The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) will, today, present the Air Transport License (ATL) to the interim management of Nigeria Air, the country’s proposed national carrier.The Ministry of Aviation posted this on its Instagram page Sunday. Daily Trust reports that the ATL certification precedes the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) which empowers the airline to operate…
Pope Francis expresses his condolences for the victims of a terror attack on a Catholic Church in Nigeria’s southwestern Ondo State which killed over 50 people, including several children. As the Church celebrated Pentecost Sunday, gunmen entered St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria and opened fire on worshippers. Initial reports suggest the attackers also…
Yesterday’s attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, Ondo State, by criminal terrorists, leaving scores dead in its wake, mostly women and children, might have had devastating consequences on the quest for northern presidency in 2023. Although a debate on the justification for a northern president after President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight years,…
Labour Party on Wednesday made history as the first political party to produce a presidential candidate for the 2023 election. A businessman in the petroleum sector,Sampson Uchenna Charles, represented by the Deputy National Youth Leader of his Campaign Organisation, Aminu Bello, submitted his form at the Headquarters of the LP with a promise to radically…
Ahead of the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), political horse trading and last minute negotiations are currently going on among stakeholders in the Southern part of the country where the presidential ticket has been technically zoned to. Although the party listed Monday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 7, as the dates…
Akeredolu Directs Flying of Flags At Half Mast In Honour Of Victims Of Owo Terror Attack Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has directed all public buildings, facilities and official residences to fly the Nigerian flag at half -mast for seven days in honour of the victims of the Owo terror attack on Sunday. Governor…
As the Nigerian flag and that of the All Progressive Congress (APC) waver on their fastened polls at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the venue of the APC presidential primary, campaign posters of aspirants are at all nooks and crannies of the venue. From the paper size posters to inflated balloons, hung to sit well…
A Nigerian who was inside the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday has spoken about the horror of coming face-to-face with death, as well as the relief of watching his father escape death by the skin of his teeth after hiding inside the church’s confession box. The congregant, who asked not to…
APC Primaries: Tinubu tipped to win Frontline presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is projected to be ahead in the party’s presidential primaries slated for today and tomorrow in Abuja. A number of factors make Tinubu the candidate to beat. The factors are: nationwide recognition, reach, structure, support, endorsements,…
The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Oyo State chapter, has told the deputy governor, Engr. Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan to resign immediately since he has willfully abandoned the political party and the votes that produced him as such on the party’s joint ticket. The ruling party warned against any attempt by Olaniyan and his new party…