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On Sunday being November 26, 2023, one of the aircrafts of United Airlines left Lagos for Abuja but incidentally landed in Asaba, Delta State. For this, the Head of Corporate Communications of United Airlines, Achilleus Chud-Uchegbu has come out to say that bad weather was the reason the plane could not land in Abuja. “The incident was as a result of bad weather in Abuja, so the pilot temporarily diverted the flight to Asaba,” Chud-Uchegbu said. The confusion was heightened when the cabin crew announced their landing saying that they have touched down Abuja, only for the passengers to realize…

The NDDC Managing Director/CEO, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku has announced that come next year (2024) the Commission will introduce local postgraduate scholarship program to fend for those unable to secure the foreign postgraduate scholarship program. Dr. Ogbuku said this last week while responding to questions on why the commission has not increased the number of its foreign scholarship beneficiaries. The NDDC boss explained that funding had been a challenge. “We increased the allowance for the studies from thirty $30,000.00(N24 million) to $40,000.00 (N32 million) and this affected our finances, making it necessary to create a balance. “However, from next year we…

Yesterday in Calabar, there was a Thanksgiving Service held in honor of Sen. Asuquo Ekpenyong of Southern Cross River Senatorial District. Held at the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Duke Town Cathedral, Calabar South, the service also featured infant baptism of the Senator’s baby. The following photographs tell the complete story…

By Saviour Miracle: Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has announced the indefinite suspension of N-Power. According to Betta who spoke Saturday morning on TVC television said the decision was birthed by some irregularities within the scheme, disclosing that Government has launched investigation into the utilization of funds since the inception of the program. “We must go back to look into N-Power and understand what the problems are so we will basically suspend the programe for now until we are done with proper investigation into the utilization of funds into the N-Power program. “We want to…

By Saviour Miracle: The Federal Government under the ministry of Humanitarian Affairs & Poverty Alleviation has flagged off the verification of names on the national social register also regarded as a register for ‘poor Nigerians’. According to the Humanitarian Affairs & Poverty Alleviation Minister, Dr. Betta Edu, the exercise has commenced across the country and would last for three weeks. The national social register had earlier been rejected by the national economic council (NEC) for lacking credibility. This prompted Betta to partner with states to verify all names on the register to reflect the citizens who are most vulnerable. According…

By Saviour Miracle: A pastor has been killed early Tuesday as church building belonging to Dunamis Church Nigeria and situated at Mission Ward in the NorthBank area of Markurdi, the Benue State capital. A police spokesman in the state named Sewuese Anene confirmed the development to newsmen noting that the incident took place at about 2.00 am today. According to Anene, she said the pastor, identified as Emmanuel gave up the ghost while receiving treatment at the Benue State Teaching Hospital. “The incident occurred this afternoon. It was at about 2.00 am this morning. “Yes, it is confirmed. We have…

The Lagos State Police command has given an update on the autopsy of IIerioluwa Aloba, also know has Mohbad. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer in a post on his verified X handle revealed that family members of the late singer were present during the autopsy which he said was carried out by best forensic pathologists in the country. He urged Nigerians to remain calm while the result of the autopsy is being awaited. He debunked rumours that the process might be hijacked by some unscrupulous individuals who would not want the singer to get justice.…

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has called for qualified persons to apply for its 2023/24 foreign post-graduate scholarship progamme. Below is a post made on the Commission’s official Facebook Page (@nddc): To further boost Human Resource Development in the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is once again embarking on its Foreign Post Graduate Scholarship Programme to equip our young people with relevant training and skills for effective participation in the local content programme of the Federal Government, as well as enable them to acquire specialization in their fields of study and thus compete globally in…

By Saviour Miracle: The Nigerian Navy has rejected the purported list of candidates for batch 35 recruitment describing it as fake. According to the Director of Naval Information, Comrade Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, the activity was conducted in three centres across the state; Kaduna, Lagos and Rivers State but the list of successful candidates is not yet out. He described the list in circulation as fake and the handiwork of fraudulent miscreants who were trying to dupe applicants of the Nigerian Navy Basic Training School (NNBTS) Batch 35. Comrade Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan added that because the list of successful candidates is not yet…

By Saviour Miracle: The United States of America president, Joe Biden has warned his citizens against visiting some states in Nigeria because of the high crime rates prevalent in those states. According to Biden, U.S visitors in Nigeria should avoid Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu, Imo, Rivers states, exception of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Other states flagged with red by the country’s travel advisory update released on Wednesday are Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Abia, Anambra States. For increased rate of kidnapping, terrorism, inter-communal violence, civic unrest and armed gangs in the above mentioned states, U.S. citizens are…