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The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has set up a five-member taskforce to look into the challenges faced by foreign airlines and their passengers after their relocation to the new terminal at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport,Lagos. The Federal Government had on Thursday redirected flight operations and passenger processing to the airport terminal 2 following a fire …

The Lagos State government has certified the Nagiko Tomato safe for consumption. The General Manager of Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA), Mr. Afolabi Solebo, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. He said the product does not pose any health hazard to the public. The LASCOPA chief was reacting to claims made by one Mrs. Chioma Egodi …

The Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) has been urged to initiative urgent regional economic roadmap that would address the skyrocketing prices of food and essentials of life which threaten stability in one of the World’s poorest regional blocs. ECOWAS is also urged to address human right violations arising from detention of political dissents, religious intolerance and terrorism by …

Gunmen on Friday night killed a Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbanshin, in Odumude community, Ahoada East local government area of Rivers State. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Saturday by the spokesperson for the police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the DPO led a team of operatives to raid criminal hideouts …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday affirmed the election of Ahmed Aliyu as governor of Sokoto State. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship in the state, Sai’du Umar, had challenged Aliyu’s victory in the March 18 election over alleged irregularities and non-compliance with the electoral act in the conduct of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). …

The death toll in the huge earthquake that hit has reached more than 1,300 with another 1,800 critically injured. The North African country was hit by its deadliest earthquake in decades on Friday night with the tourist city Marrakesh the worst hit. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck a mountainous area 72 kilometres (45 miles) South-West of the city at 11:11 p.m. …

President Bola Tinubu will present the 2024 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The Secretary for Research and Information at the National Assembly, Dr. Ali Barde Umoru, disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Abuja. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) had earlier on Monday approved the 2024 budget proposal of N27.5 trillion. The Minister of …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised an alarm over the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas Islamist militants, comparing it to “a new cloud on not-the-sunniest horizon for the world economy.” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who raised the concerns at the current session of the IMF and World Bank meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, on Thursday, said the conflict …

The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a total of 20 persona by gunmen in two separate attacks in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State in the early hours of Thursday. The State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka made the confirmation in a statement released on Thursday. The statement, which was signed by the Command’s …

Federal Government in collaboration with African Union Commission (AUC), and Pan-African Quality Infrastructure (PAQI), in conjunction with Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme, (CAADP) are set to hold the maiden Africa Cassava Conference to boost productivity along the value chain towards achieving food security. The conference is to boost Intra-African Trade, BIAT, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) objectives. …