aviation
29 Dec
If 2022 was bad in numbers, 2023 turned out worse, shattering all economic projections in aviation. And for all the beautiful business plans airlines brought onboard, no operator could have seen the headwinds ahead.
27 Nov
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has summoned the heads of aviation agencies in the country over recurring safety issues in the industry.
21 Jul 2023
Former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, and others on Friday, pleaded not guilty to a N5 billion fraud charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
8 Jun 2023
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the arrest of the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over what it described as the “fraudulent” Nigeria Air.
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The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has warned former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to stop peddling lies over alleged padding of the N3.7 trillion worth in the 2024 budget. TMSG Chairman, Jesutega Onokpasa, remarked that it was not surprising that the former Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is dabbling into all sorts…
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Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, on Tuesday visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he briefed President Bola Tinubu on the ongoing following the gruesome murder of 16 soldiers in the Okuoma community of the State. Speaking to newsmen after he met behind closed doors with the President, the governor said that the situation is under…
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Scores of protesters were at the National Assembly complex in Abuja urging the Senator Godswill Akpabio led National Assembly to reject the re-appointment of Dr Vincent Isegbe as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS). Jointly led by Comrades Danesi Momoh and Igwe Ude-umanta, the group maintained that a reversal of Isegbe's…
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A Prosecution Witness, PW6, has revealed how the Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Emmanuella Eteta Ita, diverted money to her private school, Surestart School Ltd. The witness in the ongoing N2 billion fraud trial of Ita made this disclosure to Justice Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting…
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Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday refused to grant bail to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in the terrorism charges against him. Justice Binta Nyako declined to grant Kanu bail on the ground that the earlier application he filed had been refused. The court held that the only…
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R&B icon R Kelly has launched an appeal to overturn his 30-year racketeering sentence, issued in 2022. The musician was convicted of racketeering and trafficking after a high-profile trial in New York in 2021, culminating years of accusations against him throughout his career. Although he was absent from the appeal, his lawyer Jennifer Bonjean contends…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has scheduled the governorship primary election in Ondo State for April 25, 2024. The ruling party in its timetable and schedule of activities pegged the price for the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at N10m and N40m respectively Ahead of the November 16, 2024 gubernatorial election in Ondo State…
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As part of activities to expand cultural and education exchange between Africa and the United States, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday held a special forum for their Advance With Africa program in partnership with the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement (PAC-ADE) at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. At the session, the PAC-ADE discussed its…
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Military air strikes have destroyed terrorists’ logistics storage base in Palele area of Niger State. Airforce headquarters disclosed that sustained air strikes by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft under Operation WHIRL PUNCH (OPWP) have continued to decimate terrorists and their logistics, especially in the Northwest and North Central regions of Nigeria. According to spokesman of…
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The official Royal Family website has merged the individual biography pages of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Previously, the couple enjoyed separate extensive profiles, but now their information has been streamlined into a joint page titled "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex." The new page begins with the statement:…