By Ayomide otitoju The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a seven-year moratorium on the creation of new federal tertiary institutions, citing concerns over duplication, underutilisation, and declining academic standards. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, announced the decision on Wednesday after the council meeting, stating that access to tertiary education was no longer a pressing…
By Ayomide otitoju Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule has called for collaboration with relevant authorities in the Federal Capital Territory to fast-track the prosecution of inmates awaiting trial at the Keffi Medium Custodial Centre. The governor made the appeal during a visit to the facility on Wednesday, a day after 16 inmates escaped during a…
By Ayomide otitoju The Presidency has declared that no Nigerian politician, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, stands a chance of unseating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, made the statement on Wednesday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. Responding to…
By Ayomide Otitoju Comfort Emmanson, the Ibom Air passenger recently freed from Kirikiri Prison, has been offered a ₦500,000-per-month job and an all-expenses-paid luxury trip to Delta State, according to the governor’s aide, Ossai Ovie Success. In a statement posted on Instagram on Wednesday, Ossai said the package includes return flight tickets, accommodation in a…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched an investigation into one Duru Ikechukwu Damian, who was arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for allegedly failing to declare $59,000 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The development was disclosed by the EFCC via…
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing over 10,000 Air Canada cabin crew, has given the airline a 72-hour deadline to reach a pay agreement or face a strike, hours after the carrier sought federal government intervention. According to Reuters, the strike is scheduled to begin at about 1 a.m. ET on Saturday. Earlier…
Lawyers in Niger have declared a two-day strike for Thursday and Friday in protest against the military government’s dissolution of the country’s justice unions, a move they say undermines judicial independence. The junta, which seized power in a July 2023 coup in the jihadist-hit Sahel nation, last week dissolved five judicial unions. Interior Minister General…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly criticised Ibom Air and the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) for their handling of an incident involving passenger Comfort Emmanson on an Ibom Air flight on August 10, 2025, describing the actions taken against her — including a lifetime flight ban — as “reckless,” “unlawful,”…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Federal Government has reduced the indefinite no-fly ban placed on Fuji legend Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as Kwam 1, to one month and ordered the restoration of the licenses of ValueJet pilots suspended over an August 5 incident at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo announced the…
