Month: February 2016

News

Drug Suspect Attempts Escape, Re- Arrested At Abuja Airport

A drug suspect Michael Nwobodo Alli, 31, was on Monday re-arrested after breaking through a glass wall in an attempt to escape at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja. He was found in possession of 81 pellets of hard…

Android

Call NAPIMS To Order, Aviation Union Appeals To Buhari

The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association (ATSSSAN) has appealed to President, Mohammadu Buhari to call the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) to order over its alleged directive to Bristow clients to terminate the contracts they signed with the…

News

NDLEA Boss Urges Students To Resist Temptation To Use Drugs

Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah(rtd) has called on the students of Covenant University (CU) Ota, Ogun State to resist the temptation to use and traffic drugs. The NDLEA boss gave the…

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IATA Condemns CPC’s Incursion into Turkish Airline Versus Passengers Dispute

  …Says Arik, Aero, FirstNation Are IOSA Compliant ….As Body’s New Regional Director Visits NCAA International Air Transport Association (IATA) has vehemently condemned what it described as incursion into complaints by passengers against Turkish Airlines by the Consumer Protection Council’s…

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Nigeria Signs BASA With Qatar

Despite the inability of the country to reciprocate flights to half of the over 70 countries which she signed Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with, Nigeria has signed BASA with Qatar. The agreement according to a statement by Special Adviser…

Airlines

Bristow Engages Independent Coy To Conduct Additional Review On Operations

…Says Organisation Is Aware Of NAPIMS’s Moves …Insists Safety Is Number One Core Value As part of efforts to further assure its clients that safety is number one priority, Bristow Helicopters, said that it has engaged the service of an…

Sports

Infantino Emerges FIFA President

Gianni Infantino has succeeded Sepp Blatter as the new president of FIFA after winning an election that went to two rounds on Friday in Zurich. The 45-year-old UEFA General Secretary, a lawyer and sports administrator, who joined European football’s governing…

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NDLEA Arrests 4 Suspected Traffickers In Abuja Airport With N61m Drugs

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) has arrested four suspected drug traffickers including a Birmingham based cleaner with 6.822kg of narcotics worth N61million. The seized drugs consist of 4.193kgs of heroin…

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FIFA Reforms Passed: Salary Disclosure, Limit On President’s Term, Women’s Football

The FIFA president will be limited to three terms in office, in a raft of reforms passed by world football’s governing body as it aims to recover from a corruption crisis. A new council will replace the current executive committee,…

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Supreme Court Affirms Rev King’s Death Sentence

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the judgment of a Lagos High Court sentencing a man, Nonso Okeke (a.k.a Rev King) to death for murder of one Chinwe Ofomatu on October 28, 2004. The Appeal Court in Lagos had earlier…