President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday evening paid a get-well-quick visit to the two Nigerian Air Force officers involved in a crash last week, at Defence Intelligence Agency hospital in Abuja. Mr Buhari had returned to the country in the wee hours of the day from New York, United States of America, where he attended 73rd United Nations General Assembly. “By about 5.30 p.m, the president turned up at the hospital, to pay a morale boosting visit to the injured officers,” his spokesperson, Mr Femi Adesina, said in a statement . He also said the president “rejoiced with Squadron Leader Batuba, and…

Leaders of Nigeria’s labour unions on Sunday announced suspension of their four days national warning strike but said the face-off with government is far from over. The unions began the warning strike on September 26. On Sunday, they said they were suspending it in order to enable a conducive environment for a crucial meeting of the tripartite committee involving the unions and government next week October 4 and 5. “We have received a firm and formal invitation to a reconvened meeting of the tripartite committee scheduled for 4th and 5th of October, 2018,” the unions said at press Sunday afternoon.…

European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States missions that monitored the just-concluded Osun governorship elections have expressed concerns over “widespread incidents of interference and intimidation of voters, journalists, and civil society” during the exercise. The missions, in a joint statement issued in Abuja stressed the need for neutrality of the security services and responsible conduct by party agents during future elections, particularly in 2019. The polls, won by ruling APC was marred by widespread violence, intimidation and irregularities. Here’s the full statement. “Delegations from the Missions of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States observed…

Residents too afraid to sleep indoors camped out in the darkness Saturday while victims recounted harrowing stories of being separated from their loved ones a day after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that unleashed waves as high as 6 meters (20 feet), killing hundreds on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The official death toll stood at 384, with all the fatalities coming in the hard-hit city of Palu, but it was expected to rise once rescuers reached surrounding coastal areas, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. He said others were unaccounted for, without giving an estimate. The nearby…