The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will be closed for six weeks between February and March 2017.
Protesters have again taken to the streets of some cities in the United States as the electoral college ratified the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President, despite a last-ditch effort to deny him the White House.
The Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria, AMDON, has called on the federal government to reconsider the ban on cars through the land borders with effect from January 2017.
Following the embarrassment that followed Nigeria’s emergence as champions in the African Women’s Cup of Nations, AWCON, sports minister Solomon Dalung has called for a "reputable audit" of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to carry out an investigation into the allegations of corruption leveled against some top appointees of the President, including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, and the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu.