FG TO EVACUATE 1,000 NIGERIANS THIS WEEK
The Federal Government is to evacuate 1,000 Nigerians this week, the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) has said. Over 4,000 Nigerians are stranded across the world following the global lockdown occassioned by…
PRESIDENCY ADMITS THAT BUHARI’s AIDES TRAVEL DESPITE INTERSTATE LOCKDOWN
The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, says some aides to the President travelled interstate despite a ban on such movement by the Federal Government and the Nigeria…
COVID-19: FG TO WITHHOLD PASSPORTS OF TRAVELLERS TO NIGERIA
The federal government says travellers to Nigeria are now required to submit their passports with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) for two weeks pending the verification of their COVID-19 status.…
SOCIAL DISTANCING ROW THREATENS RETURN OF DOMESTIC FLIGHTS
The Federal Government’s directive to domestic carriers to carry between 50 and 70 per cent of their aircraft passenger capacity on resumption has thrown up a huge debate. However, airlines…
NPA REMITTANCE TO FG HIGHEST UNDER ME -NPA MD, Hadiza Bala Usman
Hadiza Bala Usman, managing director of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), says the agency’s remittance to the consolidated revenue fund is highest under her tenure. The consolidated revenue fund is an…
I CHALLENGE ANYONE WHO HAS NEVER GIVEN ME BRIBE TO SPEAK UP -Aviation Minister, -Sirika
Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, says he has never asked for or received a bribe and has challenged anyone who has contrary information to come forward. Sirika, on Monday, said…
DOMESTIC FLIGHTS OPERATION MAY RESUME JUN 21 -FG
The federal government says the restrictions placed on domestic flights may be lifted on June 21. Speaking on Monday at the daily briefing of the presidential task force for COVID-19,…
268 CHINA RETURNEES ARRIVE ABUJA
The Nation learnt that the flight that conveyed the evacuees landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport on Saturday afternoon. Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, revealed this via…
AIR PEACE EVACUATES 301 CHINESE FROM NIGERIA
Air Peace has evacuated 301 Chinese from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China’s most populous, commercial city. Mr Stanley Olisa, Spokesman of the…
LAGOS, ABUJA, PORTHARCOURT, KANO AIRPORTS TO REOPEN IN FEW DAYS
Major Airports in the country will in the “next few days” roar into life after weeks of inactivity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The airports are the Murtala Mohammed…