A recent incident involving an “unknown aircraft” flying over the Presidential Villa in Abuja has been identified as a Max Air flight. Trust News Africa gathered that the aircraft, which sparked panic among government officials in the capital, was flying from Kano to Abuja. “The airline mentioned in this memo was Max Air flying into…
The Ogun State Government has directed school heads to ensure the good health and safety of all learners and staff members to prevent the spread of cholera within the school communities. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, in a statement, on Wednesday, that preventive measures had been put in place to control…
●Obaseki gives Edo CP seven days to fish out perpetrators The Edo State Government has condemned, in the strongest terms, the alleged rape and gruesome murder of Adekolure Idowu Glory, a fresh graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), who was allegedly raped and killed in Iyowa Community, Benin City, on Thursday, June 13, 2024….
Abba Kyari, the suspended deputy commissioner of police who was granted a three-week bail to bury his mother, is back in prison for alleged drug deals. The federal high court sitting in Abuja denied him bail after the expiration of the temporary bail. Justice Emeka Nwite, in his ruling, held that Mr. Kyari’s bail was…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, has gone for broke by announcing the expulsion of former deputy governor Philip Shaibu and the party’s vice national chair, South-South Chief Dan Osi Orbih, from the party. Shaibu was the deputy of Governor Godwin Obaseki before his impeachment and removal for allegedly leaking classified government documents,…
The Integrity Youth Alliance has berated the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission (PSC) for asking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sack the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun for undermining the police recruitment process. According to a press release on June 19, 2024,…
An Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Arik Air to pay eight months’ salary arrears to an ex-worker, Mrs Andreia Perdigao, after she was wrongfully sacked. The Arik air worker approached the court after she was sacked in 2017, having worked for the airline for about three years. She prayed that the court would…
The acrimony between the Edo State All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party festered on Tuesday, with the APC describing the call for Philip Shaibu’s resignation from the PDP as irritating and baseless. Shaibu, a former deputy governor of the state who was impeached on April 8 but still remains a member of the…
Following the unconfirmed resignation of one of the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s (RCCG) Trinity Towers’ Senior pastors, Idowu Iluyomade, a church member, Funsho Olufemi, who resides in Lagos, has expressed his displeasure towards the development. Speaking with journalists in Lagos, Olufemi noted that the Iluyomades have done so much to build the church of…
