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Eyiboh sets agenda for transformation of Cross River Basin Authority

Ihesiulo Grace 6 January 2018 0

The newly appointed Chairman of Cross River Basin Development Authority, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, says the call on him to serve by President Muhammadu Buhari, was an invitation to trigger new innovations and jump-start reforms that will reposition the basin authority and make it play the expected

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KIA Lakeside Academy, seeking Nigeria’s development

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2017 0

The KIA Lakeside Academy, a crèche, nursery, primary and secondary school, Abuja, was at the weekend, officially dedicated to God and formally unveiled to the public by the Primate, the Church of Nigeria, His Grace, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, who prayed for God to use the school to raise God -fearing children to the glory of […]

Aviation

FAAN to commence work on Akanu Ibiam airport

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2017 0

The Federal Airports Authority, FAAN, is to commence repair work on the bad portions of the Enugu international airport runway before the Yuletide celebrations. The palliative work is expected to start two weeks before Christmas to cater for the expected traffic during the Yuletide. Because of the deplorable state of the runway, some airlines especially […]

Money

PTAD in Delta, verifies 5,000 pensioners

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2017 0

….PTAD appeals to pensioners over delayed October payment The on-going pension verification exercise has been extended to Delta State beginning with pensioners of Delta Steel Company and Federal Housing Authority involving more than 5,000 pensioners. Executive Secretary, PTAD, Mrs. Sharon Ikpeazor assisting in verification of pensioners, Cross -section of pensioners

Interviews

Passengers have right to challenge poor operational air services-Okoye

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2017 0

Ebele Okoye is the General Manager Servicom Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) . In this interview with CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO, the consumer protection expert speaks on the efforts FAAN is making through Servicom to protect the rights of customers and also to serve the better. Excerpts Tell us some of the things Servicom is doing […]

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AUPCTRE election spurs fresh campaign against water privatization

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2017 0

Following the successful election of Comrade Benjamin Anthony of Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Abuja as the president of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has firmed that this would be a new dawn in the campaign against

Aviation News

FAAN warns job seekers on fraudulent recruitment agents

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2017 0

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has warned the general public to desist from any person(s) parading themselves as recruitment agents of the Authority, and consequently extorting money from innocent citizens in the process. An official statement made available to journalists yesterday, signed by the GM, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu stated that, for the

Aviation

African Airshow excites FAAN boss

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Engr Saleh Dunoma has expressed satisfaction over the just concluded first African Airshow held in Accra, Ghana with assurance that Nigeria has the potentials to move aviation forward in the continent. Speaking with journalists in Accra during the airshow, Engr Dunoma, who was represented […]

Business News

Sterling Bank donates customised uniforms to Ondo waste management workers

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2017 0

Sterling Bank Plc has donated 600 customized reflective uniforms to the Ondo State Waste Management Authority (OSWMA) for distribution among highway sweepers and workers working with the agency. The bank also donated kits, brooms, spades, boots and rakes to the waste management authority in fulfillment of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to the society. Speaking

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IGR: Anambra hits N1.5b monthly revenue

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2017 0

Managing Director, Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, Mr. Michael Okonkwo, says the monthly internally generated revenue of the state has increased from N500 million to N1.5 billion. Okonkwo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Saturday that the Authority`s revenue profile also increased from N13 million to N20 million monthly. He said […]

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FAAN decries states of facilities in schools in C’River

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2017 0

Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has decried the increasing level of infrastructure in Schools in Cross River State. “I wish more schools in Cross River State could be like ours but of course there are physical constraints.” Lamenting the decay in almost all the schools in the state at the 20th anniversary of FAAN […]

Aviation

Nigeria aviation to get global reckoning soon-Expert

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

The former Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren, said that by 2050, Africa would be the centre place for global aviation industry; while Nigeria would be centre of attraction. He made this assertion recently at the colloquium organised by Nigerian Travels Mart at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos titled: ‘Vision 2050:

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Buhari appoints board members for NSIA

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the list of nominees into the reconstituted Board of Directors of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority. The agency, which announced the approval on Wednesday in a statement in Abuja, said the list had earlier been approved by its Governing Council. The National Economic Council, NEC, during its last meeting received […]

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Abuja Community Gives AEDC 3-Day Ultimatum to Reverse Huge Bills

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2015 0

  Residents of Dutsen Alhaji and Sokale, in Bwari Local Government Council Area, in Federal Capital Territory, have given the authority of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) a three-day ultimatum to cut down what they described as outrageous electricity bills or face action that would have negative effect on the operations of the company. […]