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The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said on Tuesday airlines would start paying compensation to passengers for delayed or cancelled flights from January next year. The minister stated this when he appeared before the Joint National Assembly Committee on Aviation to defend the ministry’s 2024 budget proposal. He said a comprehensive list of airlines responsible for delayed …

A pathologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Prof. Sunday Shoyemi, said on Friday that the late 22-year-old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, died from a blunt force trauma on the head. The pathologist said this at the resumed hearing in the trial of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron at the Lagos State High Court sitting …

Olayemi Michael Cardoso was on Friday, September 15, 2023, appointed as the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) by President Bola Tinubu. This followed the sack of the management team of the CBN by Tinubu. Cardoso’s appointment is for a term of five years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Senate. Below are a …

Ballon d’Or winners Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are set to square off once more despite now playing in different continents. The duo will battle against each other when Inter Miami plays Al-Nassr in a preseason friendly in Saudi Arabia in February. The meeting will be part of the Riyadh Season Cup, with Miami and Al-Hilal playing on January 29. …

Morocco plans to build a large stadium in Benslimane, near Casablanca, and upgrade six others in preparation for co-hosting the 2030 World Cup, the prime minister’s office said on Friday. A deal was signed the same day between the government and state-owned fund CDG to finance the new stadium to be ready by 2028 for a total cost of 5 …

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has sacked the state’s Commissioner for Lands and Physical Planning, Adamu Kibiya, and the Special Adviser on Youths Development, Aliyu Yusuf-Imma. The two officials had in a viral video disparaged Vice President Kashim Shettima and threatened to kill judges in the state governorship election petition tribunal if the panel upturned Governor Yusuf’s victory in …

• Orders IGP-MMU to police law enforcers The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has reiterated the steadfastness of his administration in its dedication to restoring a sense of order and responsibility to the nation’s highways and police operations. According to Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, recognizing the importance of safe and efficient …

Rivers United midfielder Austin Okejepha says the team will go all out for a win against Kano Pillars on Sunday. The encounter is billed for the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt. “The game is very important for us,” Okejepha said in a short video interview posted on the club’s X handle. “We really need the points because the last game …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Friday it was still awaiting the court’s decision on the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this in a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today. Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, …

President Bola Tinubu has written to the Nigerian Senate seeking a speedy consideration and confirmation of three new executive commissioners for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) he recently appointed. The President’s letter which was read on the floor of the Senate by Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the resumed plenary on Tuesday, also requested the confirmation of the …