The U.S Mission in Nigeria has relaxed its weekend security warning to its citizens to avoid specific locations in Abuja over fears of bomb attacks. A statement posted on the mission’s website on Wednesday said there were“increased security checks at major hotels, government facilities, and along major roadways in Abuja”. It added that the mission […]
By Daniel Eteghe & Okebugwu Chinomnso LAGOS — As the deadline by the Federal Government to the United Kingdom’s mega carrier, British Airways (BA) to reduce its flight frequencies from seven to three times a week expires tomorrow, Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, yesterday, insisted that the British Government was wrong in disrespecting the Bilateral […]
To curb the activities of Boko Haram and other anti-state groups, the Federal Government has ordered a 24-hour surveillance around all hotels that have over 50 rooms capacity in the country while all public infrastructure and private recreational centres would now to be manned by plain clothes security operatives. The order, which emanated from the […]
By Rotimi Ajayi, Regional Editor, North & Kenneth Ehigiator ABUJA — British Airways lobbyists have pressured the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, to intercede on behalf of the airline to save it from losing more than 50 per cent of its flight frequency to Nigeria following the treatment meted out to Nigeria airline, Arik Air, […]
As controversy rages over the reduction of frequencies granted the British Airways (BA) by the Ministry of Aviation over alleged discrimination in the implementation of Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) between Nigeria and Britain, the Federal Government has been cautioned against allowing the issue to degenerate to a diplomatic row. The warning was issued by the […]
Nigeria is taking a more active role in diplomatic efforts to restore normalcy to Darfur, Sudan, where another attack on United Nations (UN) troops was recorded at the weekend, Empowered Newswire reports. UN sources disclosed on Tuesday that during the meeting at the opening of the current General Assembly in September, both President Goodluck Jonathan and UN […]
Dr. Corad Murray Michael Jackson’s doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a powerful anesthetic that killed the pop star. The verdict against Dr. Conrad Murray marked the latest chapter in one of pop culture’s most shocking tragedies — […]
IN what seems an endorsement of Nigeria’s new policy in the agricultural sector as recently enunciated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, G20 leaders are offering the country new initiatives in the sector, which could help spur economic growth in the nation and on the African continent. Although Nigeria has not been invited to join the G20 […]
With a wave of the hand, National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Owoye Azazi, yesterday dismissed the warning by the United States of a plot by Boko Haram to bomb three Luxury hotels in Abuja. The US warned on Sunday that that Islamist sect’s next targets were luxury hotels frequented by diplomats, top politicians, and […]
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The death toll from attacks by a radical Muslim sect in northeastern Nigeria rose to more than 100 on Sunday, and the United States Embassy warned that the sect might be preparing to bomb three luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Abuja, the capital. The unusually specific warning from American diplomats […]
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