Ganduje pledges reform, fairness to reposition APC

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje yesterday promised to reposition the platform for growth and victory in future polls.  Also endorsed as the Secretary is Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru.  Basiru was the spokesman of the ninth Senate, representing Osun West. A consummate lawyer…

Niger: Tinubu woos Libya, Algeria against junta

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, dispatched a delegation led by a Nigerian diplomat, Babagana Kingibe, to engage with the leaders of Libya and Algeria on the crisis in Niger Republic, where a military junta overthrew democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum. This was as he…

NSIB launch investigations into Lagos jet crash

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has been notified and commenced investigation into an accident involving a Jabiru J430, a light single airplane with Nationality and Registration Marks 5N-CCQ operated by Air First Hospitality & Tours, which occurred around a little after 1500hrs…

More Nigerians get NIN as NIMC adds 634,603 to database

More Nigerians have been issued National Identification Numbers (NIN) as National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) added 634,603 new enrollees to its database, according to records for July. The new enrollees swell the database from 101,013,279 recorded in June to 101,647,882 in July, according…

Illegal migrants behind most crimes in Nigeria, says NIS

Illegal immigrants are behind most criminal activities in the country, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said. Kwara State Comptroller of NIS, Aminu Shamsuddin, made the statement, yesterday, while addressing journalists in Ilorin, during the 60th anniversary of the Service. The comptroller noted that the…