The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has suspended the licence of the private jet operator, Mattini Airline Services Limited, whose aircraft overshot the runway on Friday, January 26, at Ibadan airport. The private jet was conveying 10 persons when it overshot the runway, as firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, were immediately deployed to the scene. NCAA in a statement, disclosed the licence suspension, saying it was with immediate effect pending the outcome of investigations into the incident. The Challenger CL 601 aircraft, registered as N580KR and operated by Mattini Airline Services Limited, departed from…
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The naira on Thursday, January 25, hit an all-time low at the parallel market as the local currency traded at N1,415 in what was a 3.66 percent decline from N1,365 it traded a day earlier. Bureau de Change, BDC, operators, put the buying rate of the dollar at N1,400 and the selling price at N1,415 — leaving a profit margin of N15. “The issue we are facing is as a result of supply/demand imbalance,” a trader said. Meanwhile, at the official section of the foreign exchange market, the naira depreciated by 0.41 percent to N882.24 on Wednesday, January 24, from N878.61 a day before.…
The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has raised the exchange rate for cargo clearance from N952 per dollar to N1.356 per dollar. This came weeks after the rate was increased from N783 per dollar to N952 per dollar. Exchange rate for cargo clearance was in November 2023, raised from N757 per dollar to N783 per dollar. This represented a 3.4 percent increase, and was later raised from N783 per dollar to N952 per dollar in December. Reacting, a member of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, Remilekun Sikiru, said, “How do we explain this? From…
Vice President Kahsim Shettima has said President Bola Tinubu approved the ‘Pulaaku Initiative’, a non-kinetic solution to deal with insurgency and terrorism in the Northern parts of Nigeria. Shettima also said the President equally allocated the sum of N50 billion to the initiative, in its first instance. ‘Pulaaku’ is a Fulani word that loosely means ‘to be shy’. The Vice President had in July 2023, disclosed that the Pulaaku initiative would be unveiled in a couple of weeks, noting that using the military alone would not end the crisis in the North-West region of the country. Speaking during his opening…
Alabama in the United States, US, has executed a convicted murderer, Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas. This is the first time the method of capital punishment has been used globally. 58-year-old Smith lost two final appeals to the US Supreme Court and one to a US federal appeals court, arguing the execution was a cruel and unusual punishment. In 2022, Alabama tried and failed to execute Smith by lethal injection. He was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher’s wife, Elizabeth Sennett, in a killing-for-hire. According to the US Death Penalty Information Center, Smith is the first person to…
Liverpool football club manager, Jurgen Klopp will leave the club at the end of the 2023/2024 season. Klopp has been with Liverpool since 2015, winning the UEFA Champions League for the club and also ending their 30-year-wait for a League title. He arrived at the club on October 8, 2015, agreeing a three-year deal to become Liverpool manager, replacing Brendan Rodgers. In his first press conference at the club, Klopp described Liverpool saying, “it is not a normal club, it is a special club. I had two very special clubs with Mainz and Dortmund. It is the perfect next step for me to…
The Lagos state commissioner for environment and water resources, Tokunbo Wahab has said that the state is postponing the ban on styrofoam and other single-use plastics, SUPs, by three weeks. Recall that on Sunday, January 21, Wahab, on his X account announced an immediate ban on the usage and distribution of SUPs, especially styrofoam across the state. According to the commissioner, the ban was due to the impacts of SUPs, especially non-biodegradable styrofoam, on the environment. Meanwhile, in a new X post on Thursday, January 25, Wahab disclosed that the state will offer a three-week moratorium to all producers and distributors of styrofoam…
A private jet conveying 10 persons, including Very Important Personalities, VIPs, has crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The jet crash was said to have landed on Friday, January 26, an hour before noon at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. The aircraft with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway into the nearby bush. However, firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, were immediately deployed to the scene as there was no death or casualty recorded. “It was a private plane from Abuja. It landed safely but overshot the runway. There was no casualty,” a…
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, chairman in Lagos state, Philip Aivoji has been kidnapped. It was learned that Aivoji was kidnapped on Thursday, January 25, at Ogere area of Ogun State, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The party chairman was said to be coming from the PDP South-West zonal meeting held in Ibadan, Oyo State on the same Thursday. The abductors have made contact with his family and are now demanding N200 million ransom for his release. Another member of the Lagos State PDP Executive Committee, who was said to have escaped from the kidnappers, is presently receiving treatment at an…
The Rivers State House of Assembly has voted to override Governor Siminalayi Fubara and pass four new bills into law. The decision by the lawmakers took place during plenary on Friday, January 26 at the House of Assembly Quarters after the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule read four letters addressed to him by the governor wherein he declined his assent to the four new bills which had been sent to him for assent. Relying on Section 100 subsection 5, the lawmakers said the assent of the governor is not required for the passage into law of the said bills.…