Author: Asionye Augusta

Beginning Monday, December 6, the United Kingdom has prohibited flights from Nigeria due to the Omicron strain of the COVID-19 virus. Sajid Javid, the UK Secretary of State for Health, said on his verified Twitter account that only residents and nationals of the United Kingdom and Ireland traveling from Nigeria will be permitted admission into the region. Sajid stated only UK/Irish nationals and residents traveling from Nigeria will be allowed into the country, even though they will be required to isolate in a supervised quarantine facility. Nigeria verified its first cases of the Omicron type on Wednesday, which were connected…

The Nigerian Ports Authority has revealed that Nigeria ports will be operated fully digital. Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, NPA’s Acting Managing Director, made the announcement in a statement signed by Mr. Ibrahim Nasiru, NPA’s Assistant General Manager Corporate and Strategic Communications, on Saturday in Lagos. During the presentation on the NPA’s ‘Digitalisation Roadmap and Current Information and Communications Technology Implementation Status,’ he added that intentional actions and investments are being made to build a fully digital ecosystem in all of the country’s ports by 2025. According to the statement, the presentation took place in Douala, Cameroon, at the 41st Ports…

The British government has declared to support Nigeria in her fight against deforestation and other activities in the agricultural sector in the country. This was made known to the public by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing,  during a familiarization visit to Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc in Edo State’s Ovia South-West Local Government Area. She stated that the British government is assisting the Nigerian government in developing sustainable land principles to make agriculture viable. While noting that the British government has been providing financing to develop the forest and agricultural for the past five years. The British…

Miyetti Allah Kautal, an umbrella body of Nigerian herdsmen had alleged that along Abuja-Kaduna expressway, police are arresting innocent herdsmen and portraying them as kidnappers and making them pay bails of huge amount. Saleh Alhassan, National secretary of the group writes down a statement titled “Arbitrary arrest and criminal extortion of Fulani herders” on Friday. In the statement, Miyetti revealed that they have already informed the police about the growing hatred, stereotyping and prejudices against our herders and Fulani ethnic group in the country. He added that it is also necessary to let the world know about the bad treatment…

Second republic Senate President in Nigeria, Senator Joseph Wayas is dead. The former Senate President died at aged 83 in a London Hospital.  Before his demise, Wayas who was born on 21 May 1941, was Senate President between 1979 and 1983. He attended the Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha for his secondary school education. Afterwards, Wayas studied at the Higher Tottenham Technical College, London, the West Bronwich College of Commerce, Science and Technology, Birmingham and Aston University.

A Federal Court sitting in Abuja has on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Chukwuma Soludo winning Anambra state. In a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/711/2021, the plaintiffs, Adindu Valentine and Egwudike Chukwuebuka alleged that Soludo provided false information in the affidavit (Form EC9) that he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). For this reason, he should be disqualified as the governor-elect of Anambra State, the Adindu and Egwudike added. However, Justice Taiwo Oladipupo Taiwo in his judgment, dismissed the lawsuit on grounds of being “frivolous”, “irritating”, “baseless”, and “lacking in merit”. Also, Justice Taiwo awarded a sum of N2…