Day: May 8, 2022

Not Again, Arik Air, Dana Air, Aero Dump Strike Plan

Abibat Babalola

“We support the efforts by the AON to address the fuel price hike but our passengers would be served, our flight operations won’t stop.”   Three more airlines have joined Ibom Air on the list of airlines that have pulled out of the planned shutdown of flight services  as announced by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON). Platforms Africa reports that on Friday, the AON had announced its decision to suspend flight operations from Monday. Ibom Airlines Limited (Ibom Air), on Saturday, became the first airline to counter the AON’s proposed…

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478,650 Nigerian Passport Booklets Distributed in 4 Months – Ag. NIS CG

ADEOLA YUSUF

Isa Idris rolls out statistics as he reviews eight months of stewardship, saying online payment, appointment system yielding good results   The Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Isa Jere Idris, has appealed to Nigerians to cooperate with the organisation in its bid to sanitise the system and improve service delivery, especially in the area of passport administration and issuance, which yielded the distribution of 478,650 Booklets between January and April, 2022. Platforms Africa reports that Mr Idris, in a message to journalists at the weekend, said that apart from reducing…

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BREAKING: Famous Nigerian Senator, Arthur Nzeribe, Dies At 83

Precious Ibekwe

His emergence as a Senator; his indefinite suspension from Senate over N22 million racket; his link with annulment of June 12, 1993 Presidential election results. Here is the tale of Triumph and Trials of the Orlu’s popular politician Nzeribe was declared dead at a foreign hospital following an undisclosed ailment. Nzeribe died at the age of 83 on Sunday morning. The former lawmaker died of an undisclosed ailment at a foreign hospital. “He died this morning in a hospital abroad. The family will soon release a statement,” a family source…

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Declare Abuja DisCo, TCN National Security Risk, Group Tasks Buhari

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Over five million customers, embassies, banks, MDAs languish in darkness for over 5 days with no definite answer from AEDC on end to the outage,” Nigeria Consumer Protection Network declares   The Nigeria Consumer Protection Network has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to declare the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) as national risk. Platforms Africa reports that President of the group, Kunle Olubiyo, said this in the day the blackout rocking Abuja, Nigeria’s administrative capital, hits day 5. The demand by the group for…

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You Want To Live Long? Get a Second Wife, Study Says

ADEOLA YUSUF

Researchers from the U.K.’s University of Sheffield unveiled at International Society for Behavioral Ecology’s annual meeting in Ithaca, New York, (one of) the Secret(s) to Longevity: Polygamy!   Some men may think one is bad enough. But a study suggests the key to a long life may be to get a second wife. Researchers from the U.K.’s University of Sheffield looked at men older than 60 from 140 countries that practice polygamy and found that they lived an average of 12 percent longer than men from 49 monogamous nations, Fox…

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Count Us Out of Your Strike, Ibom Air Tells Arik, Air Peace, Aero, Others

Abibat Babalola

Here is the real reason we won’t join their strike – Ibom Air   Ibom Airlines Limited (Ibom Air) has countered the position of the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on the latter’s decision to suspend flight operations over the hike in the price of fuel. Platforms Africa reports that on Friday, the AON, a group of operators like Arik, Air Peace, Aero, Azman and others, had announced its decision to suspend flight operations from Monday. However, in a statement issued on Saturday by the management of Ibom Air, the…

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Nigeria Ups Oil Reserves To 37bn barrels, Begins Crude Theft Audit

ADEOLA YUSUF

Here are the details of Country’s new position on mandatory conduct of gas well deliverability tests, gas flaring, below conventional oil window drilling, new automated model for IOCs local and foreign royalty payments; unique identifier for oil cargoes, among others   Nigeria’s total national oil reserves have surged to 37.046 billion barrels. Platforms Africa reports that the data obtained from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), which contained this new reserves figure attained as at January 2022, added that the country has also begun a forensic audit of crude…

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2023: Anyim lures Niger delegates, vows to fix Baro port

Daniel Atori

Minna, Niger State: As party primaries draw closer, Former Senate President and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim has assured delegates from Niger state that he will fix the abandoned Baro port in the state and tackle the incessant insecurity challenges that have bedeviled Nigeria.   Senator Anyim disclosed that the over thirty years he spent in government have given him knowledge on how to tackle the nation’s incessant challenges. READ ALSO Sallah: Wike Donates 300 Bags of Rice to Niger PDP 2023: PDP Screens 17…

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