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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, is dead. Wigwe was reported to be aboard a helicopter that crashed in California, United States, on Friday night. The chopper was headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and California on Friday night, killing five other passengers on board. However, it’s not confirmed whether Wigwe’s wife or children were involved. The New York Times reports that no survivors have been located as of Saturday morning, the authorities said. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) disclosed that a helicopter crashed Friday night near Nipton,…

The Peoples Democratic Party has called for a National Assembly investigation into the approval of N500 million, the first installment of a purported N1bn approval allegedly by President Bola Tinubu, for the inauguration of a 37-man Tripartite Committee on the New National Minimum Wage. A leaked memo surfaced on Thursday, revealing that President Tinubu allegedly approved N500 million out of a total of N1 billion to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, for the inauguration of a 37-man Tripartite Committee on the New National Minimum Wage. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in a…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Margaret Emefiele, wife of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and three others, wanted for money laundering. Mrs. Emefiele, Mr. Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile, and her husband, Jonathan Omoile, were declared wanted Friday night for allegedly conspiring with the former CBN Governor “to convert huge sums of money belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria and committed felony to wit: obtaining money by false pretences and stealing, contrary to and punishable under Sections 411, 287, and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.” Details of…

Justice minister of Madagascar defended a new bill Friday to castrate child rapists, with the measure deemed “cruel, inhuman, and degrading” by Amnesty International. The Madagascar upper house Senate approved the measure permitting chemical and surgical castration on Wednesday after it had been voted through by the National Assembly earlier this month. Amnesty International urged Antananarivo to drop the proposed law, saying it would not resolve the problem of paedophilia. But Justice Minister Landy Randriamanantenasoa told AFP that the large Indian Ocean island “is a sovereign country that has every right to amend its laws.”. “Faced with the resurgence of…

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, says recent interventions by the Federal Government will crash the prices of food items in the market. Prices of food items have skyrocketed in recent times, making life difficult for many Nigerians who are now taking to the streets in some parts of the country to protest over the situation. But to address the problem, President Bola Tinubu on Thursday directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to release about 42,000 metric tonnes of maize, millet, and other commodities in strategic reserves to address the rising cost of food in…

Nigerians have expressed concerns over their right to freedom of speech and expression being subjected to social media regulation, as the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, insists that social media must be regulated because of fake news. The Chief of Staff, at a recent event in Lagos, stressed the importance of accurate information in policy formulation and national development. He berated the menace of social media in the dissemination of fake and wrong information, which has almost torn the country apart, stressing the need to regularize the framework of news dissemination on social media to avoid misinformation in the country.…

Residents of Mpape, a suburb in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been groaning over the lingering water scarcity and blackout in the community for over a month. Mpape community residents rely solely on boreholes for water supply and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) power supply to run their day-to-day businesses. The water scarcity, according to Mpape residents, was due to dilapidated transformers feeding the Abuja community. The residents, speaking to our correspondents in separate interviews on Friday in Abuja, said that the situation was disheartening, especially for those who don’t have dug-up wells in…

Vice President Kashim Shettima met with the Super Eagles following their win over the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and promised that the Federal Government would reward them for their “commitment and dedication.” The Super Eagles disclosed this in a statement and photos shared on their official X handle early Thursday. The statement reads, “The Federal Government has promised to reward the Super Eagles for their commitment and dedication in reaching the final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivore. “Vice President Kashim Shettima told the players and their officials in the dressing room, following their hard-fought…

Cairo Ojougboh, a former lawmaker who was a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a former governorship aspirant, has reportedly died . Ojougboh, a former House of Representatives member who represented Ika Federal Constituency between 2003 and 2007, reportedly slumped and died during the penalty shootout between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Bafana Bafana of South Africa on Wednesday in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). A family source confirmed the death to reporters, and his corpse had been taken to the mortuary. He was also the immediate past Director of Projects on the Interim Management…

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has banned protocol officers of government agencies from facilitating their principals and officials at airports across the country. Also, 11 months after shutting down runway 18R/36L, she disclosed that it would soon open the facility to airlines for use. The runway 18R/36L was shut down in March 2023 for an eight-week repair, but the repair has been on for 11 months with no specific fate of re-opening. These were disclosed by the managing director, FAAN, Olubunmi Kuku, during her maiden interactive session with the Airline Operators Committee (AOC) and heads of security agencies…