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Airline operators in Nigeria have alleged hijacked of aviation fuel by supply chain of the Jet A1 fuel, thereby driving up the price through artificial scarcity. The operators also expressed worry over the safety of airlines in Nigeria, adding that they were disturbed in the face of continuous hike in …

John Akpan Udoedehe, the secretary of the caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has resigned, THE WITNESS reports.   Udoedehe resigned his appointment on Tuesday, a day after Governor Sani Bello of Niger State assumed office as the acting national caretaker committee chairman of the party.

Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi State and Dr. Kelechi Igwe, deputy governor have been sacked from office by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over their defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC). The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that the total …

A 300-level student of the University of Jos at the weekend committed suicide over the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) nationwide. The deceased, Henry Ehis, of the Department of Actuarial Science of the Faculty of Management Science, of the University, was found dead …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday said some persons aspiring to be Nigeria’s President in 2023 should be in jail had the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission performed its job efficiently. Obasanjo stated this during an international symposium to mark his 85th birthday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Speaking …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has urged Nigerians to avoid panic buying as they currently have over1.7bn liters in stock for distribution across the country. For weeks now, there have been long lines of the queue for petrol across the federation after the circulation of adulterated fuel. The …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has formally joined the presidential race ahead of the 2023 general elections. Atiku, who lost to President Muhammadu Buhari in the 20219 presidential elections, made the declaration while meeting with some stakeholders. The former VP explained that his decision followed the need for good governance …

For an umpteenth time, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari will stop over in London to spend two weeks with his doctors.   The recent medical tourism by the President comes even as Nigerians are battling with a fuel scarcity problem that has lingered for over three weeks and has caused untold …

The world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, has been destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine According to CNN, the enormous aircraft, named “Mriya,” or “dream” in Ukrainian, was parked at an airfield near Kyiv when it was attacked by Russian forces. Ukrainian authorities said that they would rebuild the …

Ongoing industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is seen by some as one of the reasons people patronise private universities, as lecturers there are not members of the union and would not go on strike. Meanwhile, another set of people not participating in the …