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Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), says despite the challenges facing two of the airlines operating from the terminal, MMA2 is still fully operational. The management of the two affected airlines – Aero Contractors and First Nation – had announced last week the suspension of flight operations […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr Garba Abari, said the Federal Government is set to launch the “Change Begins With Me’’ campaign. The ministers who said this in Abuja said that the aim of the campaign is to install the values of accountability, integrity […]

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable banking brand and foremost financial institution, today announced the appointment of Mr. Olusegun Alebiosu as its new Chief Risk Officer (CRO). Prior to this appointment, Olusegun was the Chief Risk Officer of Coronation Merchant Bank. Mr. Alebiosu’s appointment, which is still subject to approval by the Central […]

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC)  on Monday  said it has began investigation into the operations of Resort Savings and Loans Limited (RSL) over allegations of diversion of depositors’ monies and mortgage loans. The probe follows many complaints from the bank’s customers to the council. Mrs. Dupe Atoki the Director General of the CPC disclosed  this […]

Operators of hotels, hospitality centres and other recreational facilities have been warned by the Lagos State Government to register their companies or face sanction. The state Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture who gave this warning  through his spokesman, Mr Ganiyu Lawal, said the registration would afford the state government to monitor activities at such […]

When our public officials fall asleep while attending a meeting, or an official function, the standard Nigerian reaction is to have a hearty laugh at their expense. Harmless laughter. You’d remember many photographs of our lawmakers turning the National Assembly into an extension of their bedrooms, sometimes snoring loudly in the middle of a heated […]

Shock snowballed into anger at the at Murtala Muhammed Airport II (MMA2), Lagos, last Wednesday, after Aero Contractors’s unexpected decision to close shop temporarily in the latest incident of airlines winding down their operations in the country. Apparently frustrated by low patronage, and in the wake of the new CBN forex policy that has cost […]

Although former Delta Governor, James Onanefe Ibori, is about to serve out his prison term, the United Kingdom says it will investigate claims that his prosecution and conviction was supported with funds made available by the Department for International Development (DfID). That notwithstanding, the U.K’s Minister for International Development, Mr. James Wharton, said last night […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has reacted to today’s visit of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying it was a coming together of collaborators in the plot for total annihilation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor said it was on record that both Obasanjo and Sheriff collaborated to […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has on Friday explained that the looted money recovered so far was so little compared to what the people needed on a continuous basis to revive the economy  The minister Mr. Mohammed said Nigerians should rest assured that every penny recovered will be adequately spent and the […]

The Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday insisted on dollarisation of transactions and urged terminal operators to pay up to date. The Managing Director of NPA, Ms Hadiza Usman, stated this at a Stakeholders meeting in Lagos to round off her two-day tour of the Western ports in Lagos. She said that […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s two-day visit to Nigeria has done a lot for the country; it is a pity no government official or agency has tried to tap into the gains of that visit. He arrived at a time there was much talk about economic recession, concerns about companies folding up or retrenching staff, or international investors […]