Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline has won another accolade with the award of West African Airline of the Year bestowed on it at the Ghana Aviation Awards 2016 held in Accra on Friday, July 29, 2016. The special recognition award, according to Ghana Aviation Awards Events Director, Richard Abbey Jnr, was conferred on Arik Air because of ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Sunday Dare, spokesman of Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos state, as the south-west executive commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, disclosed this in a statement, saying Buhari has sent a request to the senate to confirm the appointments of Dare and other ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Asiwaju Bisi Adegbuyi as Post-Master General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST). The appointment was announced in a one-paragraph statement signed by the Director (Press), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Bolaji Adebiyi. Dr Richard Balang had for months acted as Post-Master General of the Federation. Read More »
The leadership of the All Progressives Congress APC is currently meeting with sacked Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Dr Abdulmumuni Jibrin over his claims that Speaker Yakubu Dogara padded the 2016 national budget to the tune of N40 billion. Decked in a white flowing African robe (Kaftan), Jibrin arrived the secretariat around 2:09pm in a black ... Read More »
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed says the State government’s Infrastructure Development Fund (IF-K) will accelerate infrastructural growth in the state on a sustainable basis. Governor Ahmed, who said this during a meeting with investors in Ilorin on Monday, noted that by providing a fund dedicated to infrastructure projects, IF-K ensures the state government will be able to implement developmental ... Read More »
…Says Project’ll Resolve Fuel Supply Challenge in W’Africa, Create Jobs …FG Working To Create More Dangotes, Says Minister …As Togolese President, Gnassingbe Visits Lagos, Inspects Refinery Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said the largest single line refinery in the world being developed at the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) by Africa’s richest man and business mogul, Alhaji ... Read More »
Niger Delta militant group, Adaka Boro Avengers, has said it cancelled its planned declaration of a Niger Delta Republic after appeals from Ijaw leaders, including ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement issued by the spokesman of the group, Edmos Ayayeibo, reiterated its determination to cripple the nation’s economy until President Muhammadu Buhari showed a sincere desire to dialogue and restructure the ... Read More »
True to the words of the organizers of the foremost grassroots talents exposition “UNLEASH Your Talents” to make this edition quite a memorable one, the Organizers finally released to the public in a fashionable way the list of finalists lucky to make it to the #UNLEASH Orientation camp. The list which was expected to have been released not too long ... Read More »
ASE Wednesday 27th July, 2016, Lagos, Nigeria: It was a mixed feeling in the first preliminary round of the 2016 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz show aired on major TV stations last weekend. Favour Okeke of Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, FCT and Emmanuel Igban of Ambassadors College, Ota, Ogun State triumphed over their counterparts to proceed to the semi-final ... Read More »
First City Monument Bank Plc says its official, Olisa Nwakoby, who committed suicide on Friday in front of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Lekki, Lagos State, had personal challenges and became frustrated. The bank, however, noted that neither the management nor colleagues of the deceased were aware of the challenges, adding that it was working with ... Read More »
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