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The Nigerian Air Force is currently battling the huge resignation of personnel, prompting the introduction of stringent measures to arrest the worrying trend.It was earlier reported that the Nigerian Army was experiencing an acute shortage of manpower, due to the high number of those who voluntarily retired, in October 2024.To fill the vacancy, it was gathered that the Army was planning to re-en...

 The Oyo State Government has filed eight counts, bordering on murder and manslaughter against the ex-queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, the proprietor of an Ibadan-based radio station, Oriyomi Hamzat, and the Principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Abdulahi Fasasi, over the December 18, 2024 funfair stampede, during which 35 children died.The charge sheet, marked I/05C/2025, sighted by our corresp...

The Federal Fire Service has agreed to include a fire insurance policy in its checklist for buildings.This was the outcome of a meeting between the National Insurance Commission and the Federal Fire Service at the NAICOM Headquarters to review and strengthen their partnership.Fire insurance is a type of property insurance that covers losses and damages caused by fire. Under this cover, the policyholder can...

The House of Representatives Minority Caucus has backed the Federal Government’s move to sanitise the nation’s tax regime, but called for a review of some of the provisions in the tax reform bills.Recall that on September 3, 2024, President Bola Tinubu transmitted four tax reform bills to the National Assembly for consideration following the recommendations of the Taiwo Oyedele-led Presidential Committee on Fisc...

The Lagos State Government has directed all unapproved and unregistered private schools operating within the state to register immediately with the Office of Education Quality Assurance.The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, gave the directive as part of efforts to ensure that all educational institutions below the tertiary level meet the required standards.According to a s...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Abu Dhabi in the early hours of Sunday to participate in the 2025 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).President Tinubu touched down at 2:14 a.m. local time and was received by Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al Nahyan, UAE’s Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Themed “The Nexus of Next: Supercharging Sustainable Progress,” this y...

The opposition has accused the Federal Government of failing to explain what happened to the N234bn released for the aborted national census because it diverted the money for the 2023 electioneering campaign.Under former President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Population Commission proposed a budget of approximately N800bn for the 2023 Population and Housing Census.By May 2023, a total sum of N224bn had already been disbursed, in addition to N10bn approved...

Nigeria has attracted $7.6bn in investment interests at the Africa Investment Forum 2024, held in Rabat, Morocco, from 4 to 6 December 2024.The announcement was made by the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, in a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) account.Adesina expressed optimism about the potential impact of the investment interests, highlighting the participation of ...

Several people were reportedly killed in an airstrike in Kakindawa village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.Garba Umar, a resident of the area revealed that the incident occurred on Saturday evening as local vigilantes were heading to assist neighbours in Tungar Kara village, which had come under attack by bandits.According to Umar, the vigilante group mobilised after receiving reports of ba...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu’s administration and Nigeria’s 36 state Governors at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja.The suit challenges the alleged misuse of the Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act 2024 to suppress freedom of expression and violate human rights, particularly those of activists, journalists, bloggers, and social media ...