The Management of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the resumption of direct revenue collection at the cargo terminals of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, LAGOS, after 15-year of recess. In a statement issued by FAAN’s on Friday, signed by Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs Obiageli Orah, described the development as a breakthrough that would not be confined to Lagos alone. “The success at MMIA will serve as a model for replication at other airports across the country. It reflects FAAN’s vision to optimise cargo…
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WORLD CUP 2026 QUALIFIERS: CHELLE RELEASES PROVISIONAL 31-MAN SQUAD FOR MUST-WIN MATCHES
Head Coach Eric Chelle has named a provisional 31-man squad for Nigeria’s crucial 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against Rwanda and South Africa next month, with captain William Ekong leading a star-studded list. The Franco-Malian tactician has selected first-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, defenders Ola Aina and Calvin Bassey, midfielders Alex Iwobi and Wilfred Ndidi, and forwards Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman and Simon Moses for the make-or-break fixtures. The squad also features youthful goalkeeper Ebenezer Harcourt, defenders Bright Osayi-Samuel and Bruno Onyemaechi, midfielders Raphael Onyedika, Frank Onyeka and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, alongside…
RAILWAY: WARRI-ITAKPE TRAIN SERVICE RESUMES SOON, TRACK REPAIRS ALMOST COMPLETE
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed that track repairs on the Warri-Itakpe route are almost complete, and train services are set to resume soon. This was made known on Friday by the Corporation’ s Chief Public Relations Officer, Callistus Unyimadu, that Warri-Itakpe train service was cancelled and temporarily suspended on July 15 and July 16 due to unforeseen technical challenges. “Operations were temporarily suspended on the train service to enable us carry out urgent and critical track repairs aimed at guaranteeing the safety, reliability, and comfort of passengers,” Unyimadu…
WORK VISAS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS PLUNGED DRASTICALLY, SAYS UK HOME OFFICE
The number of visas approved to foreign nationals entering the UK for work, study, family, or humanitarian purposes has fallen sharply. According to new data by the UK Home Office, 834,977 entry visas were granted in the year to June 2025 across these categories, down nearly a third (32 percent) from 1.23 million in the previous 12 months. The data shows that work-related visas saw the steepest decline, plunging 48 percent from 545,855 to 286,071. Study visas dropped by 18 percent, falling from 530,312 to 435,891, while family visas decreased…
‘‘COURT OF CORRUPTION’’ — Obasanjo whacks INEC boss, judiciary in new book
The former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR has faulted the Nigerian judiciary, saying it has been “deeply compromised” and that corruption among judges has turned courts into “a court of corruption rather than a court of justice.” This was published in his new book, Nigeria: Past and Future, Obasanjo laments the steady decline of the Nigerian judiciary’s integrity, warning that justice has become commodified in Nigeria. “The reputation of the Nigerian judiciary has steadily gone down from the four eras up till today. The rapidity of the precipitous fall, particularly in…
’’KILLERS OF WORSHIPPERS IN KATSINA WILL BE HUNTED DOWN”…. Mohammed Idris
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, says the federal government will ensure that the perpetrators of the attack on worshippers in Malumfashi LGA of Katsina state are brought to justice. On Tuesday morning, gunmen attacked worshippers observing morning prayer (fajr) in a mosque located at the Unguwan Mantau community, Malumfashi LGA killing several people. The barbaric attack was believed to be a reprisal after residents reportedly ambushed and lynched some bandits two days earlier. In a statement on Friday, the Hon. Minister described the killings as “callous…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has said that it was committed to the November 15, 2025, national convention of the party as earlier agreed by the National Executive Committee (NEC) at its 101st meeting held in July, urged party members to shun all attempts to derail the planned convention by people it called ‘anti-party forces.’
The PDP governors declared the stance, among others, at the end of their 7th meeting of the year 2025, held at the Government House, Gusau, Zamfara STATE capital on Saturday afternoon. In a communique issued shortly after the closed door meeting by PDP-GF, signed by its chairman and governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala A. Mohammed, the Forum also asked PDP members to see the party as the only democratic institution and viable alternative for restoring Nigeria along the path of good governance and national development even as it appreciated…
FORMER MILITARY ADMINISTRATOR SENATOR MANA DIES AT 74.
According to a report from The Nation, Former Military Governor of Plateau State, Colonel Muhammad Mana (rtd.), has passed away at the age of 74. He died on Saturday, August 22, 2025, after a brief illness. Col. Mana, WHO was a military administrator in Plateau State between 1993 and 1996, later represented Adamawa North in the Senate. During his tenure as military administrator, he was widely recognized for initiating projects and policies that advanced the state’s development and contributed to national growth. His death has sparked an outpouring of tributes…
DOUBTS OVER NIGER REPUBLIC CLAIMS THAT BOKO HARAM LEADER WAS KILLED
The Niger’s army said its soldiers killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, but experts cast doubt over the unverified claim, as confirmed by Abidjan Agence France-Presse, on Friday Since Boko Haram’s insurgency to establish an Islamic caliphate in neighbouring northeast Nigeria began in 2009, the conflict has left 40,000 people dead and forced more than two million to flee their homes. The leader, Bakura, was killed during a “surgical operation” on an island in the Diffa region of southeast Niger last week,…
PRESIDENT TINUBU’s RENEWED HOPE AGENDA TRANSFORMS NIGERIA’s MARINE and BLUE ECONOMY — Shippers Council Chief
The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Akutah Pius Ukeyima, Esq, MON, FCILT, Ph.D, said the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda has transformed the Industry, describing it as a catalyst for reform in Nigeria’s Marine and Blue Economy sector. Akutah, asserted during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, led by its Chairman, Distinguished Senator Wasiu Eshinlokun-Sanni, to the NSC headquarters in Lagos, on Thursday. He however, commended the President’s strategic vision and political will, which he said have laid the groundwork for sustainable…