FG RELEASES N19.67BN FOR COMPLETION OF EAST-WEST ROAD -Akpabio
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed immediate release of N19.67 billion to fast track the completion of the dualization of the East-West road project. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill…
NAIRA MARLEY, EXECUTIVE JET FIGHT DIRTY, FASHOLA DENIES INVOLVEMENT
Nigerian musical artiste, Azeez Fashola,popularly known as Naira Marley, and the Chairman of Executive Jet Services, Sam Iwuajoku, have exchanged bitter words over the sanctions imposed on the airline by…
WE WON’T FLY YOUR ‘HUNGRY AIRLINE’ AGAIN -Naira Marley replies Executive Jets
Naira Marley arriving Abuja on Saturday for his COVID-19 rule breaking concert Nigerian singer Naira Marley has replied the Executive Jets Services chairman who called him and his team ‘useless…
FASHOLA BLASTS EXECUJET FOR LINKING HIM TO NAIRA MARLEY’s FLIGHT
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has lambasted private aircraft charter operator, Executive Jet Services, for linking him to the flight which took singer, Azeez Fashola aka Naira…
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…