The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it has suspended Dana Airlines’ air transport licence (ATL) and air operator certificate (AOC) indefinitely. NCAA announced the suspension on Wednesday in a statement signed by Musa Nuhu, its director-general. The authority said it suspended the operating licences after “discovering that the airline …
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The Lagos State government has disclosed that 6,500,000 residents have been registered on the state’s database since the initiative to provide a unique identification number for citizens commenced. The state overnor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made disclosure on Wednesday during the re-inauguration of the Lagos State resident identity card at Ikeja GRA. Sanwo-Olu …
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WHITE Dove Shipping Company Limited has disclosed that its pioneering efforts in Alternative Crude Evacuation which is mitigating crude theft and other losses arising from pipeline vandalism has positioned it as the preferred local shipping operator for oil and gas companies in the country. The company stated that despite the …
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The National Population Commission (NPC) says it is set to start enumeration of homeless people in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday night. The state Director of commission, Alhaji Bala Mairuwa, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Katsina, saying the enumeration was part of …
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The United Nations General Assembly, in 2014, declared 15 July as World Youth Skills Day. The declaration was meant to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. Since then, World Youth Skills Day has provided a unique opportunity for dialogue between …
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The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has said it will embark on nationwide public demonstration over federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, imbroglio. Recall that ASUU on February 14, 2022, shut down public universities over the inability of the federal government to implement agreements the two parties entered into …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it will end Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for the 2023 election on July 31. INEC national commissioner Festus Okoye in a statement said the commission’s extension of voter registration to mid-July has been extended till the end of July for all …
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Nigeria’s inflation rate in the month of June 2022 increased to 18.60 percent on a year-on-year basis. The National Bureau of Statistics disclosed in its Consumer Price Index June 2022 report. The recorded increase in June is 0.84 percent points higher compared to the rate recorded in June 2021, which …
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The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed it dissatisfaction with the decision of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to pick a fellow Muslim as his Vice Presidential candidate for the 2023 election. Speaking to newsmen in Awka, the Vice President-General of the organization, Ichie …
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The federal government has debunked reports about Nigeria’s disregard for the World Bank Disclosure Rule and borrowing loans. The Debt Management Office (DMO) issued a statement on Thursday refuting the allegation. The DMO, led by Patience Oniha, said reports that the World Bank blamed Nigeria on the disclosure rule was false. …
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