The Federal Government on Monday approved the appointment of five new directors and one General Manager for the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA. The NCAA made the announcement in a statement issued by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Sam Adurogboye, in Lagos. Mr. Adurogboye explained that the appointment was with immediate effect. He said that […]
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The Presidency said on Sunday that its Social Investment Programmes, SIP, had a plan to hire 350,000 more unemployed graduates under the N-Power Volunteer Corps in 2017. According to the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the Vice President, Laolu Akande, President Muhammadu Buhari has requested appropriation of N157.75 billion in the budget […]
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The Federal Government has recalled two out of the nine directors who were sacked from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Friday. The duo are Adamu Abdullahi, Director of Consumer Protection, and Ayodele Sasegbon, Director of General Aviation. Sam Adurogboye, General Manager, Public Relations, NCAA, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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The federal government has relieved all the directors in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) of their appointments. Sam Adurogboye, general manager, public relations, NCAA, confirmed the development to NAN in Lagos. “It is true that the directors have been disengaged but I don’t have details of the reasons given for the action by the […]
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The Nigerian Government on Monday in Abuja inaugurated a committee to re-negotiate the 2009 FGN/ University Based Staff Unions Agreement. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who performed the inauguration, said it was a demonstration of Federal Government’s commitment to fulfilling its promises. Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) recenlty embarked […]
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The management of Arik Air on Thursday said it would challenge the taking over of the airline by the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) in court. Ado Sanusi, senior vice-president, Arik Air, made the disclosure at a joint news briefing with Oluseye Opasanya (SAN), the receiver manager, and Roy Ilegbodu, airline’s technical consultant. AMCON […]
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The federal government has come to the aid of Arik Airline, which has been experiencing difficulties in recent times, appointing a new management to run its affairs. As disclosed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), the decision to intervene “clearly underscores the government’s commitment to instill sanity in the country’s aviation sector to […]
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According to the Deputy Director, Search and Rescue, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Dr Bandele Onimode, the Federal Government is to evacuate another set of Nigerian from Libya in February. Onimode made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja when he led a delegation to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and […]
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Details are emerging on how the Federal Government determined the beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) who are now receiving the N5,000 monthly stipends across the 9 pilot states. According to the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity in the Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, the nine states are Bauchi, Borno, […]
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The federal government of Nigeria, on Friday denied hiking import duties on food items and luxury goods, but noted that drugs, and other pharmaceutical products, are prohibited from being imported into Nigeria, and local manufacturers with special permission to import must pay 20 percent duty. In a statement by Salisu Dambatta, director information, ministry of […]
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