The African Aviation and Aerospace University (AAAU) Thursday held its 3rd matriculation ceremony in Abuja, admitting a new cohort of students comprising 52 undergraduates and 75 postgraduate students into its aviation and Aerospace programmes. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo while speaking said that the future of African aviation depends not only on modern airports and aircrafts, but also on the quality of people who operate, regulate, maintain, design, and manage them. He added that the institution has been deliberately established to produce those people. According to him, Aviation sector occupies a strategic place within this…
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The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has condemned the barbaric attack carried out on Monday by terrorists on Government Day Secondary School, Lassa Town, in the Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. Its Public Affairs Officer, Abbas Jimoh in a statement issued Thursday said this reprehensible attack, during which a teacher was murdered and scores of innocent students and teachers were abducted, was yet another reminder that terrorism remained a grave existential threat to Nigeria and demands an uncompromising national response. He noted that the Council is of the strong opinion that the unconscionable acts…
Troops of Sector 6, Joint Task Force Operation Enduring Peace, in the early hours of Thursday, 2 July 2026, thwarted an attack by suspected armed criminal elements on guard location at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru in Jos. The assailants attempted to breach the Institute’s perimeter under cover of darkness at about 12:10 a.m. According to a statement issued Thursday, they were swiftly engaged by vigilant troops in a decisive exchange of fire, resulting in the neutralisation of one of the attackers while the others fled with gun shots wounds towards the surrounding high…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the immediate suspension of the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila over alleged bribery. Its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko in a statement issued Wednesday expressed concern over the unfolding controversy surrounding the alleged activities of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), the conflicting claims regarding its legal statusand its appearance in the 2026 national budget. He noted: “ What began as a dispute over the existence of a government agency has rapidly evolved into a major national controversy with far-reaching implications for public accountability,…
The presidency has called on politicians and members of the public who are weaponising tge claim by the Director General of Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) cum Presidential Economic Advisory Council to refrain from swallowing his narrative hook, line and sinker. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga in a statement issued Wednesday said they are advised to await the trial of Adeyemi and his accomplices, as well as the court’s judgement, as comments made today are sub judice. He recalled that the office of the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon.…
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested five suspected cultist members of the Aye Confraternity during a routine stop-and-search operation carried out as part of an intelligence-led operation along the Ago/Festac Bridge axis of Lagos State. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi in a statement issued Tuesday said the operatives intercepted a Toyota Camry XLE saloon car occupied by two suspects, namely Emmanuel John ‘m’, aged 24 years, and David Godwin ‘m’, aged 28 years. He added that a search conducted on the suspects led to the recovery of substances suspected to be hard drugs. Adebisi…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised President Bola Tinubu to lead by example by holding his own appointees accountable for their actions. Reacting to the N400 million bribery allegations against Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila by Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Atiku explained that Gbajabiamila’s claim that the agency didn’t exist has only created more credibility gaps for the Chief of Staff. The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) explained that the Gbajabiamila’s claim only created more problems for the government. “How can you allocate N27.4…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria, Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on advanced training, capacity development, research and innovation. The MoU would reshape the future of Nigeria’s transport ecosystem. The agreement, executed by the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, and the Director General of NITT, Dr. Bayero Farah, marks the beginning of a transformative partnership designed to raise professional standards, strengthen institutional capacity and position Nigeria’s transport sector on the global stage. Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Corps Marshal described the occasion as a defining milestone in the…
The Group Chief Economist and Managing Director of Research and Trade Intelligence, African Export Import Bank, Yemi Kale has lamented that data fragmentation was hindering Nigeria’s productivity, employment opportunities and labour market efficiency. Kale, a former Statistician General of the National Bureau of Statistics made this known on Tuesday while speaking via zoom during the National skills and Industry Alignment Roundtable Q2 Series on the Role of Data in Job Creation, Coordination and Linkages held in Abuja. He stressed that Nigeria’s demographic dividend, with 70 per cent of its population under 30, presents both an opportunity and a challenge,…
Troops of Operation Fansan Yamma have neutralised two terrorists, rescued a kidnapped victim, arrested eight suspected collaborators, logistics facilitators, and recovered 110 rustled cattle, further disrupting criminal activities across the region. Its Media Information Officer, Lt-Col. Aliyu Danja in a statement issued Tuesday said the coordinated operations were conducted between 27 and 28 June 2026. He explained that on 27 June, 2026, a combined team of Sector 1 troops and members of the Vigilante Group, while conducting fighting patrols in Giwa and Kaduna North Local Government Areas of Kaduna State, engaged terrorists transporting kidnapped victims on motorcycles. Danja stressed…