Former President Goodluck Jonathan has reacted to the auto crash which involved his convoy at Abuja Airport Wednesday evening. A statement by his spokesperson, Mr Ikechukwu Eze Thursday morning, the former president confirmed the death of two police officers. Jonathan described the incident as painful, adding that the deceased officers were dedicated to duty. “Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed deep sadness over the unfortunate tragic death of two police officers attached to him, in a road crash today at the vicinity of the Abuja airport, while on his way out of the airport. “The former President who…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed that former President, Goodluck Jonathan was involved in an auto crash in Abuja, in which two of his aides died Wednesday evening. The convoy was reported to be involved in an accident when the former president was returning to his Abuja residence from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. According to the spokesperson of FRSC, Mr Bisi KAZEEM, “Two people died in the accident. It was the ex-President’s convoy that was involved but he was not in the car that had the accident.” Details later…
I write as a highly aggrieved passenger of Ibom Air flight QI0500 from Calabar to Abuja of 6th April, 2022. It started at the check-in area at about 10:45 am or thereabout. I sought to get my boarding pass when a staff of the airline demanded to weigh the single pilot bag I was carrying. I told him that I intended to make it a carry on luggage and I had carefully made sure that it was a small bag enough to fit the plane cabin but he insisted on weighing the bag which I obliged him. Upon weighing the…
A military tribunal on Wednesday ruled that Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore be sentenced to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara in a coup. The charismatic Marxist revolutionary Sankara was gunned down in the West African nation’s capital Ouagadougou at the age of 37, four years after he took power in a previous putsch. Compaore was charged in absentia along with his former Head of Security, Hyacinthe Kafando, who was also sentenced to life imprisonment. Both have previously denied any involvement in Sankara’s death along with 12 other defendants accused of involvement…
…urges Buhari not to approve appointees’ list A group, Northern Emancipation Network (NEN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to approve the list of the newly appointed Permanent Secretaries for the Federal Civil Service. Rather, the group advised President Buhari to order a recall of the list as well as a comprehensive review of the exercise by an independent panel with a view to ensuring fairness for all the candidates. It argued that merit should be the major criterion in the appointment of the new Permanent Secretaries rather than their individual connections to some powerful persons. The Network made its…
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, has given assurance of Federal Government’s determination to tackle challenges facing the cotton industry. The minister, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Ifedayo Sayo, said this was with a view to create jobs for unemployed youths. Addressing a delegation of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) who visited him in Abuja, Adebayo said that the cotton industry had the capacity to transform Nigeria’s rural economy. He added that it could revive the textile and garment industries by creating over two million jobs…
Uganda’s Agriculture Ministry has warned that several parts of the country has been invaded by the African armyworm (larva of Spodoptera exempta), a pest that attacks cereals and grasses or pastures. The Agriculture Minister, Frank Tumwebaze, tweeted on Tuesday that so far, 14 districts had reported outbreaks of the pest, which entomologists said is a result of climate change. Noting that the pest can be controlled by an insecticide named Cypermethrin 5EC, Tumwebaze said the ministry is working with and supporting the effected districts with insecticides and water pumps. “If the attack is on pasture, farmers are advised to withdraw…
Following the consideration of a bill to amend the 2021 Appropriation Act, the Senate has extended the implementation of 2021 budget from March 31 to May 31. The Senate before considering the bill suspended Rule 78(1) of the Senate Standing Orders 2022 (as amended), to enable the upper chamber to expeditiously introduce and pass the bill. The bill was read during plenary on Tuesday for the first, second and third time after the suspension of Rule 78(1). The bill was sponsored by Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi. Leading debate on the bill, Abdullahi said that Appropriation Act in the past was…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised political parties to adhere strictly to internal democracy and electoral laws in the conduct of their primaries, ahead of 2023 general elections. The commission gave the advice in a statement by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on Tuesday in Abuja. Okoye said that any political party that failed to adhere to provisions of the laws in the conduct of its primaries would not recognised. “The commission wishes to reiterate that parties must adhere strictly to the principles of internal democracy, drawing from their constitutions, guidelines,…
The 36 Governors of the country will be meeting with all the 36 Speakers of states’ houses of assembly, this week, to rub minds and brainstorm, towards finding urgent solutions to issues of national importance. A terse invitation issued by the Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, Mr Asishana Bayo Okauru said the emergency meeting which comes up on Friday 8th of Aprill will be held at the Frazier Suites in the Central Business District in Abuja. The meeting will commence at 4pm prompt. It is expected that Executive-legislature harmony will occupy the minds of the 72 people…