President Bola Tinubu will return to Abuja from the United Kingdom on Sunday. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed yesterday night titled, ‘President Tinubu returns to Abuja from an official trip to China after a stopover in London.’ Onanuga said Tinubu “will return to

Air Traffic Controllers under the aegis of Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), have raised the alarm that the 50 per cent deduction from the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the aviation agencies by the federal government is threatening the safety of the aviation sector in Nigeria. They called for the immediate exemption of aviation

Eight people have been reported dead overnight while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French police say. Rescue services were alerted after the boat got into difficulty in waters north of Boulogne-sur-mer in Pas-de-Calais after 01:00 local time (00:00 BST). The rubber vessel left with 50 people on board and started to

Ukraine’s air defence forces successfully destroyed 10 of 14 drones launched by Russia overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force.  The attack, which targeted various regions, also included the launch of two Iskander M ballistic missiles and one Kh-59 guided air missile aimed at the southern Odesa region. The Ukrainian air force confirmed that the

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has notified the Nigerian Upstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) that it would not be importing petroleum products from October if the price is competitive. This is just as the Lagos State Government has promised a comprehensive traffic management strategy to guarantee the free flow of traffic along

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) on his arrival from the United States but was later released. In a post he made on X on Sunday, Sowore made the news of his arrest known, highlighting that his

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an Ibadan-based businesswoman, Mrs. Adewunmi Adebola and an auto parts dealer, Arinze Ora over attempts to export consignments of opioids and cocaine to London, United Kingdom and Congo Brazzaville respectively. A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said officers

Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery, is to close in 2025 with the loss of 400 jobs, operator Petroineos has said, according to Reuters, as part of plans to turn the 100-year-old plant into a fuels import terminal. Petroineos said last November it was preparing to shut down Grangemouth, Britain’s oldest refinery. Production will cease in

The federal government is expected to pay about N180.8 billion as electricity subsidy for power consumers from Bands ‘B’ to ‘E’ that have had their tariffs frozen since December 2022, THISDAY learnt on Friday. Besides, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has fined the 11 Distribution Companies (Discos) roughly N8.3 billion for overbilling their customers

The naira appreciated on the official foreign exchange window by N103.35 in a single day to close at N1,546.41/$1. In contrast, the currency remained stable in the parallel market, holding steady at N1,650/$1. Precisely, on the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEX) window, the naira closed on Friday at N1,546.41/$1, marking a significant gain of