As Dana Air celebrates three years of successful flight operations, Chief Executive Officer, Jacky Hathiramani, has declared the airlines intention to expand its network to more Nigerian cities and the West Coast of Africa. Addressing newsm...
Though they are not where they belong and they don’t belong where they are, the almajiri, perceived as beggars and wanderers by many, have something good up their sleeves. PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID writes. On a sunny October afternoon, young boys...
Ghanaians have beaten their Nigerian counterparts to the top prizes at the just concluded David Mark Pro-Am international tournament tagged ‘Otukpo Green Commemorative Tournament.’ The 5-day event was part of the programme marking the commi...
Super Eagles skipper Joseph Yobo has admitted it still hurts that he is yet to win anything with the team even as he is set to match the 86 cap all-time Nigeria record for international appearances today. The all-time record is joint...
For his immense contributions to Nigeria football and particularly his record-equalling senior team cap, the Nigeria Football Federation will today in Kaduna honour the Captain of the Super Eagles, Joseph Yobo. Yobo will receive an all-glass plaq...
Nigeria would require about $67 billion over the next four years to fill the infrastructural gap in the country towards realising the Vision 2020. Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who stated this at the Africa Regional Public Privat...
As the Nigerian and British Governments strive to resolve the air impasse that resulted in the reduction of British Airways slots to Lagos Airport, Nkem Osuagwu writes on the need to ensure that reciprocity is maintained in Bilateral Air Services Agree...
A workshop held in the United Kingdom has suggested the mandatory inclusion of a health warning on air tickets, as on cigarette packets, to warn passengers of the dangers of inhalable toxic chemical in aircraft cabin air. The W...
The Kaduna State Government has spent over N10 million to evacuate drainages in an effort to avert flooding in Kaduna metropolis. The state Commissioner for Environment, Mr Zakariya Shamaki, who announced this yesterday in Abuja in an inter...
Nasarawa State government has said that it would increase investment in education to improve infrastructure and provide instructional materials in primary and post primary schools. The State Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-makura, made this known in his...
The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, has disclosed that the chairperson of Primus Hospital in India, Dr. Achla Dewan, plans to establish a centre for specialised surgeries in ...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, is to inaugurate 5,000 ethics marshals in Abuja to stem examination malpractices in Nigeria. Founding Chairman of the Exams Ethics Marshals International, Mr Ike ...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Mr Emmanuel Abalaka, yesterday, urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to nullify the nomination of Captain Idris Wada as the party’s governorship candidate for the December 3 election in Kogi State on the...
The demand for dollars surged yesterday as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) could only meet 36 per cent of demand. As a result, the naira shed 168 kobo against the dollar at the official market. At the interbank, the naira also depreciated...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has disclosed that Nigeria’s total public debt (domestic and external) currently stands at N6.1 trillion. The Director General of DMO Dr. Abraham Nwankwo made this known yesterday at the commencement o...