Month: May 2022

Crime

NDLEA Arraigns 11 Filipinos Over Alleged Unlawful Importation Of 13.65kg Of Cocaine

    A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Lagos today, was told how 11 Philippines citizens, were arrested, at Apapa Port, Lagos, for alleged importation of 13.65 Kilograms of Cocaine into the country unlawfully. The Filipinos arrested and charged…

Culture

Diplomats Hails Runsewe Over Impressive Attendants At Abuja Pre-INAC 2022 Dinner

        It was a harvest of commendation for the Direction General of National Council for Arts and Culture(NCAC) by members of the Diplomatic corps as the council hosted the 2022 edition of the Pre INAC dinner at…

Aviation

FAAN Holds National Aviation Conference June 14 In Abuja

  The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria(FAAN) said it has concluded arrangements  to  hold the maiden edition of  “FAAN National Aviation Conference” on June 14th to 17th, 2022, at the International Conference Centre(ICC), Abuja. An online statement signed by the Acting General Manager,…

Opinion

Opinion) Nkereweum Onung: Getting Nigeria Across West Coast Tourism By Frank Meke 

  The Confederation of Private (sector)Organisations of Tourism (COPITOUR)in the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) is the long awaited answer to anxieties of collaboration within the West African countries. Let us take a head count of these countries, some English…

Airlines

Xejet Signs MoU With Sierra Leonean  Government To Operate Air Sierra Leone

    Xejet Limited and the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to operate regional and international flights from Lungi International Airport, Freetown. The Government of Sierra Leone and Xejet have been…

(Opinion) NCAA Under Capt. Musa Nuhu’s Watch–By Sam Adurogboye

    The strong but reassuring leadership of Capt. Musa Nuhu keeps Nigeria’s civil aviation on course with the just concluded 7th African Indian Ocean (AFI) Regional Meeting in Abuja. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world”-  Mahatma…

Aviation Ministry, Agencies Throw Weight Behind 2022 LAAC Annual Conference

  The Ministry of Aviation and the agencies in the industry have indicated interest and support for the 26the edition and annual conference of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), scheduled for July 28, 2022 in Lagos. The…

Adamawa Judiciary Dismisses 32 Over Forged Certificates

    The Adamawa Judicial Service Commission has announced the dismissal of 11 personnel, demotion of a Magistrate and 20 other workers. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Commission’s Secretary, Hindatu Lamorde, in Yola. She…

Eyiboh Clinches APC Ticket For Eket/Onna/Esit Eket/Ibeno Federal Constituency

    Ahead of the 2023 general election, former spokesman of the 6th House of Representatives and former Speaker of the West Africa Institute of Financial and Economic Management, WAIFEM, a regional forum for legislators, Rt. Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, has…

Court Convicts Couple Over $120M Fraud

    An Ikeja High Court of Lagos State, presided over by Justice Hakeem Oshodi has convicted a couple, Augustine Ezeama and Juliet Ezeama over a fraud of $120m fraud. The couple were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes…