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By Halimah Olamide The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it has not suspended or halted Arik Air’s flight operations, which continued as scheduled and did not affect the airline’s ability to operate remaining fleet. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Michael Achimugu, the NCAA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, on Friday in Abuja. However, Achimugu, NCAA is duty-bound to comply with court order attaching Arik Air’s aircraft (5NMJF; 5NMJQ; 5NBKX) following determination of its case at the Supreme Court and to ensure compliance with regulatory and safety standards. “Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) refers…

By Halimah Olamide Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Federal Government to probe those behind the #IgbosMustGo agenda. This is following a post from from an X user, @lagospedia, on the 27th of July calling on all Lagosians and Southwestern stakeholders to participate in the protest expected to take place from the 20th to 30th of August. The planned protest under the hashtag #IgboMustGo, is to demand the forced relocation of Igbo people from Lagos and other Southwest states. Reacting to this, Atiku wrote via an X post; “The recent call on X (formerly Twitter) for a protest…

By Halimah Olamide The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has claimed that security agencies have identified a senator as one of those sponsoring the protest against the Bola Tinubu-led administration. Wike stated this after an emergency FCT Security Council meeting on Thursday night in Abuja. According to the former Governor of Rivers State, the senator called some security operatives to accompany a truckload of food for the protesters. He said in due time, relevant agencies would invite the senator for questioning. The minister, who admitted that protests are allowed in a democracy, said the protesters owe…

By Halimah Olamide Veteran Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress, Onyeka Onwenu is dead. According to information gathered by NPO Reports, she died on Tuesday evening at the Reddington Hospital, Lagos at 72. She reportedly slumped after performing at the birthday party of Mrs. Stella Okoli, CEO, Emzor Pharmaceuticals. “It is very sad. Onyeka Onwenu just performed at the birthday of Mrs. Stella Okoli today (Tuesday, July 30, 2024), and after performing, she slumped. “She was taken to Reddington Hospital and she couldn’t make it,” Shortly after returning to her seat, she suddenly collapsed. Emergency responders swiftly arrived and rushed her…

By Halimah Olamide Following the planned protest, the Controller-General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, has warned protesters to steer clear of prisons. The Controller-General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, said this in a Tuesday statement by the NCoS Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar. The Federal Government has declared all its 256 custodial centres across the country as “red zones” ahead of the August 1 planned nationwide anti-government protests. Nababa emphasised that any person or group of persons who have no business whatsoever should steer clear of the custodial centres. “In view of the purported national protest…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has reportedly announced plans to raise en-route navigational charges from N2000 and N6,000 to N18,000 and N54,000 per flight. The Managing Director of NAMA, Umar Ahmed Farouk, disclosed this on Friday, July 26, at an event in Lagos. The airspace agency equally increased the extension of hours of service to airlines from N50,000 to 450,000, representing 800 per cent increase per extension. This is to enable the agency to recover the cost of diesel and other logistics during the period of extension. Stakeholders say this implies that air fares would rise…

By Halimah Olamide Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, has affirmed that Nigeria is scaling up tangible and valuable investments in renewable energy systems. He said in a statement in Abuja that he had a fruitful discussion on Friday with Dr Nkiruka Maduekwe, Director-General/CEO of the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC). He said he also joined a virtual meeting with the Executive Management of Oando Clean Energy to discuss their groundbreaking work, to increase investments in renewable energy systems. Ngelale explained that Oando’s focused attention on R&D and study of prospective clean energy investment opportunities, with…

By Halimah Olamide Flagbearer Tobi Amusan and Nigeria’s team captain, Anuoluwapo Opeyori, led Nigerian delegation at a colorful and historic Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night. In spite the rain having its way on the night, athletes were cheered along the Seine as more than 200 national delegations sailed through the centre of Paris and past sights such as the Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay. For the first time in Summer Games history, the opening ceremony was not held in a stadium. Nigeria, in her colourful well styled green and white dresses, rode on a boat…

By Halimah Olamide No fewer than 125 Boko Haram terrorists and financiers have been convicted in the resumed mass trial held over two days in Kainji, Niger State The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) made this known in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Communication & Publicity, office of the AGF, Kamarudeen Ogundele. According to him, convicts were tried on charges bordering on terrorism, terrorism financing, rendering material support, and cases relating to International Criminal Court criminality. He said the trials were held under Giwa Project Kanji Phase Five,…

By Halimah Olamide The Senate, has on Tuesday, passed the Finnace Act (amendment) Bill, 2024. This followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Finance presented by its Chairman, Sen. Sani Musa. Presenting the report, Musa said that the Senate at the plenary session on Wednesday July 17, read the letter of President Bola Tinubu presenting the Finance Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The bill, he said sought to amend the Finance Act 2023 to provide for the imposition of Windfall Tax, assessment and review of profit declarations. He added that the bill sought to amend…