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N53B EBONYI AIRPORT LIES IDLE OVER A YEAR OF INAUGURATION June 19, 2024, marks the 390th day since the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, was opened by former President Muhammadu Buhari on May 26, 2023. Notably, the airport had a soft launch on April 26, 2023, when former Governor David Umahi oversaw the landing of two inaugural …

EDO PDP EXPELS EX-DEPUTY GOV, PHILIP SHAIBU, VICE CHAIRMAN, DAN ORBIH, FORMER HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER, OGBEIDE-IHAMA The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reportedly expelled three prominent members, including Dan Orbih, National Vice Chairman (South South), Phillip Shaibu, former Deputy Governor, and Omorgie Ogbeide-Ihama, former House of Representatives member. The State Publicity Secretary, Ogie Vasco, …

ABIA GOVERNOR, ALEX OTTI SACKS CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY, KAZIE UKO Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has relieved his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko, of his duties. This announcement was made by the Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, shortly after an Executive Council meeting with the Governor, Wednesday evening. According to Kanu, Kalu Ukoha Kalu will take over as the …

NIGERIA TO SEND FIRST CITIZEN TO SPACE The Nigerian Government has announced that it is sending its first citizen into space. The Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, Mathew Adepoju, made this known at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the …

YOU WANT NIGERIANS TO OFFER THEMSELVES AS BURNT OFFERINGS – CUPP TACKLES TINUBU The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has slammed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing him of doing very little or nothing to solve the hunger issues Nigerians are going through. In a statement by its National Secretary, Chief Peter Ameh, the Coalition said the President had deployed …

NIGERIAN PRESIDENT FLEW PRIVATE JET TO SOUTH AFRICA OWNED BY LEBANESE ALLY, CHAGOURY The private jet marked 9H-GRC, which flew PPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu to South Africa for the second term inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa, is owned by Chagoury Group, a conglomerate owned by Gilbert Chagoury, a known business partner of Nigerian President, according to SaharaReporters The Nigerian President …

NEW ZEALAND PM TAKES COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO JAPAN AFTER HIS PLANE BROKE DOWN New Zealand’s prime minister was forced to take a commercial flight to Japan after his air force plane broke down while refuelling in Papua New Guinea, his office said Monday. Christopher Luxon switched late Sunday to a scheduled flight from Port Moresby to Tokyo via Hong Kong …

COURT ENJOINS FEDERAL GOVT, NNAMDI KANU TO SETTLE OUT-OF-COURT The Abuja Federal High Court has enjoined the Nigerian government and Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to settle their protracted case without recourse to legal maneuvers and judicial back-and-forths. Justice Binta Nyako ordered the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi and Kanu to explore political …

BATTLE FOR SOUL OF RIVERS STATE: FUBARA, WIKE GROUPS TEST MIGHT As the rest of the country returned to work today after the Sallah holidays, Armageddon days are here again and all hell may let loose in the escalating supremacy battle for the soul of the oil-rich Rivers State. At play is a test of federal might versus state grassroots …

IPOB WAS FOUNDED ON PRINCIPLES OF NON-VIOLENCE – NNAMDI KANU, CONDEMNS KILLINGS IN SOUTH EAST Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has condemned in the strongest terms, the spate of killings in the South-East region of Nigeria. Kanu, on Wednesday when he appeared at the Federal High Court in Abuja for his trial, accompanied …