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Comfort Emmanson, a difficult passenger who attacked members of the Air Ibom flight crew to Lagos had been charged with court. Passengers created scenes at Murtala Muhammated International Airport, Lagos, when he attacked cabin crew members on Sunday. Tunde Moshood, a special advisor to the media and communication to the Minister of Aerospace and Development of Aerospace, said in a …

In a bold move towards the deepening of Nigeria-China relations through the media cooperation, a delegation from the press agency Xinhua, the African headquarters, on Monday, visited the headquarters of the BluePrint Newspapers Limited. The team, led by Mr. Huang Wei, deputy director of the head of the African Regional Bureau of Xinhua, included Mr. Nie Zuguo, head of the …

Yamma’s Fasan Operation Air Components have killed several armed bandits in a series of coordinated air strikes in the Makakkari forest in the state of Zamfara. Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, revealed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to him, intelligence, supervision, and reconnaissance (ISR) have confirmed the movement …

Here are the top 10 stories throughout the country. 1. EFCC Tambuwal Question for Alleged Cash Withdrawal N189BN The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Monday baked former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on charges of withdrawing fraud with a total of N189 billion. Read more 2. Keyamo Slams Release Video Unresplor Passengers who cannot be adjusted, ordered disciplinary …

Map of the State of Ogun [Press Release] The attention of the state government of Ogun was attracted by a press declaration issued by the media office of the senator who represents Ogun East and a former governor of the State of Ogun, his excellence, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Saturday 9 August and entitled “Political persecution as governor inhabitants issues the …

The Nigerian currency, Naira, depreciated the US dollar in the official window on Monday, August 11, 2025. According to Nigerian Central Bank data (CBN), Naira was closed on N1, 535.92/$ 1 compared to N1, 533.56/$ 1 which was traded on Friday, August 8, 2025. This is the loss of N2.36 for local currencies against American Greenback. In the black market, …

Nigeria’s equity market returned to making profits on Monday, August 11, 2025, because investors recorded simple N43 billion profits on the trading floor. This follows the surge in stock prices such as Sunu Assurance PLC (Sunussur), the initiative Place (TIP) and AIICO Insurance PLC (AIICO), among others, on the trading floor. The Benchmark All-Share Index (ASI) increased to 145,880.77 points …

The Nigerian aeronautics (NAF), under the Fasan Yamma operation, has neutralized several armed bandits in the state of Zamfara during coordinated assaults of the air and soil in the Makakkari forest. The director of public relations and information of NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He said that the surveillance of intelligence …

The Chairperson of the Senate Committee for the Navy, Senator Gbenga Daniel (APC, Ogun East), has fired the media claiming that the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio was treated at a hospital in London. Daniel said he met Akpabio during the stopover in London to personally notify him who was planned to return to Nigeria for the August 16 …

Boko Haram rebels launched a deadly attack on Kirawa, a border community in the Gwoza regional government in the state of Borno, on Saturday night, forcing many residents to escape to the neighboring cameras. Emir Gwoza, HRH Alhaji Mohammed Shehu Timta, and Borno State Police Public Relations officer, ASP Kenneth Daso, confirmed the attack. According to accounts from residents and …