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Flight operations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja,Thursday suspended as a result of a mishap involving a private jet operated by Nest Oil lasted for more than one hour. The jet skidded off the runway while landing and lost its landing gear in an attempt to return to the runway. Although Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, had said the shutdown would last 30 minutes, a stranded passenger told TheCable that the situation had been on for nearly one hour. “The airport was shut around 4:30 p.m. and we were told it would last 30 minutes. We have spent almost…

A 42-year-old housewife, Wednesday in Lagos lost her 22-year-old marriage for wearing trousers against her husband’s wish. Rasheed Abiola, the husband told the court that his wife, Fatimot Abiola, wears trousers which he had warned her severally to desist but she refused. “My mother and I had warned Fatimot severally to stop wearing a pair of trousers but she would not listen. I can no longer cope with her way of life and her defiant attitude,” he said. The 47-year-old customs officer said that his wife was threatening him from marrying another wife. “Fatimot is threatening to harm me if…

The International Worship Centre in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom in Nigeria’s 21st state whose foundation stone was laid Sunday, January 21 is put at N10 billion, investigation by StraightNews has shown. The centre, the first of its kind, located at the Banking Layout, Udo Udoma Avenue in Uyo is being handled by Julius Berger (Plc) Nigeria, measuring 5,000 acres. It has a sitting capacity of 8,500 with such appurtenances as main auditorium, library, offices and conference halls, among others. But in the state budget for 2018, the centre was supposed to have a 10,000-sitting capacity. The complex is…

Akwa Ibom State government has pledged to offer the overall best local government area N10 million, N5 million for the second position and N3 million for the third respectively during the second edition of youth sports festival billed for March this year. Monday Uko, the commissioner for youth and sports, who announced this Tuesday, said the government would also give cash prizes and merit awards to deserving athletes at the competition. Uko hinted that the competition would begin with the local government elimination series in February and the state finals in March this year. Briefing journalists at the Godswill Akpabio…

Akwa Ibom state College of Health Technology, Etinan is in the vanguard of regular training of health professionals in various cadres who are currently providing health-care services across Akwa Ibom state and beyond. So far, the 30-year-old institution has trained more than 15,000 holders of certificate, national diploma and higher national diploma in different health-related programmes. The Provost of the college, Mr. David Udo who stated this during the matriculation ceremony of 572 students for 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 academic session said the college is running 16 academic departments in six professional programmes. Udo applauded governor Udom Emmanuel for demonstrating what…

A Nigerian cleric who allegedly committed advanced fee fraud by duping unsuspecting victims ranging from N300,000 to N36 million has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ondo State Command. Oladele Ayuba alongside two other suspects was paraded for alleged offences ranging from obtaining by false pretence, illegal possession of counterfeit money and vandalism of transformer. Pedro Awili Ideba, the Corps Commandant, who gave the names of the other two suspects as Abiodun Oluwaseun and Jayeola Tosin said the Pastor Ayuba duped many who went to him for prayers of various amounts. Ideba stated “but he was…

Zambian authorities have arrested and detained a Nigerian pastor for allegedly trafficking 26.29 kilogramme of ephedrine, a medication and stimulant drug, a spokesperson said. Isaac Amata, 42, is known for having predicted that President Edgar Lungu would win Zambia’s 2016 general elections. Amata was arrested by anti-drug officers on Wednesday upon arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka, the country’s capital, according to Drug Enforcement Commission spokesperson Theresa Katongo. She said the Nigerian pastor was arrested upon arrival at the airport from Nigeria aboard a South African Airways plane. Katongo said the suspect is currently in police custody…

Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has vowed not to resume work until the Federal Government settles the N9 billion arrears owed its members. The Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the three non-teaching staff in the universities, comprising NASU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, had embarked on strike December last year over non-payment of Earned Allowances, among other things. Speaking Tuesday in Abuja, Comrade Peter Adeyemi, General Secretary of NASU, said the union would sustain the on-going strike in research and development institutions across the country. Adeyemi stated…

Oil prices were firm on Wednesday, receiving ongoing support from healthy economic growth and supply restrictions led by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia. NAN reports that Brent crude oil futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at 70 dollars a barrel, up four cents from Tuesday. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at 64.59 dollars a barrel, up 12 cents. In the latest sign of healthy global economic growth, Japanese manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years in January, a survey showed on Wednesday. Economic growth is translating…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Tuesday, said it earned $239.10 million from crude oil export and gas in November 2017. The NNPC, in a statement on its Monthly Financial and Operations Report for November 2017, stated that the crude oil and gas export figure in November was 25.68 per cent lower than the previous month’s performance. Giving a breakdown of the figures, the NNPC declared that crude oil export sales contributed $113.97 million, or 47.7 per cent of the dollar transactions compared with $227.83 million contribution in the month of October 2017. It added that export gas sales amounted…