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Leading airline, Air Peace, yesterday placed a record order for 10 brand new Embraer 195-E2 planes, first of such in Africa. The order comprises purchase rights for another 20 E195-E2 jets. The request has 124-seater jet in dual class and ...

A Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday vacated the bench warrant issued on the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Saleh Dunoma, and his Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) counterpart, Muktar Usman, for their failure to appear ...

Suspected herdsmen have again killed no fewer than five persons in Mondo settlement, Ukemberagya Gaambetiev Logo Council of Benue State. It was learnt from one of the locals, simply identified as Keghnen, that four of the victims were siblings. Keghnen ...

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has described the allegations of false and non-declaration of assets brought against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, as sub judice and consequently abstained from considering them. The decision was reached yesterday ...

Former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Lai Olurode, has identified hiccups impeding the emergence of South West presidency in 2023. Olurode said unless the region’s political leaders become less draconian and put an end to ...

A group, Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF), ASF France, also known as Lawyers without Borders, yesterday condemned the execution of a Nigerian woman in Saudi Arabia for drug related offences. The woman was executed on April 1, 2019, reportedly alongside two ...

The Jamaa’tu Nasril Islam (JNI) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday differ over death penalty for drug dealers. While the Islamic body advocated death penalty for drug dealers as one of the means by which the menace of ...

A Federal High Court Abuja yesterday sacked representative of Delta North Senatorial district, Peter Nwaoboshi as senator-elect, saying available evidence from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries showed that Ned Nwoko won. The court, therefore, ruled that Nwoko was the authentic ...

The Area II Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Onne, Rivers State, has seized 64 containers loaded with military wears, Tramadol, foreign rice and other contraband goods. It disclosed that the impounded 40foot containers also had Hyergra, Diclofenac and ...

Latest report of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for 2018, the African Economic Outlook 2019, has revealed that Africa recorded the second highest growth rate globally after East Asia. Launched in Abuja yesterday, the report stated that the continent recorded ...