By Sumaila Ogbaje/Salisu Sani-Idris Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday led the Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, members of the Federal Executive Council, National Assembly, service chiefs and diplomatic corps to honour the nation’s fallen and living heroes. The event, which involved the laying of wreaths at the National ArcadeContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, admitted Mr Akindele Akintoye, Founder and Chairman of Platform Capital Investment Partners Limited, to a N500 million bail with two sureties in like sum. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling held that though he was not unmindful ofContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon France on Wednesday described as “groundless” the allegation by Niger that Nigeria had offered space in its territory to France in order to destabilise the former French colony. Mr Bertrand de Seissan, Political Counsellor to the Embassy of France in Nigeria expressed this thought in an interviewContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its aircraft engineers and technicians have, in a phenomenal display of ingenuity, reactivated a Dornier DO-228 aircraft which had been grounded for 23 years. The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, AVM Olusola Akinboyewa, in a statement issued on WednesdayContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the appointment of Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach of the country’s senior men national football team, the Super Eagles. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement that the Federation’s Executive Committee endorsed the recommendation of itsContinue Reading
By Abiodun Lawal The Police Command in Ogun has raised concerns over a significant increase in reports of missing persons in the state. CSP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta. She explained that the command had noticed an unprecedented rise inContinue Reading
