The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, has said regulators will force airlines to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights from January 2024. Keyamo spoke while appearing before the National Assembly joint committee on aviation to defend his ministry’s budget for the 2024 fiscal year. He said: “I said on a weekly basis,…
Whenever regulatory agencies and law enforcement bodies in Nigeria identify and nab counterfeiters, whether of foods and beverages or designer brands, phones, electronics or pharmaceuticals, we should not just send them to jail and throw away the keys. Instead, we should have an agency to legitimise these people. If you can counterfeit the real thing,…
Elder statesman and convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has reacted to the resolutions between Rivers governor Sininalayi Fubara and FCT minister Nyesom Wike after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu. Fubara and Wike have been at loggerheads over the political control of Rivers State. Earlier, President Tinubu had intervened in…
A total of 80 suspects have been named following a failed attempted coup on November 26 in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, local police have said. William Fayia Sellu, inspector general of the Sierra Leonean police, told a press conference Tuesday that the suspects include former President Ernest Bai Koroma, 50, currently serving military…
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited is not transparent about the financial gains from fuel subsidy removal, the World Bank has disclosed. This extends to subsidy arrears that are still being deducted and the impact of subsidy removal on federation revenues, the bank noted. The Washington-based made this call in its Nigeria Development Update, December…
By Zainab Iwayemi Nigerian billionaire Theophilus Danjuma has set a new record for philanthropy in the country. The former Chief of the Army Staff gave $1.36 million donation to the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan This donation is directed towards the construction of a student hostel in the university. Theophilus Danjuma, a Nigerian billionaire…
The first Miss Nigeria beauty pageant winner, Grace Oyelude, was honored on her 93rd birthday, as announced by the Miss Nigeria Organisation in an Instagram post on Thursday, November 16th. Grace Oyelude’s journey to becoming the first Miss Nigeria is a story that transcends time. Born in Kano in 1929, Oyelude made history in 1957…
Odengene Air Shuttle (OAS) Helicopters; an offshore and allied aviation services company, has announced acquisition of a new equipment, 2023 model Leonardo AW-139. OAS, one of the leading indigenous helicopter companies with many years of experience, known for efficiency, safety and a multi-services provider in the sub-sector in a statement issued on Friday, said that…
APC governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, has replied to former president, Goodluck Jonathan over his comment on the outcome of the Bayelsa election Sylva said Jonathan’s statement is unfortunate but wants to believe the former president was misquoted. Jonathan during a visit to Governor Duoye Diri said he would have relocated his mother to Abuja had…
NOVEMBER 17, 2023 MY FELLOW LIBERIANS, DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I stand before you tonight with a grateful heart, but with the utmost respect for the democratic process that has defined our nation. As your President and the leader of the Coalition for Democratic Change, I want to address you on the outcome of the…
