Dubai-based Emirates airline has announced plans to resume flight operations to Nigeria starting October 1, marking the end of a nearly two-year suspension. The airline halted services in 2022 after it was unable to repatriate funds trapped in Nigeria, prompting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to stop issuing visas to Nigerian citizens.
Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general elections, on Wednesday allegedly evaded arraignment after failing to appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja. Sowore is facing prosecution by the Department of State Services (DSS) for alleged defamation, alongside Meta Corp (Facebook) and X Corp (formerly Twitter), over a post in which he purportedly described President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal.”
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, one final opportunity to open his defence in his ongoing terrorism trial. Justice James Omotosho, presiding over the case on Wednesday, emphasised his duty to ensure the defendant is given every reasonable chance to present his case.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) has invited Senate President Godswill Akpabio and other senators to the commissioning of projects in her constituency in Kogi State. Akpabio read the invitation, which was conveyed in a letter during Thursday's plenary.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the introduction of a 15 percent ad valorem import duty on petrol and diesel imports into Nigeria, which was contained in a letter by Damilotun Aderemi, the Private Secretary to the President, directing the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released the list of candidates for recruitment into paramilitary agencies such as the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCOS), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Federal Fire Service (FFS), and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
