The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, said on Thursday that 99 Local Government Areas in 30 states had been affected by flood, which also killed 29 persons so far.The Director General of NIHSA, Moses Beckley, made the disclosure at a one-day sensitisation workshop on 2016 flood prediction/prevention and mitigation organised by the Agency at Halims […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian court will next week begins hearing two suits instituted by government to recover a total of $635m from two multinational oil companies, Total and Agip as the cost of the difference between the amount of crude oil the companies lifted and the quantity they declared.In the two cases to be presided over by […]
Continue ReadingThe richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote has proffered ways through which Nigeria can get out of recession before the end of 2016. Dangote, revealed details in an interview with CNBC Africa, saying: “The only way for us to get out of this recession is to make sure we move into action quickly; action by […]
Continue ReadingThe Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said that the country’s power generation has increased from 3,810 megawatts recorded on September 8, 2016 to 4,285.90 megawatts on Friday.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the power generation record was reported in the website of “Nigerian Electricity System Operator’’ on Friday. The TCN said that 4,285.90 […]
Continue ReadingThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Thursday that over 300 houses were affected by the earth tremor that hit Kwoi in Kaduna State last week.The agency’s Zonal Coordinator in the North West, Musa Illalah, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Mr. Ilalah, however, said […]
Continue ReadingThe FirstNation Airways has postponed resumption of its flight operations, earlier scheduled for Sept. 15, by a few days.The airline had on Aug. 17 suspended operations to enable the aircraft in its fleet undergo engine maintenance. NAN, however, gathered from the airline’s ticket stand at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, that it might return […]
Continue ReadingThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Ibrahim Shema, the immediate past governor of Katsina state, wanted.Wilson Uwujaren, spokesman of the commission, made this public, in a statement. “The public is hereby notified that Ibrahim Shema, a former governor of katsina state, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in […]
Continue ReadingFormer aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode in a Facebook post said the 5 plane crashes that occurred between 2005 and 2006 were man-made and planned by our leaders that are not human. Fani-Kayode wrote, ”Most of our leaders are not human. They are what Mr. David Icke, the famous British historian and public speaker, describes as […]
Continue ReadingFollowing suspension of operations on Tuesday, Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, says it is pleased to announce that scheduled flights will resume from 11 am on Wednesday September 14, 2016.According to the statement, the earlier suspension of operation had nothing to the with the airlines inability to meet its obligation to aviation […]
Continue ReadingHundreds of passengers of Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air Limited, we left stranded as the airline announced the suspension of its flight operations, blaming a delay in insurance documentation.Arik’s Public Relations and Communications Manager, Olabanji Ola, said the airline will resume operations as soon as the problem is resolved. Reports that Arik had cancelled flights […]
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