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The federal government has announced to reopen Nigeria’s airspace for international travel on August 29. Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation, announced on Monday that the reopening procedure will mirror that of domestic flights where operations began with the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport …

THERE was heated argument at the House of Representatives Hearing Room 028 yesterday between Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi and House Committee Chairman on Treaties, Particulars and Agreement Ossai Nicholas Ossai. It was during the legislative hearing on the loans agreements signed by the ministry. At issue was an alleged …

David Oyedepo, presiding bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, has kicked against the application of the Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA) in churches. President Muhammadu Buhari signed CAMA into law on August 7, 2020. Under the law, religious bodies and charity organisations will be strictly regulated by the registrar-general …

The Bayelsa state governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja has annulled the election of Duoye Diri, governor of Bayelsa state. King George, candidate of the Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), had asked the tribunal to cancel the election because he was excluded from the November 16, 2019 governorship poll. On …

House of Representatives has summoned all foreign and indigenous technical partners of the Nigerian Immigration Service over alleged N72bn revenue ‘lost’ to them. NIS Comptroller-General, Mohammed Babandede, on Monday at the ongoing interactive session with agencies on the 2021-2023 Medium-Term Expenditure Frame Work and Fiscal Strategy Paper, told the House …

Lagos, Nigeria – Monday, August 17, 2020: Leading consumer and SME finance company, Zedvance Finance Limited has revealed plans to empower small and medium-sized businesses with interest-free credit to catalyze their growth against the backdrop of the global economic downturn occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. Driven by a need to create a support …

The ongoing Dangote Cement Bag of Goodies Promo season 2 has produced 60 millionaires spread across the nation, thereby cushioning the effects and impact of COVID-19 on businesses and families according to the company’s Director of Marketing, Mrs. Funmi Sanni. She said that more winners are expected to emerge in …

  The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) joined the United Nations and other global organisations to mark the International Youth Day on August 12, 2020, with a line-up of pan-African speakers discussing the theme, “Investing in Africa’s Future: Youth Empowerment through Entrepreneurship”.   The event emphasised the “Youth Engagement for Global Action” agenda …

The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations today announced that national peace and security will be the thematic focus of the web edition of the seventh Lagos Public Relations Stakeholders’ Conference, holding on Thursday, August 27, 2020. Distinguished speakers headlining the Conference, themed: Adopting Proper Communication …

Obadiah Mailafia, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says he is ready to lay down his life for his country like Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa. Mandela, the anti-apartheid revolutionary leader, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1962; he served 27 years in prison. …