The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company PLC (nahco aviance) has recorded an increased turnover of N6 billion, which represents 37% rise over that of 2008.

DAHER-SOCATA has announced the delivery of a new TBM 850 very fast turboprop aircraft to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, which will be used primarily for advanced airline transport pilot (ATP) training courses.

A Bill seeking to make it mandatory for all international oil companies (IOC’s) operating in Nigeria to invest in crude refineries, awaits public hearing in the House of Representatives.

National Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO) a subsidiary of NNPC has successfully completed the Egina Front End Engineering Design (FEED) project.

With the exception of four new players, Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Lars Lagerback, yesterday, released his 30-man provisional list without training. He had invited 44 players before trimming it down to 30. The high point of the list is the inclusion of two home-based players and the Utaka brothers – John and Peter and Uche brothers – Ike and Kalu.

Eagles Technical Adiser, Lars Lagerback, has declared that he was not under any pressure to perform at next month’s 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa

The election of Davidson Owumi as the new chairman of the Nigeria Premier League has been hailed by former footballers as a healthy development that would usher in a fresh chapter in the quest to position Nigeria in her rightful place among the comity of football playing nations.

”The national poverty ratings according to the UN, for Venezuela was 54%. in 1998. Ten years later
the same UN and the Economic Commission of Latin America have recognised that President Chavez Social
programs for Venezuela have reduced the poverty levels from over half the the entire population, to only 26%,
of the same population, with the abject poverty bracket going down to 7%.

“Lionel Messi or Argentina is not the only challenge we would have at the World Cup. There are other teams to also focus our preparations on if we must excel in South Africa”, Lars Lagerback declared yesterday as he responded to questions on his preparations to produce strong defenders that would tackle the Argentine striker.

Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel), Dele Aiyenugba (Bnei Yehuda, Israel), Austin Ejide (Hapoel Petah Tikva, Israel), Bassey Akpan (Bayelsa United, Nigeria)

Christian Chukwu says the Nigerian government should emulate their Ghanaian counterparts and find a way to fly fans and other deserving Nigerians to South Africa for the World Cup.

The free-to-air terrestrial TV broadcast rights owner for the Nigeria territory for the FIFA 2010 World Cup, Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) and Optima Sports Management International (OSMI), is organising a two-day workshop for participating Radio and Television broadcast stations on compliance for the coming tournament holding in South Africa.

The long drawn battle of who becomes the next president of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) appears to be nearing an end after the Habu Gumel-led executive committee called for an Executive Board meeting on Thursday at the NOC secretariat at the National Stadium, Lagos.

Don King, American and foremost boxing promoter, has sent a goodwill message to new President Goodluck Jonathan, while offering condolences to the government and people of Nigeria over the death of former President Umaru Yar’Adua.

By Ben Agande ABUJA—Former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, has said the opposition political parties in the country could support Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s presidency on the condition that he sustains the rule of law principle enunciated by late President, Umaru Yaradua and keep former President, Olusegun Obasanjo away from influencing the policies of […]