Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has stated that the blue line rail system in the state will begin passenger operations on Monday. Earlier, in June, the agency stated that the Blue Line rail system would begin operation in August. However, while speaking on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Abimbola Akinajo, the agency’s managing director, stated that LAMATA decided to commence operations next week. According to Akinajo, the executive governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-olu, would be on the train for the inaugural operation. Buhari inaugurates Lagos blue rail Akinajo said, “The reason I’m talking to you today is that…

Brigadier General Sani Ahmed has donated 100 sets of BAOFENG communication radios (Walkie-Talkies) to the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Zamfara State. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Captain Yahaya Ibrahim Arama, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations. According to the statement, the donation 0f the BAOFENG communication radios (Walkie-Talkies) “is part of his corporate social responsibilities to the host communities and to enhance the operational capacity of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in the state.” The statement added that the donation of walkie-talkies will go a long way towards aiding the CJTF in carrying out…

No fewer than eleven people abroad a Delta Airlines flight were taken to a hospital on Tuesday after experiencing “severe turbulence” before landing in Atlanta. According to a Delta Airline spokesperson, the aircraft was flying from Milan with 151 passengers and 14 staff members when the turbulence occurred. Both passengers and staff members are among the 11 injured. “Delta Care Team members are mobilizing to connect with customers on Delta Flight 175 that experienced severe turbulence before landing safely in Atlanta Tuesday,” the spokesperson said. When the turbulence started, the airplane was about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.…

Turkish Airlines has announced preparations to cancel its flights set to depart from Nigeria beginning on September 2. The airline stated that the disruption would mainly affect flights going to London and some other unnamed destinations. Following the military coup in Niger on July 26 that ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, the junta led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed its airspace to overflying aircraft. The closure took effect on the evening of August 6, when several flights were already airborne. Announcing on Tuesday that it was adjusting to the new change as a result of the closure of the Niger airspace,…

Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has stated that Africans should expect more coups on the continent. Fani-Kayode made the statement in reaction to the coup in Gabon. Chronicle NG reports that senior army officers in Gabon announced on Tuesday the seizure of power after the third-term re-election of President Ali Bongo on Saturday. The military officers also stated that they were annulling the outcome of Saturday’s election, which the opposition had rejected and described as “fraudulent”. In a statement published on his verified Twitter handle, Fani-Kayode stated that he was not surprised by the military coup in Gabon. Military…

A group of senior Gabonese Army officers have appeared on national television to say they have taken over power in Gabon.  According to the soldiers, they said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner. In an election the opposition argued was fraudulent, the electoral commission said Mr. Bongo had won just under two-thirds of the votes. The Twelve Soldiers appeared on national television, announcing they were annulling the results of the election and dissolving “all the institutions of the republic”. Speaking on TV channel Gabon 24, one of the senior…

Bishop Seun Adeoye, an Osun-based activist and cleric, has described President Bola Tinubu’s three months in office as a period of great hardship for Nigerians. Expressing his displeasure at the current situation in the country in a statement on Tuesday, Adeoye noted that “businesses are collapsing, hunger now pervades the land, and many who appear to be alive are walking corpses” under the Tinubu-led administration. He further stated that the hardships and sufferings Nigerians endure under Tinubu’s administration has become unbearable. Adeoye lamented that while Tinubu and his family live in the comfort, affluence, and security of the Aso Rock…

Federal Ministry of Health has stated its commitment to increase the tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) from the current rate of 10 percent to 20 percent. Dr. Chukwuma Anyaike, the Director/Head, Public Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, disclosed this at the Pro-Health Tax Policy Campaign on SSB, held at the Federal Ministries of Finance and Health, respectively, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to Anyaike, “taxation on SSBS has been successfully implemented in countries like Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, and so many others to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks. “The introduction and sustenance of the tax in…

Manchester United goalkeeper, Andre Onana has returned to the Cameroon national team after being called up ahead of their forthcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. Last year, Onana was withdrawn from the World Cup team after a heated altercation with manager Rigobert Song about his style of play, with the custodian reportedly advised to take a more risk-free approach on the ball. He was then sent home and abruptly retired from international football following the tournament in Qatar, but he made a spectacular U-turn this month. The 27-year-old was chosen from a 24-man group for the September 12 qualifier against…

British athletes have been left stranded in Budapest after the World Athletics Championship after nearly 1,000 flights into and out of the UK were cancelled. According to reports, nearly 1,000 flights into and out of the UK were grounded or cancelled owing to a failure in the country’s air traffic control system on Monday, a group of roughly 40 athletes and staff from UK Athletics  were forced to return to their hotel. On Tuesday, Transport Secretary Mark Harper stated that “a defect of this magnitude had not occurred in a decade and that it would take some days to get……