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United Nigeria Airlines has halted all operations to Benin Airport following an emergency runway closure. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ordered the immediate shutdown after an aircraft skidded off the tarmac on Thursday. Management announced that flights will remain cancelled until regulators reopen the airfield. The suspension leaves hundreds of domestic travellers stranded across…
Israeli forces launched widespread explosive strikes across southern Lebanon on Friday, violating the fragile regional ceasefire agreement. Military engineers detonated entire rows of residential buildings across border villages, including Kfar Kila and Ayta al-Shaab. Smoke plumes rose over the frontier as artillery units shelled positions deeper into Lebanese territory. Israeli military officials claimed the operations…
Bello Bodejo will remain in custody through the judicial summer break. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday refused to hear his plea to soften his steep bail conditions. Justice Inyang Ekwo cited the upcoming court vacation as the primary reason for his refusal. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission filed a counter affidavit…
French lawmakers have voted to ban social media access for children under the age of 15. The legislation makes France the first nation in the European Union to impose a complete digital majority threshold on commercial social platforms. Both houses of parliament adopted the measure late on Tuesday evening following months of intense legislative negotiations….
The United States has launched a devastating wave of punitive airstrikes against Iran following the first American combat deaths since renewed fighting destabilised the Middle East. US Central Command confirmed it completed an eighth consecutive night of heavy bombardments on Sunday. The operation targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps infrastructure, coastal surveillance systems, and air defence…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has rolled out strict new rules for retail currency dealers. A fresh circular caps weekly foreign exchange purchases for bureau de change operators at $150,000. Regulators want to curb speculation and bring order to a volatile parallel market. The policy bans dealers from using third-party accounts to access these funds….
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate slowed to 15.91 per cent in June, marking the first drop in three months. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed a microscopic decrease of 0.02 percentage points from the 15.93 per cent recorded in May. Central bank officials will likely view this marginal easing as a validation of their…
Nigeria is dismantling its fragmented emergency response systems in favour of a single communications framework. The federal government has resolved to roll out 112 as the sole national emergency telephone number across all tiers of government. Vice President Kashim Shettima finalized the operational roadmap during a high-level briefing with the Nigerian Communications Commission at the…
The Nigerian armed forces have recorded a significant surge in the number of surrendering Islamic extremists across the troubled North-East region. High-ranking commanders and combatants from rival insurgent factions have increasingly abandoned their forest strongholds to surrender to frontline military units. State officials credit sustained battlefield pressure and targeted air interdictions for forcing these massive…
The NNPC Limited has remitted N19.5 trillion to the Federation Account over fourteen months following a series of structural operational overhauls. Bayo Ojulari, the group chief executive officer, announced the figures during an energy conference in Abuja. The state-backed energy firm also clawed back $3.4 billion in expenses through aggressive contract restructuring and procurement adjustments….
