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The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has explained why the United Airlines flight chose to return to Lagos after experiencing a sudden loss of altitude despite being closer to alternative landing locations. The flight, which departed Lagos for Washington Dulles International Airport in the United States on January 24 carrying...

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has apprehended 125 commercial buses and 48 privately owned vehicles for flagrant violations, including unauthorised parking and severe road obstructions. According to a statement posted on its X handle on Thursday, spearheading the operation was the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki,...

The management of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has said that the recent one-year ban on admission into KWASU’s law programme does not affect students currently running their programmes in its Faculty of Law. The Acting Director, University Relations, Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in...

Activist and politician, Senator Shehu Sani, has taken a swipe at ex-Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, calling him a “midget professor” who is jobless and frustrated after being denied a role in the Tinubu’-led administration. Sani was responding to El-Rufai’s recent criticism of the All Progressives Congress (APC), where he...

Justice Chinyere E. Nwecheonwu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kuchiako, Kuje, on Thursday, rescheduled to February 3, 2025, the arraignment of former Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Wednesday arrested Yusuf and brought him...

The Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy, in collaboration with MADhouse has announced the launch of the Reimagining Hope Residency. This transformative program is set to bring together 20 exceptional creatives from across Nigeria for a 4-week residency focused on addressing societal challenges and inspiring cultural...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended law admissions in eight tertiary institutions. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesman, said students will not be admitted for the law programme at the universities for 2025/2026. He said the decision follows the suspension of the LL.B programme in these institutions by the...

The trial of a former Kogi State governor, Yahya Adoza Bello, alongside Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu continued on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, before Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court with the First Prosecution Witness, (PW1), Fabian Nwaora informing the court, that Yahya Bello’s accomplice,...

The Oyo State Government has organised a one-day training workshop for directors on budget, research and statistics and SDG desk officers across the 33 local government areas and various Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the state on the preparation of the 2024 Conditional Grant Scheme CGS- SDGs. The workshop, with...

The Osun State Executive Council has approved the appointment of Prince Timileyin Oluyemi Ajayi, a United Kingdom based IT engineer as the Olojudo of Ido Ajegunle in Obokun local government of Osun state. According to a press statement on Wednesday by the State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo...