Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has urged Nigerians to take the 2027 general election seriously, as the poll will determine whether the country consolidates its current path to growth and development or returns to retrogression. Senator Okpebholo, according to a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Dr. Patrick Akhere
The Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Christopher Musa, has called for the repositioning of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to effectively respond to evolving security threats in the Lake Chad Basin. Musa made the call on Tuesday in Abuja, at the opening of a High-Level International Forum on the
President Bola Tinubu says recent reforms in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector are designed to unlock up to 50 billion dollars in new deep offshore investments. Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the fifth anniversary of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC),
The Pilot of the ATR 42 Nigerian Air Force plane that crashed in Igbokoda in the Ilaje Local government area of Ondo State on Monday has been identified as Squadron Leader Ahamefule Ugweje, whose death comes barely two weeks after his wedding. The Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft crashed on
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed grief over the tragic crash of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, which claimed the lives of all 32 persons on board. The forum Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, expressed the sadness
Mr Maurice Oripenaiye, Chairman, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, has said efforts ongoing to recover the bodies of the people on board the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) aircraft which crashed on Monday. The aircraft marked NAF-931 with 25 passengers and seven crew members was on a routine mission
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) has released the names of personnel and passengers in the crashed NAF 931 aircraft. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls
By Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele Big man Sonala Olumhense’s latest intervention on Edo State duly elected, INEC Certified and Supreme Court of Nigeria affirmed Governor Monday Okpebholo’s 2.5 million-vote target for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu come January 2027, makes a big mistake from the outset- even the visually impaired can
By Mark Longyen, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) West Africa’s climate crisis is becoming harder to separate from the region’s familiar struggles with poverty, displacement, food insecurity, resource competition and violent conflict. That convergence framed the ECOWAS Parliament’s Second 2026 Extraordinary Session and Second Parliamentary Seminar in Accra, Ghana. It
The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa, has expressed deep sorrow over the crash of a military aircraft with tail number NAF 931 involving personnel of the Armed Forces. Musa, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the incident claimed the lives of officers and airmen who were on