Yemisi Izuora The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a framework for collaboration to boost the aviation sector in Africa. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the International Civil Aviation Organization World Aviation Forum – Financing the Development of Aviation Infrastructure – in Abuja, Nigeria by IATA’s Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Alexandre de Juniac, and African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina. Under the MoU, IATA and the AfDB will work in partnership to further Africa’s economic and social development by helping build…
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Yemisi Izuora Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has described the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as Nigeria’s greatest politicians alive. Obanikoro said this at the weekend in Lagos while formally announcing his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC. In his speech, titled ‘The Exigency of Time and the Dynamism of Politics’, Obanikoro described his defection to the APC as homecoming. “To me and to all my associates, it is a return to our natural habitat. This (APC) is my home. My political voyage started from this association and I…
Yemisi Izuora President Muhammadu Buhari says federal government is taking necessary measures to end the suicide bombings by Boko Haram terrorists, saying the attacks are like the last kicks of a dying horse. Speaking at the commissioning of the Pulaaku Radio in Yola, Adamawa State, on Sunday, the President, who was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Boko Haram has been massively degraded and its surviving members put on the run. ”Instead of being hunters, they are now the hunted. In their desperation to stay relevant, they have resorted to the wicked and dastardly act of using…
Yemisi Izuora Benin Electricity Distribution plc. (BEDC) in its efforts to improve customer service has announced the successful completion and commissioning of a new 2X15MVA 33/11Kv Injection sub-station, Asaba mains at Ibusa in Delta state. The sub-station, which was commissioned by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, came just as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) disclosed that Benin Disco was ranked as best performing Distribution Company, in third quarter, 2017. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, Managing Director, BEDC, Mrs Funke Osibodu, in a statement, said progress has been recorded through improved power supply to…
Yemisi Izuora Stakeholders in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry have applauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for resuscitating the GMD’s Golf Cup Tournament and for promoting the spirit of sportsmanship after a two-year interregnum of the competition. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, represented by the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote, gave the kudos to the Corporation during the ceremonial tee-off of the GMD’s Golf Cup 2017 tournament at the IBB Golf Club in Abuja recently. Dr. Kachikwu said taking to physical exercise was beneficial to…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the award of a full postgraduate scholarship, up to doctorate level, to the 2016/17 best graduating student of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who made the announcement while speaking at the University’s 40th convocation ceremony held in Zaria at the weekend said Al-Amin Bashir Bugaje, would be sponsored by the NNPC to further his education up to Ph.D level in any institution in the world. At this year’s convocation ceremony, twenty three year old Bugaje bagged a First Class…
Yemisi Izuora The Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has inducted the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) into its Freedom of Information (FOI) Hall of Shame, citing the violation of various provisions of the FOI Act, 2011 by the Bureau, including its failure to submit any annual report of its implementation of the Act to the Attorney-General of the Federation over the last six years. In a statement in Lagos, MRA’s Programme Officer, Mr. John Gbadamosi, said although the Bureau proactively published on its website a description of the organization and its responsibilities, including details of the programmes and functions of each…
Yemisi Izuora Ile-Ife the ancestral home of over 100 million Yoruba descendants all over the world is set to be transformed into a global tourist hub. Under the initiative, Ile-Ife is expected to be transformed into a World Heritage City. The promoters of the project led by the Oni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ojaja II and an international business conglomerate, ALMAJDAL LIMITED said the project involves the transformation of Ile-Ife into the biggest tourist destination in Africa. ALMAJDAL is an international construction concern with branches in Africa, Europe and Asia. The group is working with Tropical Green…
Hyacinth Chinweuba Some smugglers operating along Idiroko axis of the country’s international borders, has launched an attack on officers of Ogun Command of Nigeria Customs Service, who were on anti-smuggling operations. Four operatives of the service were injured as the command seized eight second-hand vehicles and a new Toyota Hilux in communities in Idiroko border axis. The Controller of the Area command, Sani Madugu, disclosed this at the command’s Idiroko border office while reviewing its activities in one week. Other smuggled vehicles impounded were Toyota Tundra, Toyota Hybrid Prius, Toyota Sienna, Golf 3, Toyota Highlander, and Toyota Hilux. He said…
Yemisi Izuora Professional services firm, PwC Nigeria has announced plans to host the 8th edition of its Annual Power and Utilities Roundtable. The event which is part of the firm’s contribution to the on-going reforms in the Nigerian power sector is slated to hold on Thursday 30 November 2017 at the Four Points by Sheraton hotel, Lagos. The theme of this year’s roundtable according to a statement released by the firm is “The Pathway to Recovery” and will bring together key stakeholders in the power sector to discuss the issues prevalent in the sector with the aim of proffering solutions…
