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8 Dec
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) celebrates Olanike Nafisat Balogun as she makes history as the first female pilot in the Nigeria Customs Service. In a post released on their social media pages today, December 8, 2024, NCS spokesperson Abdullahi Maiwada said Balogun has demonstrated unwavering ambition and dedication to the service. Balogun began her career…
23 Nov
Finnish carrier Finnair said Saturday it had cancelled around 300 flights on December 9 and 13 impacting 33,000 passengers due to a pilot strike called over stranded contract negotiations. The Finnish Pilots' Association (FPA) has been in negotiations for three months with the employers' organisation Palta over working conditions laid out in a collective wage…
29 Aug
A Nigerian pilot Olukayode Aduragbenro Ojo, has been convicted for lying on his medical certificate application in the United States (US). According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ojo faces up to five years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. "A federal jury has convicted OLUKAYODE ADURAGBENRO OJO, 36, of…
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The legal team representing Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has condemned the handling of his case, describing it as a gross miscarriage of justice and a violation of constitutional rights. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the team, led by Aloy Ejimakor, outlined a series of…
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Two former German lawmakers went on trial in Munich on Thursday accused of illegally accepting money to lobby
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized 779.26kg of illicit drugs in Akwa Ibom in 2024, its Commander in the state, Mrs Obot Bassey said. Briefing journalists in Uyo on Thursday, Bassey said that the command also secured the conviction of 56 drug offenders in the year under review. She said that the Akwa…
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British energy giant BP on Thursday said it would axe 4,700 staff jobs -- about five percent of its workforce -
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For allegedly looting N12.3billion naira from First Bank of Nigeria Plc, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Monday, January 20 arraign the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Chief Oba Otudeko, and a former First Bank Managing Director, Stephen Olabisi Onasanya. Otudeko, former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Holdings, and Onasanya…
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The Osun state government has set a target of N109.8 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to finance its N427 billion budget for 2025. The Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development, Prof. Moruf Adeleke, disclosed this during the analysis of the state’s 2025 budget, on Thursday in Osogbo. Adeleke said while the state hoped…
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President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolence to the Lagos State Government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the death of Chief Akinsanya Sunny Ajose, former head of service. Chief Ajose died early on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 78, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s spokesman, said in a statement The President, who commiserated particularly…
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The head of social media giant TikTok will attend Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, US media reported, as the president-elect
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Federal Government has unveiled the Global Environment Facility-Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (GEF-CBIT) project to promote transparency and accountability in reporting climate action. Mr Mahmud Kambari, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the Inception workshop for sensitisation of key government stakeholders on (GEF-CBIT) project in Nigeria. Kambari,…