AN Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed in Russia on Tuesday, after one of its engines failed during take-off, the Defense Ministry has reported. RT reports that the aircraft had 15 people on board, including eight crew members and seven…
Tinubu’s govt orders 10,000 tractors as Germany’s Deutsch Bank pours €995m into agric hubs in 774 LGs The Federal Government has signed an agreement with the Brazilian Government and German Deutsch Bank Group as financiers of a facility of 995…
LEADER of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, yesterday, threw his weight behind calls for Nigeria’s return to a parliamentary government insisting that the presidential system of government is too expensive and corrupt. Adebanjo spoke in an interview…
THE Federal Government, yesterday, issued a marching order, asking the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to withdraw licenses of non-performing electricity distribution companies, DISCOs. This is even as power generation dropped year-on-year, YoY, by 21 per cent to 3,475MW in…
THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said it will embark on seven-day warning strike over alleged discrimination in payment of four months withheld salaries. The National President of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, said this in a communique…
THE tenure of Dr Bashir Jamoh as the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has come to an end. His tenure ended on Sunday 10th of March 2024. Jamoh had expeditiously done the needful by handing…
A Chief Magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has ordered a 43-year-old man, Chibike Nwakedi, not to communicate with his wife, Blessing, for two weeks until they return to court on the adjourned date. The Chief Magistrate, Dolamu Babalogbon,…
NATIONAL Convener of Labour & Civil Society Coalition (LASCO), Comrade Tony Erha, has stressed the importance of retaining the expatriate employment levy [EEL] despite mounting pressure for its cancellation by some interest groups. The EEL, together with the handbook, was…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri BORNO State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned 100 housing units in the first phase of Nasarawa Technology Village Housing Estate, Karu. The Borno State Governor also performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Technology Hub and…
IN a bid to bolster its small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Kenya has launched a groundbreaking project worth $51.7 million funded by the World Bank. Rebecca Miano, the cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Investments, Trade, and Industry, made the…
