At least, cocaine worth over N30 billion was seized at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos in one week, senior officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have disclosed. Just before the seizure, the new Chairman/Chief Executive…
Tinubu returns to Nigeria after one-month absence
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has arrived in Nigeria after a month absence. Tinubu returned to the country yesterday, about a month after he left. He was sighted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…
*Explosion averted as tankers collide, spills content on Otedola bridge (Guardian) *Curfew: Lagos police chief Odumosu shuts out journalists (Nation)
Explosion averted as tankers collide, spills content on Otedola bridge (Guardian) Another explosion was yesterday averted at the popular Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway when loaded tankers laden with kerosene and diesel had a head-on collision in-ward Berger and…
FG to demolish MMIA terminal as new one begins operation December (ThisDay)
The federal government will demolish substantial part of the 40-year-old Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) terminal and replace it with the new one built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in December. This is coming as aviation labour…
Obasanjo denies being aboard troubled Ethiopian plane (PMNews)
Nigeria’s Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has denied he was aboard the Ethiopian Airline Boeing 777-300 aircraft that initially aborted landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Wednesday. Newspapers widely reported Obasanjo was among the 393 passengers on the flight…
Human trafficking: Immigration intercepts eight Ghanaian ladies at Lagos airport (Punch)
Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service have intercepted eight Ghanaian ladies for attempted human trafficking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The suspects, who were arrested on Monday, were said to be passing through the Lagos airport to Kuwait…
Invasion of Senate Chamber, stealing of Mace a worrisome development -Peter Obi
The invasion of the Senate Chamber on Wednesday by hired thugs, who also forcibly took away the Mace, has been strongly condemned by former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. “I received the news of this abominable act with utmost…
