By Boma Nwuke When on 1st April,2013 Airpeace began the airline business in Nigeria, not many Nigerians believe it would be a massive success story ten years on. Its founder,Allen Ifechukwu Onyema had ventured into the daring, resource gulping business,investing hugely at a time airline operations were facing serious economic […]
Month: April 2023
FCT Ag. Commissioner of Police Sues For Peace After Meeting Traditional Rulers To Ease Tension in Gwarinpa.
By Goodluck Ikiebe Following mild tension along 3rd Avenue at the Gwarinpa axis of the Federal Capital Territory due to a squabble between some Hausa and Gbagyi Youths on Saturday 22nd April, 2023, and the subsequent mobilization and deployment of operatives from the FCT Police Command to the affected areas […]
Sudan Conflict:Stranded Nigerians To Be Evacuated Tuesday – NEMA.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it will commence the evacuation of stranded Nigerians from Sudan on Tuesday. It said the evacuation will be done by road from Khartoum , the Sudanese capital to Cairo , Egypt. NEMA Director, Special Duties,Dr Onimode Bandele said during an interview on Channels […]
Two Chibok girls escape from Boko Haram Amid Military Onslaught .
Two of the abducted Chibok School girls have escaped from their captors,Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa, Borno State. Current matters learnt that the girls escaped on Sunday following serious military operations in the area. The girls were identified as Hauwa Mutah and Esther Markus. “One is from Chibok and the […]
One Dead As Ethnic Clash Erupts in FCT Satellite Town
… Police move to douse tension. Fighting has been reported between the Hausas and the Gbagyii youths in the Gwarimpa area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT ,Abuja . Current matters reports that one person was confirmed dead while the area has remained tensed since Saturday that trouble began. In […]
Thunder Alert:NiMeT Calls Lightning Research Centre To Order
… Asks public to disregard warning. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) says it is not the responsibility of the Nigerian Lightning Safety and Research Center (NLSRC) to issue an unauthorised thunderstorm alert as the power to issue such alerts rests squarely with NiMeT The NLSRC is a non governmental organisation […]
CENSUS:JAMB postpones Direct Entry Registration.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has postponed its ongoing Direct Entry, DE registration over 2023 Census. JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin announced the postponement in a statement on Sunday, He stated that the Direct Entry registration, which was scheduled to close in April, would […]
Bus crashes on Lagos-Ibadan expressway killing 7 passengers.
Seven persons including two children have been reported killed in a lone crash on the busy Lagos- Ibadan High way on Sunday. Report says a Mazda bus with plate number BDG993YG crashed around the OPIC area of the road at about 10. 45 a.m and went up in flames . […]
5 dead as boat capsizes in Kano Dam.
Five persons have been confirmed dead while six others were rescued from a boat mishap at Kanwa Dam in Madobi Local Government Area of Kano state, This was made known to newsmen by the State Fire Service Spokesman,Saminu Abdullahi on Sunday. He quoted an account of an eye witness,one Umar […]
NDLEA Announces Harvest of Drug seizures, Arrests
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Sunday said it has intercepted two drug consignments consisting of ecstasy and skunk going to United Arab Emirate.( UAE). The Agency ‘s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement in Abuja . He said the interception was made by NDLEA officers attached […]