December 24, 2021

Over 2,000 flights have been cancelled and thousands delayed around the world as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupts holiday travel.

According to tracking website Flightaware.com at 1540 GMT on Friday, a total of 2,118 flights had been cancelled worldwide, including 500 flights originating from or headed to US airports, and over 5,700 delayed.

Pilots, flights attendants and other staff have been calling in sick or having to quarantine after exposure to Covid, forcing Lufthansa, Delta, United Airlines and many other airlines to cancel flights.

According to Flightaware, United cancelled more than 170 flights on Friday, or nine percent of …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA has asked the Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila-led legislative chamber to carry through with the passage of the bill to create the National Youth Service Corps Youths Trust Fund, adding that when passed, the bill would serve strategic national security interests.

HURIWA applauded the committee on youths and sports of the House of Representatives for pushing for the legislative mechanisms to be activated to ensure seamless passage of the proposed bill that will give teeth to the clarion call for the creation of the NYSC Youths Trust Fund.

HURIWA noted …

Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has enjoined Nigerians to use the Christmas period to reflect as “nobody will repair the country for us”.

In a Christmas message on Friday, Sylva urged Nigerians to eschew bitterness and embrace love and the spirit of forgiveness.

According to him, Nigeria could achieve greatness as a nation but not through attacks, promotion of hatred and condemnation.

He urged every Nigerian, irrespective of political and social leaning, to support the government’s efforts in finding permanent solutions to the nation’s economic and security challenges.

‘We must stop the blame games and focus on

Abou Maryam, a commander of Islamic State of West Africa, ISWAP also known as Modu Kime, has been killed in a coordinated air strikes by the the Nigerian military along the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State.

The ISWAP commander was killed alongside some fighters of the terrorist group in a bombing at the river banks of Bisko and Tumbum Tawaye in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno, according to News sources.

According to report, the operation was conducted after Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, revealed the location of Abou Maryam who has been under the searchlight of …

Nigerian government on Thursday approved approved 16 contracts aimed at boosting the capacity to transmit and distribute electricity in Nigeria.

The award of contracts designed to alleviate the bottlenecks associated with evacuation and distribution of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry was confirmed at an extraordinary meeting of Nigeria’s federal cabinet presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

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The Minister of Power, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.

He said, ‘Approval was given for award of contract for of 2x 60 MVA