Eko Hot Blog reports that Nigeria Air Force(NAF) Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has expressed concern over the steep fuel prices and the imposition of surcharges. Abubakar noted that the price of Jet A-1 stood at approximately N1,200 per litre, significantly higher than the N360 per litre budgeted by the service. Editor’s … Read more
By Femi Olugbile An interesting confrontation took place on a Lagos street the other day. The Governor of Lagos accosted a man riding in the wrong direction on an okada. The man explained that he was a soldier from a nearby barracks, obviously expecting that to count for something. The Governor, furious, ordered his arrest and … Read more
Ekohotblog report that the United Nations said on Saturday it would invite Sudanese military leaders, political parties and other groups to take part in discussions aimed at ending a crisis unleashed by a coup in October. UN mediation in the weeks after the coup succeeded in reinstating Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, but his resignation … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has given his backing to the declaration by the Economic Community of West African States demanding a 12-month transition process to civilian rule in Mali. President Buhari who attended the ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments virtual meeting on Friday, charged the military junta to set an acceptable timetable for a return … Read more