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A Max Air plane crash-landed on Sunday afternoon, creating panic at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja after the tyre burst into flames. The aircraft arrived from Yola, Adamawa State when the incident happened. The Aerodrome Rescue and Fire-fighting Service (ARFFS) operatives at the airport however quickly put off the fire. Former President of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), […]

David Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wanted to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in Nigeria”. His impact statement was read in court, at the sentencing that saw Ekweremadu, his wife, […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has chided the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, over his remark in Port Harcourt that his administration would be tough on corruption, particularly in the public sector, describing it as “an assault on the sensibility of Nigerians.” Tinubu made the pledge in Port Harcourt on the invitation of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom […]

Archbishop of the Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Onaiyekan, has said that it “makes no sense”, to swear in President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu before the hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal is concluded. Recall that the presidential candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, […]

A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has admitted in evidence, two handwritten statements made by Chidinma Ojukwu – the key suspect in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV – Usifo Ataga. While ruling on a trial within trial to determine the voluntariness of the statements, Justice Yetunde […]

Three hundred and sixty four Nigerian evacuees from crisis-ridden Sudan, who landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja late Wednesday night, narrated their ordeals and prayed that Nigeria never experience war. One of the evacuated Nigerian students, Halliru Bello, who spoke to Daily Trust, prayed that Nigeria never experience war as it could crumble the […]

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhasan Doguwa, yesterday declared his intention to run for the speakership of the 10th National Assembly, saying his four wives and 28 children are proofs he would succeed as Speaker. Speaking at an event in Abuja, Doguwa, who represents the Tundun Wada/Doguwa federal constituency of Kano State, […]

With few weeks to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure, his administration has continued to receive heavy criticism, especially from the opposition parties as the New Nigeria Peoples Party’s (NNPP) chieftain, Buba Galadima, yesterday, said the Buhari’s government has set Nigeria 100 years back with poor governance According to him, if Buhari had […]

The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations in Uganda, Colonel Charles Okello Engola, was on Tuesday shot dead by one of his military bodyguards as he was entering his vehicle to go to work. The Uganda police, while sharing preliminary information about the killing of the minister, said the deceased was gunned […]

Ahead of the sentencing of Senator Ike Ekweremadu in the United Kingdom on May 5, the House of Representatives has appealed to the UK government to temper justice with mercy. A member of the House, Toby Okechukwu, who moved the motion, based his position on the long standing history and cordial ties between Nigeria and […]

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Wike, has declared Wednesday as a public holiday to enable the people of Rivers State give the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a rousing  welcome. The President-elect, during his two-day official visit to Rivers State, is scheduled to commission the Rumuola/Rumuokwuta Flyover and the ultra-modern Magistrates’ Court Complex, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday […]

Amid calls for a needed increase in the N30,000 national minimum wage, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has disclosed that his and other ministers’ monthly salary is N942,000 after taxation. Ngige, who was speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, also said they don’t have allowances as ministers except duty allowance when […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has banned the importation of Indomie noodles into the country. The Director General of the Agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this in an interview with journalists, on Monday. The Nigerian regulatory body took the action amid investigation by Taiwan and Malaysia authorities which reportedly […]

The National Population Commission (NPC) says the 2023 Population and Housing Census was postponed due to the government’s transition programme and the post-election mood in the country. Inuwa Jalingo, the 2023 Census manager and director, National Population Commission (NPC), said this at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday, as he urged Nigerians to dismiss misconceptions that […]

In the Netflix docuseries about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, the director of the film doesn’t paint the best picture of Thomas Markle. Meghan’s father is accused of accepting money for speaking to the press and revealing details about his estranged daughter. Meghan also reveals she never got along with her two siblings either, Samantha […]

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has concluded plans to pair the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, with Senator Jibrin Barau as Senate president and deputy respectively, Daily Trust has exclusively gathered. Akpabio and Barau are among the nine contenders for the Senate presidency of the 10th assembly, expected to be inaugurated on […]