UK air traffic control glitch: Heathrow Airport, Britain’s busiest hub, told passengers to contact their airline before travelling to the airport. British Transport Minister Mark Harper said that it would take days to resolve the disruption to flights into and out of the country after air traffic control systems were hit by a technical problem. Over 1,500 flights were cancelled – one of the country’s busiest travel days. Air traffic controllers were forced to switch to manual systems. Mark Harper said that government officials did not believe the technical problem was the result of a cyber attack. “There is going…
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An Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has crashed in the Chelyabinsk region, at least three people died. According to official reports, the incident occurred as the helicopter was engaged in a training flight, and it descended into a forested area near the village of Prudny. “According to preliminary information, three people died,” governor Aleksei Teksler said on social media. There was no damage to buildings or individuals on the ground, he added in the statement linking the aircraft to the FSB. Preliminary inquiries into the incident have indicated two potential causes. RIA Novosti pointed towards a…
Chicago State University, United States has put its X page on private after some Nigerians allegedly stormed the page to inquire whether or not President Bola Tinubu truly graduated from the institution. This is in the wake of a petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in a United States court to obtain information about Tinubu’s academic records at the Chicago State University. A check on the page which was earlier Public, on Tuesday, showed it has now been put on Private with a message – “These posts are protected. Only confirmed followers have…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike said on Monday that the ministry will deliver the Millennium Tower project in the next two years. Wike stated this in Abuja after a closed-door meeting with contractors handling different projects in the FCT. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Millennium Tower at Central Area, Abuja, is a multifunctional edifice with facilities for cultural exposition, tourism, socialisation, recreation, hospitality, and commercial activities. The project is being handled by Salini Construction Nigeria Limited but was abandoned due to lack of funds. He said that the tower was a very…
The National Board for Technical Education has clarified that the new online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma holders, HND to acquire a Bachelor’s Degree for one year, with foreign accredited universities is not meant for all HND holders, but those who want to pursue an academic career. Executive Secretary of the NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, had, during the unveiling of the programme earlier this month said the initiative would ease the suffering of HND holders in the country. He said the board had to find an alternative route, which was for HND holders to do a one-year top-up programme…
***Says administration may consider transportation, food support The Minister, of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Nyesom Wike, has said his administration has yet to make a decision on how to expend the ₦5billion palliative fund expected from the Federal Government. This is as he noted his administration may consider transportation and food support while noting that efforts were ongoing to bring back urban mass transportation to the FCT to reduce commuters’ suffering. Wike revealed the development to pressmen in Abuja on Monday night, after a closed-door meeting with contractors handling several projects in the FCT. He said, “We are yet…
As part of a broader effort to reduce the cost of governance in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to freeze the processing of visas for all government officials seeking to travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly without proof of direct participation in UNGA’s official schedule of activities, a statement by the Presidency said on Monday. “To prevent any sharp practice in this regard, the US Mission in Nigeria is accordingly guided on official visa processing while Nigeria’s Permanent Mission in New York is further directed to prevent and stop…
A private warehouse in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa used by the Bayelsa State government to store foodstuffs and other materials was on Sunday invaded by some residents of the state capital who carted away food items and other items. The items included bags of rice and garri as well as cartons of noodles and bottled water, and they were said to be part of the relief materials donated by some concerned Nigerians during the 2022 flood disaster in the state. It was learnt that the incident occurred at about 7:30 pm, even as some of the residents stormed the…
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday, said President Bola Tinubu would not permit any failure of any of the ministers, adding that Tinubu is not scared to sack any minister who is not effective. While speaking on Channels Television’s Daily Rise, Ngelale said Tinubu had established benchmarks for each of the sectors in the country since his emergence as President in February 2023. “The President has set the benchmarks. The question now is about enforcement and the President has shown, as he did during his time in Lagos State as governor, that…
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has called for the immediate construction of flood control dams along the Rivers Niger and Benue to avert flooding likely to be occasioned by the release of the Lagdo dam in Cameroon. The President of NSE, Mr Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Recall that the Cameroonian authorities in a letter to the Nigerian government, said they would open the floodgate of Lagdo Dam on the River Benue in days ahead. Gidari-Wudil said that the commencement of construction of the dam should be a priority while also calling…