THE British Airways on Tuesday warned that customers would face more disruption, with about 100 flights likely to be cancelled as it attempted to recover from the first pilots’ strike in the airline’s history. The 48-hour walkout, which endedon Tuesday midnight, will have more effects on BA’s service over the next few days as it…

The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Tuesday said it had completed a four-month investigation in nine countries, including Nigeria, over the loss of over $1.2 billion by Americans to cybercriminals. In Nigeria, the FBI said it carried out its investigation in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft…

Sen. Rochas Okorocha, the immediate past governor of Imo, has lamented the humiliating treatment meted out to him by his party the All Progressives Congress (APC), in spite of his sacrifices and financial contributions to the party. Okorocha, the senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday that he got an…

A rocket exploded at the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan just minutes into Wednesday, the anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States, but officials at the compound declared all-clear about an hour later and reported no injuries. A plume of smoke rose over central Kabul shortly after midnight and sirens could be heard. Inside…

THE first batch of Nigerian returnees from South Africa will be airlifted from Johannesburg to Lagos today, according to the Nigerian Consul-General, Godwin Adama. The 320 passengers, who are among over 600 Nigerians to be airlifted by Air Peace Airlines, are expected to arrive the Murtala Muhamed International Airport, Ikeja at 9am. Adama said their…

Nigerians’ love for betting sites is legendary. However, Google remains the number one site in Nigeria. Its dominance of the online advertising business has pitched it against U.S. states and territories, writes OLUKOREDE YISHAU   GOOGLE.COM’s prime position as the number one site in Nigeria seems guaranteed.  It has been like that for a long…

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has assured that kidnappers of the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Prof. Sylvanus Okogbenin, would soon be captured. Prof. Okogbenin was abducted by gunmen at Ramat Park in Benin City while on his way to Benin Airport en route from Abuja. He spent seven days before he…

Ogun State Police Command has arrested nine Oro adherents for allegedly unleashing violence on Muslims in Idi-Iroko area of Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State during the celebration of Oro festival. The Nation learnt the Oro adherents were said have levied curfew on the people in the Local Government on Saturday, restricting residents to…

THE dispute over the last presidential election, won by President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on March 18, will come to a close today(Wednesday) before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The main opposition party – the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the election,  Atiku Abubakar had filed the…

WE are elated by the new song that the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, sang after a recent meeting with South East Governors over the closure of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The closure of the airport, which took effect on August 24, 2019, had drawn massive anxieties among stakeholders in the South-East…