Author: Drum Africa Correspondent
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has put a hold on all access gate fees at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. A statement by its management on Saturday said the move was to alleviate the traffic burden on airport road users. The suspension will take effect from January 24 2025 to February 7, 2025. It said “The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) wishes to inform the general public that, all access gates at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport are suspended to alleviate the traffic burden on our airport road users “We deeply emphasise for the inconvenience caused by…
President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Sunday for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to participate in the Africa Heads of State Energy Summit on January 27-28, 2025. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement signed Saturday titled, ‘President Tinubu to attend Africa Heads Of State Energy Summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania The summit, hosted by the government of Tanzania in collaboration with the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank, aims to advance ‘‘Mission 300,’’ an initiative to provide electricity access to 300 million people in Africa by 2030, Onanuga stated.…
The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has called off its warning strike after the intervention of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, in a statement on Friday, said the FCTA under Wike has met their demands. On Wednesday, the doctors grounded all FCTA-owned hospitals in Abuja over unpaid arrears and other demands. However, in an update on Friday, Dr Ebong revealed that its members have started receiving alerts of the 6-month salary arrears. He also said Wike has approved and ordered immediate payment of the accoutrement allowance that…
The Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has approved the suspension of the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of Edo State Flood, Erosion and Watershed Management Agency (FEWMA), Mr Ahmed Musa Momoh. A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, stated that the suspension takes effect immediately. The statement, which did not say why Momoh was suspended, instructed him to hand over all government properties in his possession to the most senior public servant in the agency and proceed on immediate leave of absence. The statement says, “Executive Governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo has…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has declared that any member of the Lakurawa terrorists seen by Nigerian troops is as good as dead. Musa was reacting to the court order that designated Lakurawa as a terrorist organization. Drum Africa had reported that the Federal High Court in Abuja proscribed the Lakurawa sect and other similar groups in any part of Nigeria. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on the ex-parte filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, declared the group as a terrorist organisation. Reacting, Musa said the Nigerian…
The Senate has alleged that some retired military generals might be responsible for illegal mining activities across Nigeria, which continue to undermine the country’s efforts to diversify its economy. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, made this allegation during the budget presentation by Senator Sampson Ekong, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, to the Senate Committee on Appropriation. Oshiomhole expressed frustration over the Federal Government’s inaction, urging President Bola Tinubu’s administration to address the illegal mining crisis decisively. He compared the situation to the government’s robust measures against illegal oil bunkering in…
Hundreds of illegal immigrants have been deported from the United States following a directive from President Donald Trump to crack down on illegal immigration. Trump had on his first day in office signed a series of executive orders aimed at tackling illegal immigration. He also declared the situation at the United States and Mexico border as a national emergency, just as he designated criminal cartels as terrorist organisations. The US president stopped the practice of granting automatic citizenship to children born in the US to undocumented immigrants. Trump also signed an order suspending the US refugee resettlement programme for four…
The Kano State Government land recertification deadline of 31st January 2025, has been described as sacrosanct as the Land Ministry and Physical Planning reveals it has now recertified over 2000 lands since the beginning of the process in 2024. Giving an update to newsmen on Friday, on the recertification exercise, the State Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Mr Abduljabar Muhammad Umar, said there was no going back on the deadline. Umar explained, that since the beginning of the recertification, the ministry has witnessed over one million activities of land owners coming for forms, registration and other recertification needed verification.…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of board Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers for 42 federal organisations and a secretary to the board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. This is contained in a State House release issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. According to the statement, all the appointments take immediate effect. “The President has also appointed a new Managing Director for the Nigerian Railway Corporation and a Director-General for the National Board for Technology Incubation. “President Tinubu directs the board chairpersons not to interfere with the management of the…
Bauchi State Executive Council has approved the sum of N8.1 billion for various infrastructural projects across the state. The Commissioner, Bauchi state Ministry of works and Transport, Professor Titus Saul Ketkukah disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the council meeting held at the government house Bauchi, on Thursday. Ketkukah explained that Governor Bala Mohammed had during his electioneering campaigns, pledged to ensure that the state was moved to greater heights, prompting the approval of several people-oriented of projects in line with the promises. He said that the Council approved the design and construction of six-span bridge along…