The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday confirmed the death of his Vice, Saulos Chilima. Chakwera said his deputy was killed alongside nine other passengers in a plane crash. Addressing a press conference, the President said the aircraft carrying his deputy went missing after it failed to land at the Mzuzu International Airport, about 380 km (240 miles) to the north of the capital Lilongwe, adding that the plane’s wreckage has been located. “The search and rescue operation I ordered to find the missing plane that carried our vice president and nine others has been completed. “The plane has…
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Cross River Coordinator of the international human rights organization, Amnesty International, Gabriel Aniabi, says AI remains independent of any government, political ideology and economic interests. Aniabi stated this during the inauguration of a Human Rights Clinic at the University of Calabar, stressing that the organization is neither anti-government nor being sponsored by anyone. He noted that AI is for everyone and had in the past saved some great Nigerians, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Afrobeat musician, Fela Ransome-Kuti and journalist, Agba Jalingo, among others. Aniabi further stated that Amnesty International became handy when people needed somebody to speak for them…
Military aircraft conveying Malawi’s Vice President, Saulos Chilima, which went missing on Monday, have been located. On Monday morning, the military plane carrying the VP and nine others, including the former First Lady, Shanil Dzimbiri, failed to make a landing. The VP and the nine others were to attend the funeral of a prominent Malawian lawyer, former Attorney General and Justice Minister, Ralph Kasambala in Mzuzu. President Lazarus Chakwera had ordered regional and national forces to conduct an immediate search and rescue operation to locate the whereabouts of the missing aircraft. It was learnt that the Dornier 228 military plane…
. Former CBN currency operations director tells court ‘features in ex-president’s design different from what Emefiele ordered printed’ Samuel Adesola, Abuja Former Central Bank of Nigeria Director of Currency Operations, Ahmed Umar, on Tuesday, revealed that the immediate past governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, printed his own design of the Naira. Umar made this revelation while giving evidence at the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama. According to the ex-CBN director of currency operations, the features in the design approved by former President Muhammadu Buhari was totally different from the one Emefiele eventually ordered to be…
Agency Report Malawian searchers have found the wreckage of a plane that was carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima, a military source said Tuesday, a day after the aircraft went missing in bad weather. The military plane carrying Chilima, 51, and nine others disappeared on Monday after it failed to land in the northern city of Mzuzu due to poor visibility and was told to return to the capital, Lilongwe and there was no survivor in the wreckage. Photographs shared with AFP by a member of the military rescue team showed army personnel standing on a foggy slope near debris bearing…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has formally lodged a complaint with the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation regarding allegations of sexual harassment levelled against the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Ibrahim Lamuwa. In a letter addressed to the HOCSF dated May 27, 2024, and sighted by our correspondent on Tuesday, Tuggar expressed his concern over the serious nature of the allegation levelled against the permanent secretary by Mrs Simisola Ajayi. He emphasised the importance of addressing the matter urgently and thoroughly. The letter was titled, “Re: Official Complaint Regarding Sexual Harassment Of Mrs Simisola Fajemirokun…
Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 12 as public holiday to commemorate the 2024 Democracy Day. Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Aishetu Ndayako, said in a statement that the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, congratulated All Nigerians on the celebration. The statement partly read, “As we mark another Democracy Day in the history of our dear country, let us all reflect on the efforts of our founding fathers and ensure that Nigeria remains a united, secured, peaceful and indivisible entity.” The Minister called on Nigerians to remain steadfast on the tenets of democratic governance. He also assured that President…
Two eminent personalities, the Olu of Igbokoda in Ondo State, Oba Afolabi Odidiomo and a literary Icon, Dr Yemi Farounbi have formed a consensus that real progress manifesting good governance in Nigeria has remained elusive owing to the stripping of powers of the monarchy. Delving into historical perspectives, the duo opined that the country strayed from the proper path when the British colonialists and elected politicians, in their scramble for power, hijacked the reins of governance and reduced to nothing the then well entrenched traditional system of administering the people. They further blamed the political class who are the major…
It was a great celebration and many voices chanted praises to Hon (Barr) Ismaila Umar Daware, the Member representing the Fofure/Gurin constituency in the Adamawa State House of Assembly as he distributed thousands of food and non-food items to them. The Adamawa citizens who are indigenes of Fofure and Gurin representing the seven wards of the Constituency in Fofure local government area of the state rain praises to Daware for giving them assorted grains, Herbicides, Injector sprayers, and baking machines. They rain showers of blessings attesting no of his predecessors has done what is doing and glad he is representing…
The poor performance of students at the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has raised concerns over system issues like unqualified teachers dotting the educational landscape, ‘LAOLU AFOLABI writes About 9.17 million out of a total of 11.9 million candidates who sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board between 2018 and 2024 scored below 200 pass mark. As the average failure rate in the seven years stands at 78.29 per cent, educationists have identified reasons for the poor performance. Following the release of the 2024 United Tertiary Matriculation Examination results by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…