By Victor Ahiuma-Young IN what can be described as a u-turn and   complete departure from the view of their umbrella bodies, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), leaders of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and its Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of […]

ANITA Omoile just retired as Forster Wheeler’s Vice President for Sub Saharan Africa and without leaving anything to chance, she has launched herself into another enterprise, Deep Blue Energy Services is a resource and solutions management company which is organising a training programme with the theme: Bribery and Corruption: Avoiding the Pitfall, sometime this month. In this interview Hector Igbikiowubo, Editor of Sweet Crude, she speaks on a wide range of issues including ongoing oil industry reforms, her stint in Forster Wheeler and her agenda for Deep Blue

When will Sosoliso and ADC Airlines pay compensation to families of victims of accidents involving their air planes?
The airliners of both carriers were involved in fatal crashes in 2005 and 2006, killing well over 200 passengers and crew. Both airlines do not appear to have answers to this poser, as they have severally failed to meet their obligations to their passengers who died in the crashes.

The European Commission has described Emirates websites as fully compliant with all requirements enunciated in EU consumer legislation, and commended it for being transparent with its customers with regards to fares indicated on its sites.

Aerocontractors has, in conjunction with Oceanic Insurance group, introduced a travel insurance scheme for its customers in Nigeria and Ghana.

Emirates SkyCargo, one of Emirate Group’s subsidiaries, has appointed a General Sales Agent (GSA) in Slovenia, taking its number of offline stations in Europe to 12. Prakash Nair, Emirates Manager Network Cargo Sales Development, said.

Qatar Airways has received a top safety award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in recognition of its outstanding achievement in its Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).

Arik Air has pledged to continue to invest in training and development of its staff as a corporate priority, with a view to enhancing. safety of its flights

South African Airways is organising a three-day marketing capacity building workshop for its 41 travel agents/partners in Nigeria.

The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) has vowed to resist plans by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to charge its members for use of the access gate linking the domestic to international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The World Bank Group has announced a comprehensive settlement with Siemens AG in the wake of the company’s acknowled-ged past misconduct in its global business and a World Bank investigation into corruption in a project in Russia involving a Siemens subsi-diary.

African governments with large foreign reserves in western banks have been urged to keep such reserves with African Financial Institutions (AFIs).

Interswitch, an e- payment and switching company, has deployed Gemalto’s Dexxis Instant Issuance solution to to accelerate banks’ migration to its chip and PIN Verve paymnet card.

Actis, a private equity    investor in developing countries’ capital market, has restated its commitment to the development of emerging markets in Africa and around the world, through partnering with Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in these countries, by helping them achieve their growth plans and contributing positively to the economic development of their various […]

An expert in the Nigerian financial market, Mr. Akin Oladeji, has tasked banks in the country on the need to cooperate with the newly introduced credit bureaus, in order to address the issue of bad loans in the nation’s financial system.