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Tertiary Institutions: Deans, Students’ Affairs officers gather to proffer solution to restiveness

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2017 0

Restiveness across Nigerian university campuses appears to be a phenomenon as old as tertiary education in the country. Each university has had to contend with this menace which appears to have defied solution. This informed the gathering of Deans and Officers of Students’ Affairs in Tertiary

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NNPC intensifies oil search in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2017 0

Following the flag-off of oil search on the Nasarawa State end of the Benue Trough last week, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commenced move to mobilize for oil exploration in the Benue State sector of the Benue Trough. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru, who led a high-powered delegation […]

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2000 Nigerians in Chinese prison exaggerated – Dabiri

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2017 0

The senior Special Assistant to the President Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora , Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said on Thursday that there were about 500 Nigerians in Chinese prisons detained for various offences. Dabiri-Erewa made this known on the side line of an international seminar on Nigeria-China relations in Abuja. She also refuted claims that there […]

Edo Times

Obaseki to meet Edo pensioners over unpaid pensions

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, will meet members of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Edo Chapter, with a view to amicably resolving all pension payments-related issues, an official has said. Mr. Osagiator Ojo, the Head of Administration, Oredo Local Government Council, made the disclosure when he briefed newsmen on the outcome of the Joint […]

Aviation

NAMA boosts critical manpower with 40 controllers

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

Worried by the depleting number of Air Traffic Control Officers in its employ as a result of ageing workforce, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has recently engaged the services of over 40 Air Traffic Control cadets to undergo various levels of training as recommended by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Making this revelation […]

Business Headlines

Excitement as solar-powered tricycles hit Nigerian market

Ihesiulo Grace 30 October 2017 0

A Nigerian company, Oldang International Limited, on Sunday, launched the sales of solar-powered tricycles to enhance public transportation in the country. The company’s Chief Executive, Mr. Olubunmi Oluwadare, said at the launch in Lagos that the solar- powered, fuel-less tricycle popularly called “keke,” would gradually phase out petrol engine tricycles across the

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MainaGate: NANS calls for immediate suspension of accomplices

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2017 0

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for immediate suspension of those suspected of complicity in reinstating Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of Pension Task Team, into civil service. NANS’s President, Chinonso Obasi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said that suspending suspected accomplices in the case would ensure credible probe of

Business Tech

NIPOST transits from mono to multiple products’ organization by 2020- PMG

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2017 0

….Agency to focus on innovation Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) has said its two-day zonal retreat was geared towards repositioning the organization from a mono-product organization into a multiple products’ organization by 2020. Barrister Adebisi Adegbuyi, the Post Master General / CEO of Nipost, remarked during the retreat, that the strategic roadmap tagged:

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:

Interviews

Our strategies at fighting drug barons, others at MMIA- Ahmadu

Ihesiulo Grace 23 October 2017 0

Garba Ahmadu is the Commander of Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In this interview with CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO, the NDLEA Commander speaks on the activities of the narcotics agent at the airport. Excerpts: Please can you review the activities of NDLEA in the last six months? In the […]

Aviation

Virgin Atlantic applauds NAMA on service delivery

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has been commended for its excellence in delivering expeditious air navigation services within the nation’s airspace. In a letter of commendation addressed to the Managing Director, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu, the Airport Manager of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd, Justin Bell said the airline appreciates NAMA’s efficiency in ensuring

Aviation

How ploy to halt Medview airline’s Dubai operations failed

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The Nigerian government has rejected plans by the United Arab Emirates not to allow Medview airline, which has been scheduled to begin Lagos-Dubai flight by end of the year to Dubai terminal one but to Sharjah. The airline was restricted by the UAE authorities who restricted the operations of Medview to a remote and less […]

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Average Nigerian Loses 325,092 Yearly- NPC

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2015 0

An average Nigerian loses about N325,092 yearly due to low level of productivity in the country. The Director, Productivity Measurement and Statistics, National Productivity Centre, (NPC), Abuja Alhaji Jubril Yelwa gave this revelation while delivering his paper titled, “Computing Productivity in the Nigerian Economy: Issues and Challenges.” He said that it was

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Akala, Ajimobi Felicitates with Christians at Easter, Calls for Sober Reflection

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2015 0

Subject: Akala, Ajimobi felicitates with Christians at Easter, calls for sober reflection Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has called for sober reflection, particularly among Christians in Nigeria over the wind of change blowing across the country as Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State also urged Nigerians to pray for true liberation and progress […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Troops Retake Gwoza

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2015 0

The Nigerian Military has recaptured Gwoza, a Local Government Area of Borno State, a border town about 135 kilometres South-East of Maiduguri. Disclosing this in Abuja n Friday, the director of defence information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said, Gwoza was freed of the militants this morning. Olukolade further disclosed‎ that Nigerian troops had engaged the […]

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Al Jazeera Demands Release of Detained Journalists in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

Doha-based broadcaster owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network has demanded the immediate release “without conditions” of its two journalists detained by Nigerian military authorities in Maiduguri. The defense headquarters had said in a statement on Wednesday said the two journalists “were found loitering around areas where military operations are ongoing in the North East