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Federal Government has officially commenced a free train ride initiative across Nigeria to ease the financial burden on citizens and ensure a smooth travel experience during the festive season. The initiative, which runs from December 20, 2024, to January 5, 2025, is expected to benefit thousands of Nigerians traveling across key routes in the country. […]
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The United States Embassy has announced new guidelines for Nigerian visa applicants, requiring those with interviews scheduled after January 1, 2025. The embassy requires the applicants to make at least two visits to the Consulate General in Lagos as part of the immigrant visa process. In a recent update posted on its X account, the Embassy outlined […]
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Alhaji Umar Usman Kadafur, the Deputy Governor of Borno State, and over 100 passengers narrowly escaped a plane crash when a Max Air aircraft caught fire in one of its engines shortly after taking off from Maiduguri International Airport. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Wednesday when the aircraft, en route to Abuja, suffered […]
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled passport submissions during tourist visa applications for Nigerians. Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, announced Ramaphosa’s decision in a statement. One of the requirements to obtain a South African visa is the submission of the national passport. Onanuga said Ramaphosa scrapped […]
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A DHL cargo plane, operated by Swiftair, has crashed near a residential area in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Monday, November 25, 2024, k!lling at least one person and injuring two others. The aircraft was en route from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport when it went down in the municipality of Liepkalnis around 5:30 am local time. The crash […]
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A Lagos bound Air Peace flight was on Thursday morning abruptly cancelled as a result of engine failure at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The flight, scheduled to depart at 6:30 a.m., was taxiing on the runway and ready for takeoff when the unexpected incident occurred. Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who was on […]
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A US Court has reissued a fresh arrest warrant on the CEO of Air Peace Limited, Allen Onyema, amid ongoing allegations of a $20 million bank fraud. The federal court in Northern Georgia renewed the warrant on October 9 following additional charges filed against Onyema and his co-defendant, Ejiroghene Eghagha, Chief of Administration and Finance […]
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The government of Canada has announced the cancellation of the 10-year multiple-entry visa for Nigerians and citizens of other countries. The authorities said that the cancellation of 10-year multiple-entry visa is part of the government’s efforts to curb immigration after experiencing a post-COVID population surge. While the multiple-entry visa previously allowed holders to enter and […]
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The search and recovery team combing the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Finima has recovered the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) from the Sikorsky SK76 helicopter, registration 5N BQG, which went down on October 24, 2024. Director of Public Affairs and Family Assistance, NSIB, Mrs Bimbo Oladeji, who disclosed […]
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Nigeria’s Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, on Thursday aborted his trip to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Samoa. President Bola Tinubu has delegated Shettima to represent Nigeria at the meeting. By Thursday night however, the presidency announced that Shettima’s trip had been cancelled, saying that a foreign object hit his private jet during a […]
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