Author: Orientalnews Staff

Yemisi Izuora Offering the privilege of discovering 126 countries around the world to its passengers, Turkish Airlines was named a “2020 Five Star Global Airline” by APEX (Airline Passenger Experience Association), one of the world’s most trusted and prominent aviation organizations. Turkish Airlines’ commitment to passenger satisfaction and providing top class service above the clouds were ratified by APEX. Travel industry experts met at the Los Angeles Convention Centre on September 9 for the APEX/IFSA Awards where the APEX Official Airline Ratings™ were announced.  Passengers rated over a million flights of almost 600 airlines around the world between July 2018 and…

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… Offers NULI At Outlets  Yemisi Izuora In line with the brand commitment in enhancing customer experience, ENYO Retail and Supply has partnered with NULI, Nigeria’s leading farm-to-table food chain, to enhance customer experience by providing Nuli’s fast-casual healthy food and drink café. Commenting on the initiative, Abayomi Awobokun, the Chief Executive Officer, Enyo Retail and Supply said, “We are excited to announce our new feature, incorporating NULI stands at select Enyo stations. At Enyo, we are extremely committed to the health and overall wellbeing of our customers and we are constantly seeking out innovative mediums that will enable our customers live their…

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Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised that individuals and corporate bodies, locally and internationally, should be wary of unscrupulous elements parading themselves as officials of the corporation. According to NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, the warning came in the wake of the claim by a group of dubious individuals to be representing “a Gas and Power Committee” of the corporation, hosting a chief executive of a United Kingdom based company in a purported “office of NNPC” in Abuja recently. The release said one of the miscreants had claimed the identity…

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Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission, (SEC) has been handed over a 14-day ultimatum to delist some members of the newly constituted MTN board or face legal action. The new MTN Board of Directors who were former public officials are believed to have been picked to offer the South African communications concern undue advantage in Nigeria’s political and economic environment. The protesting anti-corruption group said their retention violates the Nigerian constitution and undermines best practices in corporate governance. In a petition written by Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and sent to the Acting Director…

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Source:ACSS African business owners who attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Cape Town have flagged cybersecurity as the biggest threat to business. With the rise in adopting mobile and digital technologies, 94 percent of all companies in Africa and the Middle East admitted to have suffered a cyber attack in the past year. The forum was confronted with answering the question of how the private and public sector could cooperate to improve cyber security. Cyber-security, the protection of computer systems from the theft of or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data is crucial to businesses…

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Source: ACSS During the first six months of 2019, internal displacement in West Africa accelerated due to pockets of violence, especially along the porous Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger borders, according to a mid-year report out by the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre on Thursday. “The violence has its roots in the activities of several local but globally oriented jihadist groups that have spent years laying the groundwork for armed insurgencies that are now wreaking havoc across the three countries,” according to the report. Nigeria-based Boko Haram and other armed militias in the region add to the regional conflicts and…

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Hyacinth Chinweuba The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Emeka Emmanuel ‘male’ 29yrs old of Ijaniki, Lagos at iyana Iba area. The suspect was said to be in possession of a fake EFCC ID card which he uses in parading himself as an EFCC operative. According to Bala Elkana, spokesman of the Command, the suspect had duped innocent citizens under the pretense of providing them employment with the EFCC as operatives. “One Olaposi Semiu ‘male’ of Agbara, Lagos who is one of such victims told Police investigators that the suspect collected the sum of N51,000 from him over…

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Hyacinth Chinweuba The Lagos Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly defiled a 14 year old girl. The Commands public relations officer, Bala Elkana said that the Bariga Police Station received a complaint that one Innocent Ifunayachi ‘male’ 34 years old defiled a 14 year old girl in her family house. “The suspect being a friend to the family visited and found the girl eating Indomie and while she left to get him some drinks, he quickly put some quantities of dry leaves suspected to be indian Helm into the food” “She returned and eat the food without foreknowledge…

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Hyacinth Chinweuba The Lagos State Police Command has arrested of a notorious cultists. The Commands spokesman Bala Elkana in a statement said, “On 14/9/2019X at about 2315hours, following a sustained monitoring, detectives from Bariga Police Station arrested One Emmanuel Olatunde Alias “PASTOR” ‘male’ 31years old at No 27 Oremenunu Ibafo Street Bariga. “The suspect who is an ex convict, is a high ranking member of Eiye Confraternity, terrorizing people in Bariga and environ” “He has a link with a series of robberies and murder cases in Bariga. He is responsible for the murder of one  Ahmed  Karowi, an Aiye Confraternity…

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Hyacinth Chinweuba The Lagos State command has arrested of a murder suspect who has been on Police wanted list. The Police Public Relations Officer, of the Command Bala Elkana said that the arrest was made on 12/09/2019 at about 1615hrs. He said that following a sustained monitoring, one Kehinde Bakare ‘male’ aged 23yrs old, a prime suspect in connection with the murder of one Samuel Ladejo ‘male’  was arrested at obalende and one locally made pistol with two live cartridges was recovered from him. “It could be recalled that on 01/10/2018 at about 0600hrs, One Bisi Komolafe ‘female’ assistant manager…

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