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Controversial artiste, Naira Marley has reacted to the letter sent to the Minister Of Aviation by Executive Jet CEO.    Naira Marley Nigerians have taken to social media to hilariously react to the letter Executive Jet CEO wrote to Minister of Aviation folllowing the suspension of the charter service for flying Naira Marley and his crew to the drive-in concert he headlined in Abuja over the weekend.  Recall that the Chairman/CEO of Executive Jet Services, Sam Iwuajoku in his apology letter to the Minister of Aviation said the flight Naira Marley and his crew boarded was meant for a Judge. He said the Judge however reached Abuja on a different flight.  He added that after his staff sent a passenger manifest bearing the name Fashola Babatunde, he felt it was a serving minister of the federal republic of Nigeria not knowing it was a "bunch of useless people".  Naira Marley who reacted to this, alleged that the airline's pilot and everyone on the flight were marlian...

The Lagos State Government has stopped the reopening of worship centers initially scheduled for Friday, June 19 (mosques) and Sunday, June 21 (churches). Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the decision at a press briefing on Tuesday. According to him, the development became necessary as a result of the rising cases of COVID-19 in the state. “Dear Lagosians, in the most recent guidelines which we issued on the gradual easing of the lockdown, based on the advice of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, I noted that we would shortly be permitting the restricted opening of religious houses, on the condition of strict compliance with detailed guidelines issued by the Lagos State Safety Commission. “We have been closely monitoring the situation since then, and have now concluded that we cannot proceed with any form of re-opening for places of worship in Lagos State, until further notice,” Sanwo-Olu said. “This is not a decision that we have taken lightly, it is simply in line with our ...

A three-man panel of the Appeal Court has upheld an earlier ruling by a High Court suspending Oshiomhole as APC National Chairman.    Adams Oshiomhole   Adams Oshiomhole's suspension as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been upheld by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.   In a judgment delivered on Tuesday evening, a three-man panel of the court dismissed Oshiomhole’s appeal against an earlier judgment of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), a report by TheNation confirmed.   The appellate court held that Oshiomhole’s appeal was without merit.   The FCT High Court had, in its judgment in March, held among others that Oshiomhole could no longer function as the APC National Chairman having been suspended by his local branch, a suspension he faild to challenged before the party’s National Working Committee (NEC) suspended him.                           ...

A middle-aged man, Aminu Bala has been arrested in Zamfara state for allegedly, raping his brother’s wife. Police said after raping Hauwa Iliyasu, the suspect killed her. Speaking to journalists in the state capital Gusau, the spokesman of the Police Command in Zamfara state, SP Mohammed Shehu, said they have arrested Aminu Bala who was alleged to have raped and murdered his elder brother’s wife, Mallam Hauwau Iliyasu at her matrimonial home in the state. He said that the suspect confessed to raping the housewife and killing her after the dastardly act. The PPRO said “on June 15, 2020, a report was received by the police that a housewife, Hauwau Iliyasu, 25, a resident of Damba area, was raped and killed” “When the police, received the information, they rushed to the area and met the victim in a pool of her own blood at her matrimonial home.” “We met her body butchered with a machete which we took to the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau and she was confirmed dead by the author...

Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, has revealed that the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices are set to force the county’s economy into recession. Ahmed made the comments after the National Economic Summit meeting in Abuja on Thursday. “On the economy, COVID-19 has resulted in the collapse in oil prices,” she said. “This will impact negatively, and the impact has already started showing on the federation’s revenues and on the foreign exchange earnings. “Net oil and gas revenue and influx to the federation account in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to N940.91billion. This represented a shortfall of N125.52 billion or 31% of the prorated amount that is supposed to have been realized by the end of that first quarter.” She added that the economic contraction will multiply the misery of the poor. “The crisis will only multiply this misery,” she said. “The economic growth in Nigeria, that is the GDP, could in the worst case scenario, contract by as much as –8.94% in 2020. B...

