic, “Gaps and challenges of sustainable Peace and

The World Health Organisation has called for caution in using artificial intelligence-generated large language model tools to protect and promote human well-being, human safety, autonomy, and preserve public health. LLMs include some of the most rapidly expanding platforms such as ChatGPT, Bard, Bert and many others that imitate understanding, processing, and producing human communication. Their

Civil Society Organisations have tasked lawmakers in the incoming 10th National Assembly to give gender inclusiveness high priority. The CSOs made this demand when they spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, in Abuja on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. Prof. Joy Ezeilo, the founder, Women Aid Collective (WACOL), said that although the 9th Assembly recorded

The total number of known executions carried out around the world in 2022 rose by 53 per cent on the figure recorded for 2021, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The human rights organisation, in a report on the worldwide use of the death penalty, documented at least 883 executions in 20 countries for 2022, the

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as well as the former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, are billed to unveil a book on Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Saturday. The book titled: ‘Putting The People First: The El-Rufai Years’, written by a veteran journalist, Emmanuel

The Federal Government programme through the COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus has recorded over two million beneficiaries in Sokoto State. The Minister for State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, stated this in Sokoto State on Monday, during the maiden Ministerial Town Hall meeting on NG-CARES beneficiaries in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states.

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has called on industry operators, particularly large consumers of petroleum products, to consider moving from the use of diesel to gas in line with the Federal Government’s designation of gas as Nigeria’s transition fuel after the Petroleum Motor Spirit. The NMDPRA Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed made the

oraimo, Africa’s leading smart accessory brand, has partnered with EcoFlow, the global leading eco-friendly energy solution company, to bring the DELTA2 and RIVER600 solar generators to the African market. This partnership is a game-changer for the African continent, as it brings together two reputable brands that are known for their quality and affordability. Over the

The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has explained that handcuffing any suspect before detention is standard procedure. He said this in response to an inquiry via his Twitter handle on Monday. A tweep, Omo David, had questioned the police for handcuffing afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, after he submitted himself and walked into

The Nigerian Defence Academy on Monday said the list purporting to be the official selection list for the 75 Regular Course of the Academy is fake. The Academy’s Public Relations officer, Major Victor Olukoya said in a statement in Kaduna that “The attention of the NDA has been drawn to a fake list that has

The Chairperson, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Biodun Olujimi, has expressed deep worries over the potential negative impact of the recent increase in airfares on the aviation industry. Olujimi also cautioned that down tooling among aviation unions would be disallowed. She made these observations at the second edition of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria

The Federal Road Safety Corps says that over 40,000 people die annually as a result of road traffic crashes in the country. Corps Marshal FRSC, Dauda Biu, said this on Monday in Abuja, during activities marking the 7th United Nations Global Road Safety Week. He said that these facts were the unholy statistics of Road

Fresh crisis has hit the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress over the funds allocated for the prosecution of the February 25, 2023, presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. The latest crisis is brewing at the Owan East Local Government Area of Edo North Senatorial District, where some members of the

The Federal Government, on Monday, in Abuja, approved the total sum of N19.24bn for the training of 50,000 non-graduate N-power beneficiaries and the procurement of taxiway lighting system in the Port Harcourt, Lagos and Abuja airports. The sum also covers consultancy services for the Dadin Kowa 40MW power project in Gombe State and the furnishing

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has said that the country must either provide the resources to continue to mandate participation in the National Youth Service Corps scheme or otherwise make it voluntary. Jega made the statement during his address at the Opening Ceremony of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of