Passenger luggage delay to attract $170, N10,000 fines – NCAA The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority has vowed to take tough measures against airlines that delay passengers’ luggage. The regulatory agency said it will impose fines of $170 and N10,000 on foreign and local airlines, respectively for delayed passengers’ luggage as a first measure to guide...
DSS arrests Ladi Adebutu over attempts to assassinate Vice Chairmanship candidate The relatively peaceful local government polls in Ogun State turned awry on Saturday when some illegal policemen assembled by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Hon. Ladi Adebutu opened fire on the vice chairmanship candidate of the...
“Stop keeping the company of alcoholics” – Atiku camp hits back at Makinde A two-time Director of Youth Mobilisation in the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign in 2019 and 2023, Hon. Dimeji Fabiyi, has said that age cannot stop the former vice president from contesting the 2027 presidential election. Fabiyi was reacting to the remarks by...
Nigeria under ‘Emilokan’ is sinking into chaos, insecurity, corruption – Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has labelled Nigeria a ‘failing state,’ citing widespread corruption and leadership failures under President Bola Tinubu. Obasanjo said at an event in New Haven, Connecticut, USA on Saturday, November 16. According to him, “Nigeria’s situation, as we can see and...
Gov. Abiodun’s former aide, Abidemi Rufai, released from U.S. prison, faces deportation after fraud conviction Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun’s former aide, Abidemi Rufai, has been released from prison in the United States, Peoples Gazette reports. The 47-year-old was freed from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons’ custody at Fort Dix, New Jersey, on November 15,...
Nigeria needs 11.6 million toilets and N10 billion annually to end open defecation by 2030 — Minister The minister of water resources and sanitation, Joseph Utsev, has said that Nigeria needs 11.6 million additional toilets to meet its open defecation free (ODF) target by 2030. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday, Utsev said that...
Lagos police reject $100K bribe offer from notorious yahoo boy Patrick Akpoguma, a 28-year-old suspected internet fraudster, offered a $100,000 (approximately ₦174 million) bribe to the Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos in an attempt to secure his release. The suspect is accused of multiple cyber crimes, including romance scams, identity theft, hacking, cryptocurrency fraud,...
Stop blaming government. We must rise up to support the country — Ooni to Nigerians Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ile-Ife, says Nigerians should take proactive steps to improve the country rather than blame the government. Ogunwusi spoke in Akure, the Ondo state capital, on Friday at the official showcase of Ojaja Smart City, noting...
Massive demolition looms in Abuja as FCTA issues fresh three-month ultimatum The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued a three-month ultimatum to owners of uncompleted buildings and undeveloped plots across the Federal Capital City (FCC) to immediately develop their properties or risk losing them. This move, FCTA explained, was necessitated by what it described...
Hardship: Daily petrol consumption drops by 92% under President Tinubu — Report Daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol in Nigeria has dropped drastically under one year after President Bola Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023. Data obtained by Channels Television from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Product Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) Daily...
