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Dana Air says its Boeing 737 aircraft with registration number: 5N DNA made an emergency landing on approaching Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airpost in Abuja after one of its engines developed a fault. The airline stated this in a statement posted on its Twitter handle, @DanaAir on Tuesday. According to the statement, the incident happened at about 2:52 pm on Tuesday with 100 passengers on board safely disembarked. “Our Abuja-bound Boeing 737 aircraft with registration number (5N DNA) embarked on an emergency landing today, July 19, 2022, due to an indication on one of its engines. “The pilot in command briefed…

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, to resolve the prolonged industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. The President gave the directive Tuesday after receiving briefings from the relevant government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) involved in the ongoing efforts to end the face-off with the university unions. Buhari had summoned them to get more information on why the strike had persisted for too long. ASUU had commenced one month warning strike on February 14, and other unions also joined them over the alleged inability…

Singer, Habeeb Okikiola, fondly called Portable, recently claimed that he founded One Million Boys, a cult group terrorising residents in parts of Lagos State. Portable was said to have shared a video of himself on social media where he claimed he created the notorious cult group, although the video has since been deleted. “Open your ears and hear me; have you heard about Ajah Boys, One Million Boys? I’m their founder, go and ask Sammy Larry,” he boasted while speaking in Yoruba. Amid the criticism sparked by Portable’s remark, the police described the singer’s statement as indicting. As a result,…

Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State has denied Peter Obi Support Network (POSN), a foremost support group working for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi from using a proposed venue for its event. A statement by POSN said the governor through his spokesperson called the Manager of Arewa House to notify POSN spokesman that “we cannot have #Peter/Datti Northern Summit in Arewa House”, less than 24 hours to the event. According to the group, the governor failed to give any reason for turning down the group’s widely advertised use of the venue. The frontline support group…

Following the impeachment of the Oyo State deputy governor, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, members of the State House of Assembly have subsequently approved the nomination of the chairman of the State Housing Corporation, Adebayo Lawal, as a replacement for Olaniyan. The approval followed the nomination of Lawan by Governor Seyi Makinde who sent his name to the lawmakers for consideration. The nomination was contained in a letter from the executive arm of government to the State House of Assembly on Monday. The House had gone on a short recess after removing Olaniyan from office as the Deputy Governor and resumed to…

Yakubu Maikyau, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has emerged winner of the Nigerian Bar Association presidential election. According to the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA), only 59,392 lawyers – the highest ever – were accredited to vote in the election held on Saturday. Maikyau polled a total of 22,342 to Joe Gazama, senior advocate of Nigeria who polled 10,842 votes, and Jonathan Taidi, 1,373 votes. He was born on February 6, 1965 in Kebbi state. He obtained a bachelor of law (LLB) degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state in 1989, and proceeded to the Nigerian…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the Osun governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes beating the incumbent, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, who got 375,027 votes in a keenly contested race. He said, “I declare Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen on behalf of the chairman of INEC of the PDP having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and…