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Former spokesman of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Yakubu Dati, has said the charge by FAAN’s Managing Director, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, to airport security personnel is not an indictment but a call for improved professionalism.Dati, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, lauded Kuku’s proactive approach to ensuring seamless operations during the upcoming Yuletide season.NewDailyPrime recalls that on Dec. 3, Kuku unveiled Operation Clean Air to curb unnecessary…
A delegation of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) observation mission led by former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday arrived in Accra, ahead of the Dec. 7 general elections in the country.The WAEF’s communications Officer, Wealth Dickson Ominabo, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.Ominabo, in a statement, quoted Jonathan on arrival in Ghana, urged Ghanaians to be patriotic and…
A top UN official, Tom Fletcher, has said that multiple unending conflicts, climate change, and a glaring disregard for long-established international humanitarian law are set to leave a staggering 305 million people in need of lifesaving assistance in 2025.Fletcher, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and head of the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said this in a statement on Wednesday.“The world is on fire…We are dealing with a polycrisis right now…
A ravaging fire has gutted the residence of award-winning Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, destroying valuable possessions in Lagos. The inferno, which swept through the actress’ multi-million naira property, reduced her belongings to ashes. Taking to her official Instagram page on Wednesday night, Aigbe expressed her gratitude that no lives were lost in the fire. The film star also shared a video post, writing: “Devastated, but I thank God no life…
Emergency services in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania have lost hope of finding alive, a 64-year-old grandmother who fell into a sinkhole as she was looking for her cat.Steve Limani, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania state police, said on Wednesday that the operation had moved from a rescue to a recovery status.The department is certain the woman is in the hole, but due to the oxygen supply and the conditions…
Following the resumption of plenary at the House of Representatives on Thursday, five lawmakers of the Labour Party (LP) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The members are Tochukwu Okere (Imo), Donatus Mathew (Kaduna), Bassey Akiba (Cross River), Iyawe Esosa (Edo) and Daulyop Fom (Plateau). Similarly, a lawmaker, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu (Delta), dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC. Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu is a daughter of former Delta…
The police have fingered newly-formed terror group, Lakurawa as the mastermind of an explosion that occurred along the Dansadau-Gusau Road in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Wednesday. The state’s police commissioner Muhammed Dalijan said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily breakfast programme on Thursday, “This Lakurawa (group) when they were dislodged by the Army in Sokoto and Kebbi, the rest of them that survived the military onslaught…
Retired soldiers under the group of Coalition of Concerned Veterans (CCV) protesting over non-payment of the 20 percent and 28 percent increment for 11 months in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja have said they will not leave the Federal Ministry of Finance gate except they see credit alerts. The protesters, who stayed up all night, told NEW DAILY PRIME that they had bought chains and padlocks to lock up the…
Following the disappearance of six ladies after attending a house party in the Lekki area of Lagos State, efforts to know their whereabouts by journalists have met a brickwall, as the state Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Ishola, has declined to speak on the issue when he was approached. In a viral video, a lady recounted the incident, explaining that the seven ladies had been invited to the party, but one…
The Federal Government has booted out some civil servants who graduated from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. According to a PUNCH report, the directive affected federal workers who graduated from the institutions from 2017 to date. Segun Imohiosen, the Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, confirmed the development to journalists on Wednesday. The Federal August…
Babafemi Ojudu, a former lawmaker representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District and a seasoned journalist, has shared how he resorted to drinking his own urine to survive while imprisoned during the military regime of the late General Sani Abacha. A former Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs under Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Ojudu made the revelation in Ado-Ekiti, during a media interaction with journalists, on his new book titled ‘Adventures of a Guerrilla…
The Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Yusuf Sununu, has reaffirmed the federal government’s (FG) commitment to alleviating the challenges faced by Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and boosting food security. Iliya Ishaku, Director of Information and Public Relations in a statement on Thursday said the minister during his official visit to Plateau State on Tuesday flagged off the ‘Renewed Hope Agricultural Empowerment Project (REHAEPI)’ in Kwall, Bassa…
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