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The Federal Government has redirected flight operations and passenger processing to Terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, had during his maiden visit …

Armed people suspected of being Boko Haram rebels have killed 12 people, including two vigilantous members, in the Bokko Ghide community, the Gwoza regional government in Borno State. Emir Gwoza, Mohammed Timta, confirmed the incident to journalists in the area on Saturday. He said the vigilante members were killed along the Kirawa road in Pulka District on Friday. Timba said: …

The African leadership strategy, Transparency Development Initiative (Alstdi) has urged the Budgit civic organization to conduct in -depth investigations and factual checks before publishing reports on public projects, warning that an inaccurate relationship could inadvertently dispel the public and obscure the reputation of credible institutions. In a declaration signed by its executive director, Nelson Ossaieze, Saturday, the organization reiterated its …

By Ayo Kehinde Royals, the world leaders, on Saturday, joined hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful in the square of San Pietro in the Vatican, to say goodbye to the late Pope Francis. President of the United States, Donald Trump and Joe Biden, together with Sir Keir Starmer, President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Taoisech Micheál Martin of …

Crystal Palace has struggled Aston Villa 3-0 to reach the FA Cup final on Saturday night. Eberechi Eze and Ismaila Sarr fired a palace into a full victory against Villa in Wembley. This victory means manager Oliver Glasner brought the palace to their third FA Cup final, the first since 2016. Also read: Chelsea came out of the FA Cup, …

A driver was seriously injured when a truck fell from the Sinema Pen bridge in the Agege area in Lagos on Saturday. General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (Lastma), Olarekan Bakare-Oki, revealed this in a statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs and Department of Enlightenment, Taofiq Adebayo. He said the accident occurred on the old …

The director of the city of Ipswich Kieran McKenna, Conor Chaplin and George Hirst The gaze shot down after the game | Reuters The city of Ipswich was relegated to the Premier League on Saturday after a 3-0 defeat at Newcastle United, with visitors reduced to 10 men after Ben Johnson was expelled for having collected two yellow cards in …

The British government has deported 43 people to Nigeria and Ghana. Deported people include 15 failed asylum seekers and 11 people who have completed their prison sentences. A report on Gov.uk on Friday also revealed that seven people chose to leave the country voluntarily. The exercise, according to the report, marked other steps in restoring discipline to the immigration system …

Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered total Klemdown in unregistered hospitals and shaman medical officers operating in the city. The minister, according to a statement issued on Saturday by his senior special assistant on public communication and social media, Lere Olayinka, gave direction while reacting to the death of a pregnant woman in a private health …

Here is the complete text of the homily of the dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, during the funeral mass of Pope Francis in Piazza di San Pietro in the Vatican on April 26, 2025: In this majestic square of San Pietro, where Pope Francis celebrated the Eucharist so many times and has chaired great encounters in …