A Saudi Arabia bound Max Air plane, conveying 500 intending pilgrims from Jigawa State on Wednesday evening, had an emergency landing at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The United Nigeria Airlines said on Wednesday that one of its aircraft skidded off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 in Lagos.
ASHENEWS reports that the Kano State Police Command has arrested 93 suspected criminals and recovered different kinds of weapons.
The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has organised a one-day refresher training for younger scientists at the institute.
ASHENEWS reports that the Kano state Commissioner of Police, CP Muhammed Usaini Gumel, on Wednesday, paid homage to the Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero.
ASHENEWS reports that Nigeria’s tax-to-GDP ratio which, in the last 12 years, hovered between 5% to 6% rose to 10.86% by the end of 2021.
The Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, admitted the 2023 presidential election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) chairman, Yakubu Mahmoud, as an exhibit in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against the electoral victory of President Bola Tinubu.
ASHENEWS reports that the former Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai has taken to Twitter to describe what his first day looked like after leaving office.
Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has directed the immediate freezing of all the State Government accounts and those of agencies domiciled in banks and other financial institutions in the country.
Enugu state governor, Peter Mbah, has directed that all bank accounts belonging to the government be frozen with immediate effect until further notice.