Lufthansa cancels 2,000 flights over staff shortage
German carrier Lufthansa will cancel another 2,000 flights between now and the end of August due to staff shortage, a company spokesman said on Wednesday. These targeted cancellations are at Lufthansa’s Frankfurt and Munich hubs. The company said it would be the third time the carrier has announced flight cancellations this summer. It added that Lufthansa initially cancelled more than 3,000 flights...
Flood claims 7 lives in Lagos
No fewer than seven people have lost their lives in the flooding which occurred in Lagos State last weekend. The South West Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made the disclosure via a statement issued on Wednesday. Farinloye said: “The post-emergency phase assessment after the unprecedented rainfall of Friday, 8th July and Saturday, 9th July,...
N165 petrol pump price no longer realistic ― Marketers
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) says the regulated N165 pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, is no longer realistic. The MOMAN chairman, Mr Olumide Adeosun, said this on Wednesday during a virtual consumer protection workshop for Oil Marketers by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). Adeosun, who was reacting to the...
Ondo commissioner resigns hours after cabinet reshuffle
The Ondo State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mrs Yetunde Adeyanju, has resigned her appointment after a minor cabinet reshuffle by the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. Adeyanju, who was on Wednesday redeployed from the Ministry of Water and Sanitation, to the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, tendered her resignation letter shortly after Akeredolu announced the reshuffle...
Atiku shuns master’s graduation in solidarity with ASUU
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has declined to attend the graduation ceremony of the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in solidarity with the Nigerian students who have been at home for months over the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The ARU Awards Board...
2023 census: Buhari accredited, tasks NPC on accurate data
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged officials of the National Population Commission (NPC) to justify the confidence of the government by presenting accurate, verifiable, and dependable data in the 2023 census. Buhari gave the admonition during his accreditation by the NPC officials at his country home in Daura, Katsina State, on Wednesday. The accreditation followed the commencement of the first phase of...
Lagos Assembly denies passing Sharia law for Tinubu’s support
The Lagos House of Assembly has denied reports that it secretly passed a Sharia Bill to get Northerners support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Security and Strategy, Mr Setonji David, made this known via a statement issued on Wednesday. An online medium had reported that the Lagos Assembly...
I’m not leaving any assets for my children to inherit – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that he is not leaving any assets for his children to inherit. Buhari stated that after his release from jail, he told his children that their net worth is “what is in your head, not what you have acquired in life.” The President, who spoke in Daura, Katsina State, on Wednesday, implored parents to inculcate right...
$59m deal: Sterling joins Chelsea from Man City
England international, Raheem Sterling, on Wednesday, became Chelsea's first signing since Todd Boehly's consortium bought the club, ending his successful spell at Manchester City. The 27-year-old forward signed a five year contract for a fee reported to be £50 million ($59 million). "England star Raheem Sterling has joined Chelsea from Manchester City on a five-year contract," Man City said in a...
Court summons IGP, others over death of Lagos hotelier
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Assistant Inspector General of Police, (AIG) Zone 2, to appear before it over alleged compromise in investigation. The presiding judge, Justice Taiwo Oladokun, made the order following an affidavit of urgency filed by the family of late Alaba Bakare, owner of Bama Hotel and...
