Allen Onyema
18 Jan
The Olympics were about to take place in Moscow. The world was in crisis. The Games were threatened. The USA reacted, imposing sanctions on the USSR and boycotting the Games!
27 Dec
Airline operators have attributed their preference for expatriates and established pilots over unemployed ones to the latter’s lack of experience and the required flying hours.
20 Dec
The federal government said it has assigned air routes to many domestic operators where it has a Bilateral Air Service Agreement. While speaking recently in Abuja, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo
28 Nov
To secure the future of Nigerian youth through quality education, Dominican University Education Foundation (DUEF), in partnership with Dominican University, Ibadan, is set to hold a thanksgiving dinner and awards
14 Oct
Air Peace has dismissed charges by the U.S. Department of Justice against the airline’s chairman/CEO, Allen Onyema, and the airline’s chief of finance and admin officer, Ejiro Eghagha, saying the duo are innocent of the charges brought against them.
13 Oct
The management Air Peace said its chairman Allen Onyema and his co-defendant remain innocent of fraud charges by the United States Department of Justice until proven guilty. According to the airline, Dr. Onyema and the Chief of Finance and Administration, Mrs. Eghagha, remain innocent of the charges. Air Peace said the charges were mere allegations…
18 Sep
What most Nigerians may not know is that these manufacturers that are contracted to carry out turnaround maintenance on our refineries are suspected to be the same that are part of an international syndicate determined to prevent the revival of Nigeria’s four ailing refineries.
18 Sep
A frontline Imo State born entrepreneur, scholar, and philanthropist, Chairman of Megadrill Oil & Gas Ltd, Dr. Ejike Chukwu, was among prominent Nigerians and African leaders honoured at the 12th edition of the annual Igbo New Yam Festival
12 Apr 2024
A time was when the Lagos-London route competition had Nigeria Airways and its British counterpart. It was a feisty battle, not between the national carriers, but between two sovereign countries. That was in the 90s.
1 Apr 2024
Chief executive officer of Air Peace Allen Onyema on Monday alleged that internal politics by some officials in Muhammadu Buhari's administration sabotaged the airline's earlier efforts to start direct flight operations to the United Kingdom (UK) and other European countries. Onyema made the allegation in a TV interview a day after Air Peace completed its…
12 Mar 2024
Piqued by the pushback from travellers and regulators, airline operators have again blamed multiple factors for incessant flight delays, among which are extraneous issues that are beyond the reach of airlines.
8 Mar 2024
Piqued by the pushback from travellers and regulators, airline operators have again blamed multiple factors for incessant flight delays, among which are extraneous issues that are beyond the reach of airlines.
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