Author: NPO Admin II
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) received 166 Nigerians stranded in Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Wednesday. Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He represented NEMA Director-General, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, to receive the returnees. Farinloye said the returnees arrived at the Cargo Wing of the airport on a chartered flight at about 3:30 p.m. He said they were returned to Nigeria with the assistance of International Organisation for Migration (IOM) through a voluntary repatriation programme. The programme…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it has begun the replacement and repair of aged equipment used to carry out its daily operations at the airports across the country. The Managing Director, FAAN, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, made this known at an interactive session with the League and Airports Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), in Lagos, on Wednesday. Yadudu said some of the equipment such as the baggage landing, runway and the central cooling system among others were more than 40 years and above. He said that FAAN had inaugurated an ad hoc committee in 2021 because it saw that most…
A meeting of Governors of the All Progressive Congress which held in Abuja on Wednesday where they sought to commence deliberations on who to support has ended without any resolutions. In what appeared like a task to the Governors, President Muhammadu BUhari had told them before traveling to Spain that he would expect reciprocity from his support to them in their choice of successors in their respective states . He urged them to work together to look for a successor that would carry on his vision for the country. However when the Governors met on Wednesday, opinions were divided over…
Sen. Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has promised to properly rehabilitate the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) of Bakassi. Tinubu, who met with delegates of the party on Wednesday in Calabar, said he would ensure the rehabilitation of the IDPs if he picked the party’s ticket and wins the presidential polls in 2023. He said that he was committed to the welfare and social-economic growth of Nigerians, hence the need to give every Nigerian a sense of belonging. He also promised to expand the Calabar Seaport, to attract more vessels into the…
Turkey on Wednesday increased the prices of natural gas and electricity, citing a “surge in energy prices in global markets’’. In a statement, Turkey’s state-run BOTAS Petroleum Pipeline Company said natural gas prices were hiked by 30 per cent for houses, 16.3 per cent for electricity production, and 10.2 per cent for industry. The worldwide rise in energy prices made it necessary for the company to change the domestic prices of natural gas, the state energy importer noted. “The public is well aware that the effects of the perfect storm in global and European energy markets have left consumers exposed…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu State, Mr Ndubuisi Enechionyia, says voters’ support rather than money is required to win the governorship election. Enechionyia said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday. He said that the party would organise itself and begin mass campaign for the 2023 general elections. He expressed confidence on the ability of the party’s governorship candidate, Frank Nweke Jr., to sway votes for the party. NAN reports that Nweke Jr. emerged the winner of the APGA primary election on Sunday. “What APGA needs…
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday accused the Prelate of the Methodist Church Samuel Kanu-Uche of lying against it over the recent kidnap of the cleric. The Army, in a statement signed by the Director of Information Onyema Nwachukwu, said insinuating that officials of the Nigerian Army were complicit was a huge allegation it would not take lightly. The Prelate after his release, had said the ni security agencies was involved in his release while also disclosing that a sum of N100m Was paid to the kidnappers to secure his release. Describing the allegations as “unsubstantiated “, the Army said “While…
The Kremlin has accused the US of “adding fuel to the fire deliberately” after Washington said it would supply Ukraine with advanced missile systems. “Such supplies” do not encourage Kyiv to resume peace talks, Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that Washington wanted to “fight Russia to the last Ukrainian”. The US agreed to provide the precision-guided missiles, which can reach targets as far as 70km (45 miles), after gaining assurances that the weapons would not be used to attack targets inside Russia. Ukraine’s President Zelensky has said his country has “no intention” of doing so. Earlier, Russia’s deputy…
A yet to be identified young man has been prevented from jumping into the Lagos Lagoon on Wednesday. Officials of the LCC Patrol Team on third mainland bridge who sighted the young man had parked near him to timely prevent him from jumping in. A video sighted by the NPO Reports showed the officials appealing to the young man to take it easy and believe in the future. He was said to have been handed over to the police. The Third Mainland Bridge has become a major suicide spot for many who have jumped into the lagoon.
Freshly released from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Sen. Rochas Okorocha, eventuall appeared before the All Progressives Congress screening of presidential aspirants on Tuesday night. The immediate past Governor of Imo represents Imo West in the Senate. He had been under the custody of the EFCC over an alleged N2.9 billion fraud case. He was, however, granted bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja early Tuesday and was to pay N500 million for his bail with one surety in like sum. The possibility of Okorocha appearing before the APC Chief John Odigie-Oyegun led presidential screening…