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13 Sep
Aviation unions have directed their members to embark on nationwide protest from September 18, over continued deduction of 50 per cent from their Internally Generated Revenue.
27 May
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has refuted claims that the sacked Nigerian staff of Turkish Airlines were involved in $600,000 air ticket racketeering. The aviation union described the allegations that they picketed the airline in defense of the workers' wrongdoing as blatant and poorly formulated lies. Debunking the $600,000 ticket sales racketeering…
23 May
Turkish Airlines has described as illegal the recent picketing of the organization by the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), which disrupted its operations and forced flight cancellations on May 21, 2024. The airline made its position known in a statement issued by its media relations office on Thursday. It said the National Industrial…
3 May
The local aviation sector is warming up for another round of disruption over workers’ rights to unionism and other labour entitlements in airline organisations.
5 Jan
Aviation workers have called for the exemption of agencies from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy and attendant remittance of 40 per cent of earnings to the Federation Account.
29 Dec 2023
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.
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The Kaduna State Peace Commission (KSPC) has declared year 2024 as peaceful year free from all kinds of violence. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of KSPC, Dr Sale Momale, made the disclosure during the Internal Reflections Meeting jointly organised by the commission and the US Institute of Peace (USIP), facilitated by AID Foundation in…
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Media personality Frank Edoho has criticised former presidential aide Reno Omokri for praising President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the absence of fuel queues during the festive season. Omokri, in a post on his X account, described this year’s yuletide season as historic, noting that it was the first in Nigeria’s history without fuel scarcity…
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The Trump-Vance Transition Team has backed Nigeria-based Massad Boulos, the Managing Director of SCOA Nigeria Plc, who was selected by United States President-elect, Donald Trump, to be his senior adviser on Arab and Middle-East Affairs, dismissing media attacks on him. Boulos has faced criticism following his selection by Trump. The SCOA managing director has been…
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The FCT Emergency Management Department(FEMD) has urged organisations intending to give out food items to the less privileged to involve security agencies as well as the department. The advice followed stampedes at rice-sharing venues across three states, two states: Anambra and Oyo states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), leaving scores dead and many injured.…
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A massive fire tore through the Yar-Dole motorcycle market in Gusau, Zamfara State, on Saturday evening, leaving traders and residents devastated as the flames consumed shops and stalls worth millions of naira. Eyewitnesses described the scene as chaotic, as the cause of the fire remains unknown, but its rapid spread left many unable to salvage…
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The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Bible Ministries, Pastor Williams Kumuyi, has advised Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, senior government officials and other political leaders to make decisions and implement policies that will ease the sufferings and challenge plaguing Nigerians across the country. Pastor Kumuyi made this statement while addressing journalists ahead of…
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Google, Netflix, META and other foreign companies operating in Nigeria paid ₦2.57 trillion in taxes to the federal government within the first nine months of 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The figure represents a 44% increase from the ₦1.79 trillion recorded during the same period last year, the NBS said. The NBS’s…
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USA-based NGO, Islamic Ummah Relief (IUR), has constructed an orphanage home and a school for orphans and other less privileged children in Katsina State. The facility is designed to offer sound and standard education to the orphans as well as the less privileged children in society. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
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Patrick Ubajaka, an aspirant under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has declared his intention to contest for the Anambra South Senatorial District seat, a position left vacant by the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. The seat became vacant after the passing of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah in July, with other aspirants from the region vying for…