The African Union’s Peace and Security Council said it was holding a meeting on Thursday (today) on the military coup in Gabon.According to Al Jazeera, the leaders are looking at how to respond to officers who removed President Ali Bango and installed their own head of state in the latest
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The Federal Government has directed all international airlines to vacate the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) with effect from October 1, 2023.The directive by the government is to give room for the total maintenance work at the airport.This was made known by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus
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The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned planned demolition of illegal structures in the Federal Capital Territory by Nyesom Wike, the FCT MinisterThe NLC President, Joe Ajaero made this known while speaking at the national symposium themed: Nigerian Economy and the Crisis of Survival: Robbing the Poor to Pay the
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the recruitment of ad-hoc staff ahead of the governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states.INEC in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) said the portal for the recruitment exercise is open from Thursday, 31 August 2023 and would close on October
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The federal Government, through the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to further strengthen counter-terrorism efforts in the country.A statement by Zakari Mijinyawa, Head of Strategic Communications at ONSA, said the MOU was
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Global ride-hailing giant Uber on Thursday launched an electric motorbike service in Kenya, as the company seeks to make its global platform emissions-free by 2040.Uber’s general manager for sub-Saharan Africa, Kagiso Khaole said the rollout in Kenya will be followed later this year in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania,
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The Lagos Blue Line Rail System is to begin operation on Monday, the Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has disclosed.Managing Director of LAMATA, Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo, who disclosed this at a press briefing yesterday, in Lagos, said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu would be joining the first commercial operation at
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The Nigerian government has mourned the death of the designer of the Nigerian national flag, Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, who died at the age of 84, at his family home in Ibadan, after a brief illness.In a statement yesterday, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, expressed sadness over
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