The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), on Thursday, held its 93rd ordinary session at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja. The session, chaired by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, addressed critical governance, economic policies, and regional integration issues. ECOWAS President Omar Touray, in his opening address, …
Shettima presides over last NEC meeting for 2024
Vice President Kashim Shettima is currently presiding over the meeting of the National Economic Council at the State House, Abuja, which is the last one for the year 2024. The meeting commenced at 11:30 am with a reasonable number of governors, including those of Cross River, Imo, and Gombe, among others, in attendance. Some governors …
Lagos health workers begin three-day strike
The coalition of health sector unions in Lagos State on Wednesday, Dec. 11, began a three-day warning strike over the non-implementation of adjustments to the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS). The unions include the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), the Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), the Medical and Health Workers …
US embassy issues new directive for Nigeria visa application
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has reviewed its immigration visa processes for immigrants starting from January 1, 2025. According to the embassy, applicants with interviews will now visit the Consulate General in Lagos at least twice during the process. The directive was announced on its official X page on Tuesday. It read, “For applicants …
Six family members, others die in Jigawa auto crash
Six members of a family have died in Jigawa State fatal road accident. The latest incident occurred along the Auyo-Adiyani road in Guri Local Government Area on Tuesday night, December 10, 2024. Witnesses revealed that the victims, all members of the same family from Adiyani, were returning from a condolence visit to relatives of those …
NSCDC arrests eight suspected vandals in Abuja
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, has arrested eight individuals suspected of vandalising public infrastructure in various parts of Abuja. The arrests were made as part of an ongoing operation aimed at combating vandalism within the FCT. The Commandant, FCT Command, Olusola Odumosu, on Wednesday, disclosed in Abuja that the …
Allied Air cargo aircraft crash lands in Abuja
A cargo aircraft belonging to Allied Air has crash-landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, on Wednesday. The incident was as a result of the failure of one of the aircraft’s landing gears. Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, who made this known in a post on his X handle …
Nigeria’s National Grid collapses for 12th time in 2024
Nigeria’s National Grid collapsed for the 12th time this year on Wednesday. The latest incident happened around 2.09 pm, plunging Nigerians into darkness again. Since January 2024 until date, the grid has collapsed 11 times. Within one week in October, the grid collapsed three times. A tweet from the official handle of Nigeria’s National Grid, …
Ondo ‘pastor’ arrested over alleged multiple kidnappings
Security operatives have arrested a notorious kidnapper, Terry Tinate Augustus, popularly called “Black” in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Augustus, an acclaimed pastor from Ajapa community in Ese Odo LGA of Ondo State, was arrested by the Amotekun Corps in collaboration with the Special Assistant to the Ondo State Governor on Pipeline Surveillance …