By Lawani Mikairu The management of Executive Jet Tuesday apologised for referring to Naira Marley and his team that flew the company’s chartered flight to Abuja as ” a bunch of useless people ” Reacting to the response of Naira Marley who said his followers, who are more than two million, will not patronize Executive Jet again, Mr Babatunde Olonade, Public Relations Manager, Executive Jets said: ” The management of Executive Jets Services has been apprised of the mix up in the operation of its flight on Saturday, 13 June 2020″. ” We have since realised the mistake made by our ground crew and a full-scale investigation has been launched to determine what transpired with a view to avoid such mistakes going forward”. “We have also sent a letter of apology to the Honourable Minister of Aviation who had graciously granted us a permit ref: FMA/ATMD/0175/v/v/1268 dated 11th June 2020”. “It is necessary however to state as follows: “The flight was originally billed to ferry Judge Adefope Okoj...

States anticipating to reopen schools and other activities of mass gatherings have been told to suspend such contemplations.  Boss Mustapha   The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has issued a warning to states proposing to reopen schools and other activities of mass gatherings.   The PTF said states should suspend such contemplations.   It stated that the relaxation of restrictions  “does not mean carelessness and that life is back to normal”.   Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF and Chairman of the PTF, Mr Boss Mustapha, who gave the warning on Monday during the daily press briefing by the task force in Abuja, lamented the continued violation of measures put in place to curb the spread of the virus, including ban on inter-state travel.   It would be recalled that some states of the federation had recently indicated plans to reopen some activities that encourage crowding and mass gatherings. ...

A pastor who wanted to plant charm in his cousin's land has been caught and disgraced in Akwa Ibom state.    Pastor Paul Abam disgraced after he was caught planting charm in his cousin's land   A pastor identified as Paul Abam has been disgraced and paraded round the village after he was caught planting charm on his cousin’s land to extort money from him.   The incident happened in Cross River State.   A family source said the Pastor requested money from his cousin to uproot a charm planted in his land.  He was however traced and caught with some fetish stuffs at a shrine in Itigidi after a resident saw him planting the said charm in the land.   According to report, the pastor is known for giving out fake prophecies and extorting people of their money.   Juliet Wonah wrote;   “99 DAY FOR THE THIEVE ONE MINUTE FOR THE OWNER. THOSE OF YOU THAT WILL MOVE FROM ONE CHURCH TO THE OTHERS BE VERY VERY CAREFUL EBD OF THE ROAD FOR REV PAUL ABAM OF D LO...

Concerns as four senators died within six months The senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo, is dead. Osinowo, popularly known as Pepperito in the state political circle, died at the First Cardiologist Hospital, Lagos, after a brief illness. Details of the cause of his death as at the time of filing this report were still unknown. Osinowo succeeded two-term Senator Gbenga Ashafa at the Senate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Spokesman of the APC in Lagos State, Seye Oladejo, who confirmed the death of the senator, said: “It is unfortunate. He was such a good guy. We commiserate with our National Leader, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his immediate family and the entire Lagos State APC on this shocking loss. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari, in his deepest condolences to the family of Osinowo and the Senate, said that the senator’s devotion to national development, as well as insightful contributions a...

  The exponential increase of COVID-19 cases in Lagos state is inevitable as Nigeria is now firmly in the community transmission stage of the coronavirus infection. The steady rise in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in  Lagos state shows that it remains the epicentre for a number of reasons. Based on the comparatively large population, congestion and intricate land mass of Lagos, enforcement of the  set of interventions put in place by the Federal government to ease the lockdown has remained a major challenge. With an estimated population of about 21 million, the control of human activity in Lagos is daunting. Experts say  human activity remains a major mobility through which COVID-19 spreads across boundaries. Lagos has  recorded more than 7,000 confirmed cases which is about 45 percent of the nation’s total.  Available statistics showed that in just six days (8th-13th June), a total of 1,268 confirmed cases were recorded. According to the figures f...

By Vera Anyagafu Foreign Missions in Nigeria have continued to support the Nigerian government in various capacities in the fight towards eradicating COVID-19 in the country. The German government, through its Consulate General is not left out in the support. In her generosity, the country has again shown commitment to ensuring that the deadly pandemic is totally wiped out in Nigeria by donating €300,000 worth of items to the Nigerian government. Reaffirming the German government’s commitment to development cooperation with Nigeria, the German Consul General to Nigeria,  Dr Stefan Traumann, who handed the items to representatives of the Nigerian law enforcement and security agencies, said his country looks forward to stronger Germany-Nigeria cooperation, even more  in these crucial times in the fight against COVID-19. At the handing over ceremony, held  at the German Consulate General in Lagos, June 15, 2020, Dr Traumann, said that the €300,000 worth items which consist o...