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11 Dec
An Allied Air cargo aircraft with registration number 5N-JRT crash-landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja on Wednesday. Sources said the incident was due to the failure of one of its landing gears. The incident occurred at approximately 10:05 am, involving an E-Cargo aircraft carrying six crew members. Our correspondent gathered that casualties were…
6 Dec
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recently recertified the Lagos and Abuja airports for local and international services. Stakeholders recorded the endorsement as a plus for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the new found drive to overhaul the critical facilities, JOKE FALAJU reports. Recertification of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and…
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Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) says it has successfully completed the first tranche of its equity capital raise programme. This followed the completion of the capital verification exercise conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the approval of the basis of allotment of the offer by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).…
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The Wenchi West District of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church in Ghana ’s Bono Region has honoured 20 teenage girls, aged 13 to 16, for preserving their virginity and recognising their moral discipline. During the church’s first Sabbath service of the year, the girls received monetary rewards and public commendations. Nana Amponsah Poku, the District…
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The Senator representing Niger North Senatorial District of Niger State at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Abubakar Sani Bello, has distributed starter packs to empower 177 trained beneficiaries of his skills acquisition programme in the state. The senator made the presentation to the participants across the eight local councils of the zone…
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Monday in Abuja, sealed a Chinese supermarket for allegedly selling goods labelled in Chinese language without its proper notification. The supermarket is situated at Azba Mall, 2 Durban Street, Wuse 2, Abuja. Speaking with newsmen after the exercise, NAFDAC Director of Investigation…
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Chinese President, Xi Jinping has sent a special envoy, Hao Mingjin, to attend the inauguration ceremony of Ghana’s President-elect, John Mahama on Jan. 7 in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Hao, also the Vice-Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, was invited by the Ghanaian government to represent President Xi Jinping…
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Journalists covering the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have condemned an assault on the The Sun Newspaper Correspondent, Mr Ndubuisi Orji, at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. The journalists, under the aegis of PDP Press Corps, in a statement on Monday in Abuja by the Chairman, Samuel Ogidan, described the attack, which occurred on Monday,…
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The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passes an appropriation bill of N3.367 trillion for the 2025 fiscal year of the state. The budget was approved by voice votes at a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa on Monday. Obasa explained that the passage followed the presentation of a…
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On Thursday, 26th December 2024, The Guardian shared a news report published by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) entitled: “Fire guts FIIRO generator house Lagos” on its website, www.guardian.ng. NAN reported that the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed a fire incident at FIIRO’s generator house.…